07-02-2023, 03:41 PM
(07-02-2023, 01:48 PM)ASnep Wrote:(07-02-2023, 09:12 AM)Rdd Wrote: Isn’t ARD’s WST teletext service still going in Germany? If not, I think it lasted well into the 2010s (same may be true of ZDF?).
Pretty much all German channels still run an old style teletext service, because they didn't have MHEG based RedButton services like the UK when they switched to digital.
And the new replacement HbbTV isnt't realy gaining any traction either. It's slow, the receiver needs to be connected to the internet, you constantly get an intrusive pop-up when changing channels ...
When ARD and ZDF launched their Digital Satellite offerings in 1997, they offered a MHEG-based Red Button service, which offered a selection of content from their respective websites and teletext, plus an expanded program guide. Due to the low use of the service in recent years, it was deactivated with the launch of HbbTV, although Videotext (ARD-Text/ZDFtext), either in analog or HbbTV mode, is still available on the DSAT services.
web.ard.de
Speaking of the success of German teletext, still a massive 25 million people use Teletext services on their TVs and other screens (online, mobile apps...), with 18 million people using the ARD offerings (produced by RBB in Potsdam), according to 2018 data.
www.daserste.de
Even ARD offers a unique way to insert social media (specifically Twitter) user-generated content, they call this instrument "Teletwitter". They use it in special events (including the ESC). They also have a Karaoke page which is activated in Schlager and folk music shows.
www.daserste.de