RTÉ Aertel
RTÉ Aertel is a teletext service broadcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ2 in Ireland. It was also available in its entirety on the Internet until 2019. History. The teletext service began development in the mid-1980s (with tests as early as 1985) and was formally launched on 22 June 1987. Originally called simply "Aertel", it gained the RTÉ prefix along with RTÉ's other activities from September 2003. The rte.ie news service used to simply wrap Aertel's output into their web pages, with the service also available on WAP. A selection of RTÉ Aertel pages were broadcast in -vision on rotation overnight on RTÉ Two after normal programming, under the title "Nightscreen". Since the terrestrial analogue switch-off in 2012 and Virgin Media analogue switch-off in 2019, the Aertel teletext service has only been available on satellite. In April 2018, it reported that RTÉ has asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for permission to reduce the Aertel service on the grounds that it had been superseded by more recent technology. For legal reasons, RTE has to get permission from the Minister to make significant changes to Aertel. Since September 2019 the RTÉ Aertel internet  homepage now merely acts as a series of links or site map of the wider RTÉ website. In November 2019, it was announced that Aertel would be shut down as part of cost-cutting measures at RTÉ. Despite this, Aertel continues to be available on satellite. RTÉ Aertel Digital. RTÉ Aertel Digital is currently broadcast on the Saorview service on all RTÉ channels. The service is the same on each channel. RTÉ have proposed providing more improvements with the service over the coming years. It was also proposed that the text service would be carried on their radio services which  broadcast on Saorview.