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Getting away from the recent batch of Nighttime updates (though I'm hoping to be able to add some more to the Nighttime pages again soon, as I'm working on... strategies for recovering some late 90s clips; watch this space!), this weekend there's a new event page on the site.

The end of 2009 saw the almost total closure of the Teletext service (only a few money-spinners were left, which Ofcom are currently giving a lipservice licence revocation over). This ended up being somewhat ahead of everyone's original expectations, as the owners found the service too unprofitable in the modern-day, internet focussed era. As the remnants of the service vanish, and Ceefax gradually follows over the next few years, the original WST style service looks to be at an end for the UK. In celebration of this end of an era, TV Whirl takes a look back at a few invision appearances of text over the years...

Teletext In View

March, and the 9th Birthday of TV Whirl, is fast approaching now, so expect lots more from us as the site reaches this milestone in it's history!

~ Terence

Awarded the 'Best Specialist Site' and 'Best Site for Children's TV' awards in the TellyWeb Awards 2003. I didn't do as well in 2004/2005 mind, and I think he's given up for 2006! =;)

http://www.uktvsites.org.uk.