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Teletext Feature

ENG

Most television channels provide written information services via teletext. Information provided includes:

Television programme times

News bulletins and weather forecasts

Sports results

Travel information

This information is divided into numbered pages (see diagram).

Part

Contents

 

 

A

Selected page number.

B

Broadcasting channel identity.

C

Current page number or search indications.

D

Date and time.

E

Text.

F

Status information.

 

FASTEXT information.

 

 

Teletext information is often divided between several pages displayed in sequence, which can be accessed by:

Entering the page number

Selecting a title in a list

Selecting a coloured heading (FASTEXT system)

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