Text on Text

It's election night here in the UK and it's one of the things teletext can do very well. It can be updated quickly and has vast amounts of space at it's disposals.It also lets people access rather obscure information that will not be on TV. Continusly updated results of the Wosteshire poll? Not intruiging is it? Except to those who live in Wosteshire. Ceefax have opened the unused 700's for a 98 page election service. ITV's teletext has squessed it all into 20 pages but it looks pretty complete and a little better presented than Ceefax, but it usually is. Channel four don't do news apart from Finace and a two line news flash which will likley tell us tomorrow who won. Some may argue a better approach. Sky text have a section somehwere also but I doubt it can keep pace with Ceefax or teletext. Sky text is probably the slowest of the digital textes. BBCi has a spurious interactive angle. There just not very good at it and should give up really. But back to teletext.Maybe the best thing is I can put mute on and try to not be embarresed by Richard Wilson and Honour Blackman talking politics with a very, how can I put it, scantly clad female presenter in the London Eye. I can't believe I wrote that sentence. Overall I think Teletext on ITV are doing the best coverage. There comprehensive list of constenices shows what party held the seat before, precentage change and who holds it now. Maybe that will change though as results come in Ceefax may display it's extra depth in content that it usually beats Teletext with.

I'll track down my digital camera and stick up some pictures tomorrow, maybe tonight if I can. I won't bother with Teletext thing of the day as it's pretty clear what I think it is. So a surprise victory and the teletext face off between the big two. Will it be repeated in the some-might-say-more-important battle tonight? I doubt it, but we will see.(on teletext)