Teletext

***Teletext Ltd*** is the provider of teletext and digital interactive services in the UK. It started providing services for ITV and Channel 4 on 1 January 1993, replacing the previous ORACLE service. Initially it was a text-only service from launch, but prior to the launch of BBC's red button service (BBCi) in 2001, the news and information service launched on ONdigital (later ITV Digital and now Freeview). The service was originally on ch9, but during the Freeview EPG changes in October 2005 it moved to ch100. On 3rd September 2014 the service moved to channel 201 on Freeview, then again in 2017 to channel 251 following the Freeview clearance.

## 2000-2007; 2010-2019

    This logo, as first seen in 2000, was revived in Autumn 2010 when Channel 5 no longer had the rights to the service while it continued on ITV & Channel 4.

This pixelated, flat version of the logo (2010 revival) was only used on the text-only service until all the remaining analogue signals were switched off in the UK in 2012.Teletext on ITVTeletext on 4
## 2019 - present

    A modified version of the 2007 logo was introduced on 26th December 2019.

On 16th May 2022, Teletext on 4's logo was slightly updated to include the new Channel 4 logo, which is a revival of the original multicoloured one from 1982, as the entire Channel 4 network was overhauled with new looks and logos on the same day (including 4Music, which is joint ventured with Bauer Media Group & The Box Plus Network); 4seven closed down a week earlier in order to launch 4Kids - Channel 4's first ever children's channel - and all programmes moved to More4, 4Music began playing music videos 24 hours a day to compete with all other music channels in the UK as all reality programmes have moved to E4, Film4 started broadcasting mini-series based on certain films, and on the following weekend Channel 4 saw the return of T4 after almost 10 years of being off viewers' TV screens.

## On-screen captions

Here is a list of examples of on-screen captions used by Teletext on ITV, Channel 4 &, until 2010, Channel 5 as seen below (the examples below were taken from ITV's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"):

### Teletext on ITV / C4 / C5 (first era)

#### *1990's - 2000:*

Notice: The "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" game rules summary moved pages from 364 to 375 in 1999, and still remains there to this day.

### Teletext on ITV1 / C4 / C5

#### *2002 - 2005:*

When ITV1 relaunched on 28th October 2002, *Teletext on ITV* became *Teletext on ITV1*.

### Teletext on ITV / C4 / C5 (second era)

#### *2005 - 2007:*

*Teletext on ITV1* was renamed back to *Teletext on ITV* in 2005 when Celador hired 2waytraffic, who later became the production company for "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" from its 45th series in 2018 when Celador was dissolved.

### Teletext on ITV / C4

#### *2010 - 2015:*

In Autumn 2010 when the 2000 logo was revived, the 'p' for page numbers was replaced with 'pg' on both services. This happened when the service was removed from Channel 5.

#### *2015 - 2019:*

On 20th June 2015, a refresh was given to all pages and captions on both UK teletext services, Teletext & BBCi (BBC's red button interactive service).

#### *2019 - present:*

The "pg" for page numbers was reverted back to "p" on 26th December 2019 when Teletext introduced a modified version of the 2007 logo.