UPC and Teletext

patrickmooney

UPC Digital supports old fashioned analog teletext, and as a teletext nut I've found it cool to find out it records it too along with the original show. I have some old recordings going back years on the media box and it's like finding an old newspaper reading the news on teletext from the time of the recording.

With the analog switch off, Aertel will disappear tomorrow. UPC are meant to be launched the new digital version, but when? I know many UPC customers are ready for tomorrow safe knowing they will not be affected, but are UPC ready for the many folk out there who may complain (like my parents) who rely on teletext every day for news and such.

Perhaps UPC have done a deal with RTE to keep analog Aertel on their platform until digital Aertel is ready.

That said, I will also miss Ceefax as I can never see the BBC release a version which works on UPC boxes. Shame.

Ur[s]uS

This brings back memories.

I used to track football scores on teletext in the 1980s. The reception was bad, so the text would sometimes be garbled. It was better when I visited my aunt's, but they never understood why I was happy reading a teleprompt. I guess Sky Sports News has filled that gap; for an inexplicable Saturday afternoon reading choice.

patrickmooney

Interesting, no word yet from UPC, but RTE digital have blogged Aertel Digital will be on UPC tomorrow http://www.rte.ie/blogs/digital/2012/10/23/new-digital-rte-aertel-design-launched/

decies

Where and how do we get aertel digital on UPC?

Capt'n Midnight

UPC analog (Dublin) still has teletext on

RTE1
NET2
TV 3
TG 4
Setanta
Channel 4
3e

Capt'n Midnight

patrickmooney wrote: »

UPC Digital supports old fashioned analog teletext, and as a teletext nut I've found it cool to find out it records it too along with the original show.

Some video recorders did that too if you want to do some archaeology

icdg

decies wrote: »

Where and how do we get aertel digital on UPC?

It never launched. That RTÉ Digital blog post is still there but the story on Aertel itself changed to read that "analogue" (WST) Aertel would remain available on UPC which it still is.

Compare:

http://www.rte.ie/blogs/digital/2012/10/23/new-digital-rte-aertel-design-launched/

with

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1024/digital-switchover-television.html

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

UPC analog (Dublin) still has teletext on

RTE1
NET2
TV 3
TG 4
Setanta
Channel 4
3e

In Setanta and 3e's case their teletext services amount to little more than a large graphic of the channel logo and TV3's isn't much better. I'm surprised Teletext Limited's rather limited service is still going on UPC two years after they became the only UK terrestrial broadcaster ever to lose their licence mid term for refusing to provide the service they were contracted for.