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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An electronic communications system in which printed information is broadcast by television signal to sets equipped with decoders.

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Examples

  • The generic term videotex includes computer communications services such as teletext and viewdata.

    Poynter Online 2009

  • If you want cold, hard and pared-down facts, try teletext.

    Bid for Fernando Torres shows Chelsea's strengths and weaknesses | Richard Williams 2011

  • On Monday I made a rare visit to my gym, where there are four televisions at the front of the room, silent but showing teletext-style subtitles.

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  • The use between the public service and the commercial service is different as commercial teletext contains pink services.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

  • This will be the real end to teletext on UK television.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

  • The IBA, controllers of Britain's commercial radio and TV stations, were also developing a teletext system.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

  • The commercial stations, which only started in 1989, have used teletext.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

  • So the country, where teletext started in 1972, will be without the service from today onwards.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

  • However on the continent, teletext is still going strong in countries like Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium and, of course , in France, where they have their own system Antiope.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

  • So the country, where teletext started in 1972, will be without the service from today onwards.

    Buziaulane Jak Boumans 2010

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