> INTERACTIVE SCREEN PHONE Unrelated, but imagine if smartphones today were instead called screenphones. Fun! I think that the reason teletext never went live

> INTERACTIVE SCREEN PHONE Unrelated, but imagine if smartphones today were instead called screenphones. Fun! I think that the reason teletext never went live in NA (although to be fair CBC had some serious trials) is because of different broadcast standards. Not in "NTSC versus PAL" mind you, but in "nationally-run versus autonomous affiliates of networks" sense. Convincing many independent stations to install equipment and to update the information for a nebulous service that you aren't sure that the viewers who bought their sets would appreciate, while across the pond the cost of switching to televisions with teletext is (for most people) call your renter if they have one available for you to swap to while we BBC/IBA (the Independent Broadcasting Authority) will take care of our side, even if you're in the Channel Islands.