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Norway to shut teletext after 46 years
Norway’s public broadcaster has announced plans to shut its teletext service. Tekst TV was introduced on February 2, 1983. NRK says in recent years, the service has become increasingly difficult to maintain, leading to several technical errors. The risk of more serious errors means that NRK has decided to discontinue the service. It added that all the information found on Tekst TV is also available on its website. The BBC closed its Ceefax serv…
This Thursday was a day of mourning for Varden journalist Per Arne Rennestraum. Then came the news that NRK was shutting down the popular Text-to-speech TV. But already in December 2023, the mourning period began when our man was able to reveal what was going on. This is the text from that time:
I admit it bluntly: I belong to a dying breed that still checks the short news pages on teletext.
Starting August 20th, NRK will be shutting down teletext. They are blaming technical errors and a lot of maintenance.
NRK is shutting down teletext from August 20. Discontinuing the service due to the risk of serious errors.
Now it's over: NRK is shutting down teletext The NRK teletext service will soon go down in history. The public broadcaster announced this on Thursday morning. They write that the service has become increasingly difficult for NRK to maintain and that this has led to many technical errors. Teletext first saw the light of day on February 2, 1983. Several other media have also shut down their teletext, including TV 2. DE shut down teletext in 2017.…
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