List of teletext services

This is an incomplete list of teletext services available on different television channels around the world:

Worldwide

• BBCfax (BBC World)
• CNN text (CNN)
• TV5 text (TV5Monde)

Albania

• Top-Channel
• TVSH
• Mediaset
• RAI

Australia

Defunct services

• Austext (Seven Network) (1982–30 September 2009)

Austria

• ORF Text (ORF1, ORF2)
• ORF Sport Text (ORF Sport Plus)
• TW1 Text (TW1)
• 3satText (3sat)
• ATV TEXT (ATV)
• Puls 4 Text (Puls 4)
• Sat1 Österreich Text (Sat 1 Österreich)
• ProSieben Text Austria (Pro 7 Österreich)
• kabel eins text Austria (Kabel 1 Österreich)
• RTLtext AT (RTL Österreich)
• RTL II TEXT AT (RTL 2)
• Austria 9 Text (Austria 9)

Belgium

• VRT-Teletekst (VRT)
• RTBF-Teletexte (RTBF)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• BHT 1 Text (BHT 1) - main state level public tv channel in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• FTV Text (FTV) - entity level public tv channel
• RTRS Text (RTRS) - entity level public tv channel
• OBN Text (OBN) - state level commercial tv channel
• Pink BH text (Pink BH) - state level commercial tv channel
• RTV BN Text (RTV BN) - entity level commercial tv channel
• Hayat Text (Hayat TV) - entity level commercial tv channel
• ATV Text (Alternativna TV) - entity level commercial tv channel

Bulgaria

• Televest (BNT 1)
• Evrokom tekst (Evrokom NKTV)
• Nova text (Nova TV)

Canada

Defunct service

• Telidon (experimental only, 1980-1985)

Croatia

• HTV TTXT (Croatian Radiotelevision) ^[1]
• Nova Text (Nova TV)
• RTL Text (RTL Televizija)
• Z1 Text (Zagrebačka Televizija)

Czech Republic

• Teletext ČT
• Teletext Nova
• Prima Teletext

Denmark

• DR Tekst-tv (Danmarks Radio)
• TV2 Tekst-tv (TV2)
• Viasat Tekst-tv (Viasat)

In fact, almost all tv channels in Denmark have teletext (called text-tv). Some of those services are entirely in Danish, while the international channels (Discovery Channel, Animal Planet etc.) shares its teletext with the other Scandinavian countries.

Estonia

• ETV teletekst (Eesti Televisioon) (defunct)^[2]
• TV3.ee (TV3 Estonia) (defunct)

Finland

Broadcasting of Finland, Yle, has its own Teletext (Yle Teksti-TV). It shows news, sport and programme information round the clock. Theme pages on the weather, traffic, work and leisure.^[3] In teksti-TV is also news in English on page 190.

• Yle Teksti-TV (Yle)
• MTV3 Tekstikanava (MTV3)
• TekstiNelonen (Nelonen)
• Subteksti (Sub) (defunct)

France

A lot of French channels have teletext left only for subtitling. Here some with a complete text:

• France 3
• France 5
• arte

Germany

Almost all German TV stations have teletext. Here is a small selection:

• ARD Text^[4]
• ZDF Text^[5]
• RTL Text^[6]
• Pro7 Text^[7]
• Sat.1 Text^[8]
• kabel eins text^[9]

Greece

• NERIT (State television channels N1, N Sports)
• Mediatext (Mega Channel, Star Channel, Sports TV, Extra3)
• Newsphone Hellas (ANT1, Alpha TV, Alter Channel, MAD TV)

Hungary

• m1Text (m1)
• m2Text (m2)
• TV2 Text (TV2)
• Klub text (RTL Klub)
• Viasat 3 (Viasat 3)

Iceland

• RÚV textavarp (Icelandic public TV station RÚV)^[10]

Indonesia

Defunct service

• Televisi Republik Indonesia (1995 - 1999)
• RCTI Seputar RCTI (1997 - 1999)

Ireland

• RTÉ Aertel (RTÉ One and RTÉ Two) Provided in Digital on Saorview
• threetext (TV3)
• Téacs TG4 (TG4) (Teletext ceased ??)

Israel

• Israeli Educational Television

Italy

• Televideo (RAI)
• Mediavideo (Mediaset)

Defunct Services

• La7Video (La7)
• MTVVideo (MTV)

Japan

Defunct services

• Telemo Japan (NHK)
• TV Asahi Data Vision (TV Asahi) (April 7, 1986 – July 24, 2011)
• AXES4 (Nippon TV) (1985-March 31, 2007)
• Tokyo Data Vision (TBS)
• Fuji TV
• Tokyo Metropolitan Television
• Nikkei Telepress (TV Tokyo)

Latvia

• TV3.lv (TV3 Latvia)
• Latvian Television used to have teletext, but as of March 2007, it is closed.

Malaysia

Defunct services

• Beriteks (RTM) (1985-2000)
• Infonet (TV3) (1985-2008)

Netherlands

The Netherlands has run a regular Teletext service since the end of 1977 on the public broadcasting channels, and the commercial and regional channels that were later introduced also have their own services. Some of these channels also run Tekst-tv, which broadcasts a selection of their teletext pages as a regular TV broadcast, using improved fonts and background graphics, when no normal programming is shown.

• NOS Teletekst (Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3) ^[11]
• RTL Nederland Text (RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL7 and RTL 8)
• SBS Text (NET5 Text, SBS6 Text, Veronica Text)

New Zealand

Defunct services

• TVNZ Teletext (TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, TV3) (1984–2 April 2013)

Norway

• Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation: NRK Tekst-TV
• TV 2: TV 2 Text
• TVNorge
• TV3

Pakistan

• PTV Teletext service

Poland

• Telegazeta (Telewizja Polska)
• Gazeta TV Polsat (Polsat)
• Gazeta TV4 (TV4)
• Telestrony (TVN)
• Mediatext 5 (Tele5)
• Mediatext 1P (Polonia 1)
• 4fun.tv Text

Portugal

• RTP Texto (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal)^[12]
• SIC Teletexto (SIC)
• Teletexto TVI] (TVI)^[13]

Romania

• TVR 1
• Antena 1

Russia

• Channel One
• Russia 1 (subtitles only)
• Russia K (subtitles only)
• REN TV
• CENTR-INFO (TV Center)

Serbia

• TeletextB92 (B92)
• Prva Teletekst (Prva Srpska Televizija)
• Happy teletext Happy TV
• Pink Teletekst (RTV Pink)
• RTS Teletekst (RTS1, RTS2)
• RTV Teletekst (RTV1 RTV2)
• Sport Klub TXT
• RTV Studio B TXT
• Arena Sport Teletext (Arena Sport 1)

Defunct services

• BK Videotext (BKTV)
• Super TV Teletext (Super TV)
• Enter Teletext (TV Enter)
• 3K Text (RTS 3K)
• Avala text (Avala)

Singapore

• MediaCorp Teletext (MediaCorp TV Channel 5, MediaCorp TV Channel 8, MediaCorp Channel NewsAsia) (August 1, 1983 – September 30, 2014)

Slovakia

• STV text (Slovenská televízia)
• markiza-text (Markíza)
• JOJ text (TV JOJ)

South Africa

• Teledata (only available on SABC 2; rarely updated)

Spain

• Teletexto RTVE (Televisión Española)^[14]
• Teletexto de Antena 3 Televisión Antena 3 teletext^[15]
• Cuatro teletext
• Telecinco teletext
• Teletexto de La Sexta Televisión (laSexta) ^[16]
• Televisió de Catalunya Catalan public television

Sweden

• SVT Text
• TV 3 Text
• TV 4 Text
• Kanal 5 Text
• TV 6 Text

Switzerland

• TELETEXT (Made by SWISS TXT for all national TV stations, including SF, TSR and TSI).^[17]
• 3+ TEXT (3+)
• RTL II TEXT CH(RTL 2)
• SSF TEXT (Schweizer Sportfernsehen)

Thailand

Defunct services

• ข่าวเขียน อสมท (Modernine TV) (1983-1993)
• Infonet (Channel 3 (Thailand)) (Known up until 1996 as ข่าวเขียน ช่อง 3)

Turkey

• Telegün (TRT) The Teletext is available online at (Telegün) (in Turkish)

Defunct services

• D Text (Kanal D)
• ShowText (Show TV)

United Kingdom

• UTV Plus (ITV UTV, 1995–present)
• 5 Text (Channel 5, 1997–present)
• MTVtext (MTV)
• NickText (Nickelodeon)
• Paramount Text (Paramount Comedy)
• Sci Fi Text(Syfy)
• ToonText (Cartoon Network)

Defunct services

• Anglia Text (ITV1 Anglia, 1995–2004)
• Border Text (ITV1 Border, 1995–2004)
• Carlton Plus (ITV1 Carlton, 1995–2004, including the former Central and Westcountry regions from 1999)
• Ceefax (BBC One and BBC Two, 1973–2012) - World's first Teletext system.
• Centext (ITV Central, (1995–1999)
• FourText (formerly 4-Tel; Channel 4, 1980s-2003)
• Grampian Text (ITV1 Grampian), 1995–2010?)
• Granada Text (ITV1 Granada, 1995–2004)
• HTV Wales Teletext + (ITV1 HTV Wales, 1995–2004)
• HTV West Teletext + (ITV1 HTV West, 1995–2004)
• LWT 600 Plus (ITV1 LWT, 1995–2004)
• Meridian (ITV1 Meridian, 1995–2004)
• ORACLE (ITV and Channel 4, 1974–1992)
• Parlifax (BBC Parliament)
• Sbectel (S4C, 1980s-2009)
• Scot-Text (ITV1 Scottish TV), 1995–2011?)
• Sky Text (various BSkyB channels)
• Teletext Ltd. (ITV1, Channel 4 and S4C, 1993–2009; Five, 2002–2009)
• Teletext on 4 (Channel 4, 2003–2009)
• Tyne Tees Television (ITV1 Tyne Tees, 1995–2004)
• Westcountry Text (ITV Westcountry, 1995–1999)
• Yorkshire Television Text (ITV1 Yorkshire Television, 1995–2004)

United States

Defunct services

• Electra (Superstation WTBS, 1980s-1993)
• ExtraVision (CBS, 1983-1986)
• NBC Teletext (NBC, 1985)

Vietnam

• DN2-Asia first Vietnamese language teletext

References