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Saturday, March 26, 2005
News: Teletext changes
The word revamp is commen one in the world of teletext. Recently this means: We're getting rid of stuff but replacing it with adverts. The main thing is this time that regional news is being removed from ITV. It is being relanuched on Five but considering tht few outside England can recieve that channel on terrestial it's not going to be seen by many. Ironicly it's being relanuched with a all regions rather than just the one you live in. Considering it will be seen by only three regions it shouldn't be too arduous. Maybe that was there plan all along.....
Some other entertainment pages are being moved too. And renamed. Oh and with such wit! Total entertainment on ITV is losing the word total. However they make up for those five characters with Lifestyles your name. Wait for it. It's your life! Without the exclamation mark. So we can assume Teletext is run by latter-day Bon Jovi fans then. Theres also going to be a new horoscopes section by the mystical Majore Orr. I never knew if she was a real person or Bamber Boozler type figure, only exsisting in text. Mind you it would be great if Bamber Boozler was real. You can find a full list of these changes and where there happening on p270 on channel four. It's also somewhere on ITV and most likley on Five too.
Despite a slightly cyincal note throughout that I am pleased some interest is at least being shown in teletext and they havn't complealty given up. I did find a faulty page last night. Quite a rarity on teletext. Despite large banners claiming "THIS IS A TEST PAGE" cheap flights on Majorca where stuck in the middle. Unfortunitly I couldn't find my camera. I relise that could be interpreted as sarcasm to anyone but the avid reader so let me assure you I'm being sincre in my disere to catch those magic teletext moments. Now that was a touch sarcastic.
If your stuck for something to do tonight and you live in the UK you may want to join me in watching the clocks go forward on teletext. I belive in happens at 2AM. Go on. Just sit back and say "I promise I'll be less sad next week-end."
TELETEXT feature of the day- Family Tree-C4-P154
A practical use of teletext. This alows people to track there family trees through others knowledge. Like those internet sites without the extortionist fees. Theres also a missing persons page near it. I'm not at all interested in tracking my family tree but if I were this would be far more useful than the net as there are few cenus records for Ireland. Big fire appartently.It's taking a while to find the page number here indeed I think i've missed it. A lesson to be patient and not to go flicking to other pages. Found it! But you already know that.
Some other entertainment pages are being moved too. And renamed. Oh and with such wit! Total entertainment on ITV is losing the word total. However they make up for those five characters with Lifestyles your name. Wait for it. It's your life! Without the exclamation mark. So we can assume Teletext is run by latter-day Bon Jovi fans then. Theres also going to be a new horoscopes section by the mystical Majore Orr. I never knew if she was a real person or Bamber Boozler type figure, only exsisting in text. Mind you it would be great if Bamber Boozler was real. You can find a full list of these changes and where there happening on p270 on channel four. It's also somewhere on ITV and most likley on Five too.
Despite a slightly cyincal note throughout that I am pleased some interest is at least being shown in teletext and they havn't complealty given up. I did find a faulty page last night. Quite a rarity on teletext. Despite large banners claiming "THIS IS A TEST PAGE" cheap flights on Majorca where stuck in the middle. Unfortunitly I couldn't find my camera. I relise that could be interpreted as sarcasm to anyone but the avid reader so let me assure you I'm being sincre in my disere to catch those magic teletext moments. Now that was a touch sarcastic.
If your stuck for something to do tonight and you live in the UK you may want to join me in watching the clocks go forward on teletext. I belive in happens at 2AM. Go on. Just sit back and say "I promise I'll be less sad next week-end."
TELETEXT feature of the day- Family Tree-C4-P154
A practical use of teletext. This alows people to track there family trees through others knowledge. Like those internet sites without the extortionist fees. Theres also a missing persons page near it. I'm not at all interested in tracking my family tree but if I were this would be far more useful than the net as there are few cenus records for Ireland. Big fire appartently.It's taking a while to find the page number here indeed I think i've missed it. A lesson to be patient and not to go flicking to other pages. Found it! But you already know that.
