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It's still popular in Holland and accessible via internet as well (http://nos.nl/teletekst http://nos.nl/teletekst). I've been thinking about a sort of 'intern

by sdk77 11y ago

It's still popular in Holland and accessible via internet as well (http://nos.nl/teletekst http://nos.nl/teletekst). I've been thinking about a sort of 'internet magazine' broadcast on old analog TV channels using a mechanism similar to how teletext works: a continuous stream of pages where more popular pages occur more frequently in the stream to reduce waiting time. The infrastructure looks very simple. Instead of RF, what about visible light? It's still possible for users to interact more closely by including slots with data directed for single users in the stream, with upstream via mobile data or wifi.

Scarblac 11y ago
They also have apps for smartphones and the like, and it's actually extremely popular! The quality of the news reporting on Dutch teletext has always been great, that's one of the key things. No bias, no bullshit, no unrelated stock photos. Just the facts, and very quickly. In 2006, the random killing of an 8-year old boy was in the news a lot. When his murderer was convicted, Teletekst chose to show the news at the top of page 101, in CAPITALS... and immediately the whole national debate shifted to that use of capitals, which was obviously outrageously sensationalistic. Use of capitals for national disasters, OK, but merely this...
- DavideNL 11y ago
  I never really understand why people use it, you can just download the NOS app which has exactly the same news. I expect it will be mostly the elderly and such that use it, who don't want to use smartphones, iPads, etc?
ashurov 11y ago
a great article from augustus 2015 (in Dutch) explaining how and why teletekst is probably still so popular in the Netherlands. this also includes following soccer standings on game day. http://www.nu.nl/weekend/4106506/digitale-revolutie-laat-razend-populair-teletekst-ongemoeid.html http://www.nu.nl/weekend/4106506/digitale-revolutie-laat-raz... while our southern neighbours (belgium) are shutting down teletext. (article also in Dutch) http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/belgische-omroep-vrt-stopt-met-teletekst~a4220795/ http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/belgische-omroep-vrt-sto...

by sdk77 11y ago

Scarblac 11y ago

They also have apps for smartphones and the like, and it's actually extremely popular! The quality of the news reporting on Dutch teletext has always been great, that's one of the key things. No bias, no bullshit, no unrelated stock photos. Just the facts, and very quickly. In 2006, the random killing of an 8-year old boy was in the news a lot. When his murderer was convicted, Teletekst chose to show the news at the top of page 101, in CAPITALS... and immediately the whole national debate shifted to that use of capitals, which was obviously outrageously sensationalistic. Use of capitals for national disasters, OK, but merely this...

DavideNL 11y ago
I never really understand why people use it, you can just download the NOS app which has exactly the same news. I expect it will be mostly the elderly and such that use it, who don't want to use smartphones, iPads, etc?

ashurov 11y ago

a great article from augustus 2015 (in Dutch) explaining how and why teletekst is probably still so popular in the Netherlands. this also includes following soccer standings on game day. http://www.nu.nl/weekend/4106506/digitale-revolutie-laat-razend-populair-teletekst-ongemoeid.html http://www.nu.nl/weekend/4106506/digitale-revolutie-laat-raz... while our southern neighbours (belgium) are shutting down teletext. (article also in Dutch) http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/belgische-omroep-vrt-stopt-met-teletekst~a4220795/ http://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/belgische-omroep-vrt-sto...