BBC Red Button
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BBC Red Button is a brand used for digital interactive television services provided by the BBC, and broadcast in the United Kingdom. The services replaced Ceefax, the BBC's analogue teletext service. BBC Red Button's text services were due to close on 30 January 2020, but the switch off was suspended on 29 January 2020 following protests.[1][2]
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Language(s) | English |
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Ownership | |
Owner | BBC |
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History | |
Launched | 23 September 1999; 24 years ago (1999-09-23) |
Replaced | Ceefax |
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Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | 250 (interactive version) |
601 (other) | |
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