Teletext services to close 14th/15th December

Teletext services on terrestrial will cease from the 14th/15th December. More details are available on Page 139 on Freeview’s Teletext channel.

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Other changes this week

Babestation has launched on channel 42. You may need to rescan your Freeview box to pick it up. It’s on air 1am to 6am daily. Also, SmileTV3 has launched on channel 37, which airs midnight to 8am daily. Other changes from earlier this week include Big Deal moving to channel 32 (10pm to 5am daily), [...]

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Teletext preparing for digital-only service

Digital Spy is reporting how Teletext is preparing to become a digital-only service once the analogue services are switched off. Digital Spy says “Teletext is to cut up to 16 jobs after turning over some editorial and administrative functions to the Press Association… Ofcom questioned the need for a public service teletext licence beyond 2014, [...]

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‘Rabbit’ has launched

The new interactive dating & chat service from Teletext – ‘Rabbit’ – has launched on Freeview channel 102. The channel used to be home to Teletext Cars but was renamed to ‘Rabbit’ on the EPG recently. The ‘Rabbit’ service has now launched. The service enables viewers to text in and get their messages put on-screen [...]

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‘Rabbit’ placeholder appears; Teletext Cars removed

Teletext Cars – the interactive service from Teletext – has been removed and replaced with a placeholder message for the new interactive dating service ‘Rabbit’ on channel 102. ‘Rabbit’ is thought to be launching this month. Teletext Cars had been dormant on Freeview for a while.

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New interactive service coming soon

A new interactive dating service from Teletext will launch on Freeview in May. The channel will replace Teletext Cars, which is currently used as a pointer to direct people to the Teletext website. The dating service will be called ‘Rabbit’.

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NHS Direct moves to Teletext

Interactive service NHS Direct has moved from Sky Text to Teletext. Please tune to Teletext from now on to access the service.

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