The comparative initiative in Germany was BTX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildschirmtext https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildschirmtext In the United Kingdom,

The comparative initiative in Germany was BTX: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildschirmtext https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildschirmtext In the United Kingdom, I think, the respective effort was Prestel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestel