Text on Text

It's almost Christmas(sort of) and time for new teletext news. In fact, although I could be mistaken, it may now be advent and so a a teletext calender should be wheeling it's way towards our screens. I have to say I wouldn't have remembered about that charming little page had it not been for the person who used the radio times site to search for teletext/advent and found this blog. Havn't found it yet, but it was fairly obsucre. I did find that teletext are offering to write a letter from Santa to your child. Disturbing at best.

I'm also informed sunny Espana is the scene of the latest inovations in teletext. In a web exclusive from variety magazine, it's reported that Fingertext is the new big thing. variety magazine neglects to mention quite what it is, but does say it publishes on two big spanish channels and "helps auds surf digital universe." Now one of the words in there doesn't look like a word to me.

Well, Google provides me anwsers to these questions.Firstly, Fingertext is a method, probably trademarked, used by activa multimedia that basicly amounts to digital teletext, but can also be used for an old-fashioned style teletext. The choice is up to the TV channel or network themselves, but fingertext can do both or integrate them. It can even change skins. Worthy of whatever award it won indeed( first prize at the Interactive Digital Television Congress if your wondering).

Secondly, Google confirms Auds is not a word. It is the profile name however, of a blogger on this site. It is also fairly regulary used to variety magazine's website, supplying the bizzare but hilarious head line

Auds chow down at Thanksgiving B.O

On a last note it's a welcome return for page of the day!