Teletext Cars Appears On Freeview Channel 56 (merged) - Freeview

Freeview_Fan · 21-03-2005, 15:56

Teletext Cars has appeared today on Channel 56.

The LCN Name has been updated, but it is still broadcasting an MHEG with 'Coming Soon' displayed.

F_F

Air Resistance · 21-03-2005, 15:58

I can confim this

ironeagleuk · 21-03-2005, 16:00

awww I miss all the fun when am at work

Freeview_Fan · 21-03-2005, 16:19

I wonder what this service will be for anyway?

Advertising used cars, or showcasing new cars??

F_F

ironeagleuk · 21-03-2005, 16:27

i wonder what License from Ofcom covers this.

Is it run by the same people that does Teletext analogue and Teletext on 4?

Paddy C · 21-03-2005, 16:29

And why are Teletext doing it?!

Showing up here on Divis on Channel 56.

Paddy

N00N00 · 21-03-2005, 17:35

Why do teletext have to keep making new channels and getting rid of old ones. they don't seem to know what they're doing.

Isn't it possible to just have one teletext channel with all he info on that?

ironeagleuk · 21-03-2005, 18:20

My Nokia said "Teletext C", and then after a rescan, it changed to "Teletext Cars"

Teletext has quite a high presence on Freeview.

09 - Teletext
50 - Teletext on 4
54 - Teletext TV Guide?
55 - Teletext Holidays
56 - Teletext Cars

and coming soon Teletext on ITV

steveboswell · 21-03-2005, 18:29

I'm guessing this is on Mux 2? Can anyone confirm this?

Bozz

lstar337 · 21-03-2005, 18:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by ironeagleuk

My Nokia said "Teletext C", and then after a rescan, it changed to "Teletext Cars"

Teletext has quite a high presence on Freeview.

09 - Teletext
50 - Teletext on 4
54 - Teletext TV Guide?
55 - Teletext Holidays
56 - Teletext Cars

and coming soon Teletext on ITV

54 - Teletext TV Guide? soon to be deleted. farewell usefull resorce. hello useless add page.

freeview_maniac · 21-03-2005, 18:32

Teletext TV Guide has been scrapped to make room for Teletext on ITV.
Source:- http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...d.php?t=200685
Look at posts #17 and #18

mentore · 21-03-2005, 19:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by lstar337

54 - Teletext TV Guide? soon to be deleted. farewell usefull resorce. hello useless add page.

Absolutely...I agree with this and of course there are continual moans about the quality and breadth of the BBC's on-line offerings an that these should be flogged off to "entrepreneurs".

A continual aspect of the Rip-Off Britain is that once anything not-for-profit is good then it must be sold off to commerce so that some rat-bag can make a pile out of it.

Remember 192 and just what the 118 companies are now making ..double the cost for half the service..ditto the £billions pumped into privatised railways.

ironeagleuk · 21-03-2005, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by freeview_maniac

Teletext TV Guide has been scrapped to make room for Teletext on ITV.
Source:- http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...d.php?t=200685
Look at posts #17 and #18

that's what i thought, hence the "?", but I wasn't sure.

so they probs don't need another License?

freeview_maniac · 21-03-2005, 20:09

Yeah they probably don't. I never saw the point in the Teletext TV Guide because Channel 9 Teletext has a TV Guide!!! Maybe that's why they didn't update Teletext TV Guide to the more newer, fresher one on channel 9.

x-p-d · 21-03-2005, 20:17

For those with boxes without an EPG Teletext TV Guide was a helpfull channel - you didn't have to trawl through the main Teletext to see what was on, or go through the BBC's not-so-good tv guide feature.

Will be missed.

riko · 21-03-2005, 20:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by freeview_maniac

Teletext TV Guide has been scrapped to make room for Teletext on ITV.
Source:- http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...d.php?t=200685
Look at posts #17 and #18

Teletext TV guide was carried in Teletext's own gifted capacity on MUX2. Teletext on ITV will use space from ITV's part of MUX2 just as Teletext on 4 uses space on CH4's part. They would only needed to have removed the guide to launch a new service of their own, hence the guide on ch54 was removed to make way for Teletext Cars on ch56 not the new ITV service.

I have to agree though, removing the most useful guide for users of non 7 day EPG boxes and replacing it with ads makes me

. Suppose you never get anything for free though

riko

Steven L Hunter · 21-03-2005, 20:22

I hate interactive channels why can't they be hidden and accessed by pressing red on the channel or accessed through the menu??

chrisdafur · 21-03-2005, 20:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenGray16

I hate interactive channels why can't they be hidden and accessed by pressing red on the channel or accessed through the menu??

Because it doesnt have a channel to be associated with!

Steven L Hunter · 21-03-2005, 20:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisdafur

Because it doesnt have a channel to be associated with!

Could they not hide them though?

Daveoc64 · 21-03-2005, 21:01

READ IT. How are you going to get to Teletext Cars if there is no channel to link to it? You can't turn to Car TV on 35 and press red.

I really don't see the fuss about having the 50-59 range reserved for text services - and then Heaven forbid actually putting any there.

Steven L Hunter · 21-03-2005, 21:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daveoc64

READ IT. How are you going to get to Teletext Cars if there is no channel to link to it? You can't turn to Car TV on 35 and press red.

I really don't see the fuss about having the 50-59 range reserved for text services - and then Heaven forbid actually putting any there.

Well I think that the text channels should all be in the 50s then as it's a pain having BBC THREE on 7 then you have a blank text channel on 9 (Teletext) then you have TeleG on 8 which only broadcasts for a hour a day so is mostly a text channel then BBC FOUR on 10 I think that Digital Terrestrial needs an EPG reshuffle even at the end of the radio section as they seem to just add radio channels on the end and they are all out of place.

Mark Smith · 21-03-2005, 22:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenGray16

Well I think that the text channels should all be in the 50s then as it's a pain having BBC THREE on 7 then you have a blank text channel on 9 (Teletext) then you have TeleG on 8 which only broadcasts for a hour a day so is mostly a text channel then BBC FOUR on 10 I think that Digital Terrestrial needs an EPG reshuffle even at the end of the radio section as they seem to just add radio channels on the end and they are all out of place.

I agree entirely, but Teletext have decided, no doubt for commerical reasons, that their channel would be noticed better and used more (and hence more attractive to advertisers) if they remain on channel 9. And under the terms of their analogue/digital licence it seems they have a right to stay there, whether we like it or not.

I'd prefer to see all the 24 hour channels listed first, followed by the timeshares, and then subscription, radio and text but this is very unlikely to happen so we should get used to it and stop complaining.

Air Resistance · 22-03-2005, 07:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daveoc64

READ IT. How are you going to get to Teletext Cars if there is no channel to link to it? You can't turn to Car TV on 35 and press red.

I really don't see the fuss about having the 50-59 range reserved for text services - and then Heaven forbid actually putting any there.

You could go to Men & Motors (If it comes before it turns into ITV4)

paul_m · 22-03-2005, 09:19

if teletext cars is on the same mux as the main teletext, then it should be linked from that and not have its own lcn. then they would only need 2 lcn's - teletext on 9 and teletext holidays (as thats on a different mux)

Air Resistance · 22-03-2005, 11:05

I Think it's on mux A so they don't break they 3% agreement on mux 2.

21-03-2005, 15:56	#1
Freeview_Fan Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: >>> LONDON <<< Services: ......) Freeview (...... >>Sony KD28DX50U idTV. >>Packard Bell TCX170 STB. Posts: 1,876	Teletext Cars Appears On Freeview Channel 56 Teletext Cars has appeared today on Channel 56. The LCN Name has been updated, but it is still broadcasting an MHEG with 'Coming Soon' displayed. F_F

21-03-2005, 15:58	#2
Air Resistance Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire Posts: 4,722	I can confim this

21-03-2005, 16:00	#3
ironeagleuk Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Folkestone, Kent (Dover TX) Services: Nokia 9850T, Hauppauge Nova-T, Matsui TUTV1, Ferguson FPVR1T, Top Up TV+ Posts: 28,749	awww I miss all the fun when am at work

21-03-2005, 16:19	#4
Freeview_Fan Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: >>> LONDON <<< Services: ......) Freeview (...... >>Sony KD28DX50U idTV. >>Packard Bell TCX170 STB. Posts: 1,876	I wonder what this service will be for anyway? Advertising used cars, or showcasing new cars?? F_F

21-03-2005, 16:27	#5
ironeagleuk Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Folkestone, Kent (Dover TX) Services: Nokia 9850T, Hauppauge Nova-T, Matsui TUTV1, Ferguson FPVR1T, Top Up TV+ Posts: 28,749	i wonder what License from Ofcom covers this. Is it run by the same people that does Teletext analogue and Teletext on 4?

21-03-2005, 16:29	#6
Paddy C Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,129	And why are Teletext doing it?! Showing up here on Divis on Channel 56. Paddy

21-03-2005, 17:35	#7
N00N00 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 253	Why do teletext have to keep making new channels and getting rid of old ones. they don't seem to know what they're doing. Isn't it possible to just have one teletext channel with all he info on that?

21-03-2005, 18:20	#8
ironeagleuk Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Folkestone, Kent (Dover TX) Services: Nokia 9850T, Hauppauge Nova-T, Matsui TUTV1, Ferguson FPVR1T, Top Up TV+ Posts: 28,749	My Nokia said "Teletext C", and then after a rescan, it changed to "Teletext Cars" Teletext has quite a high presence on Freeview. 09 - Teletext 50 - Teletext on 4 54 - Teletext TV Guide? 55 - Teletext Holidays 56 - Teletext Cars and coming soon Teletext on ITV

21-03-2005, 18:29	#9
steveboswell Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sheffield Services: Freeview & ESPN · Freesat HD · DAB Posts: 1,369	I'm guessing this is on Mux 2? Can anyone confirm this? Bozz

21-03-2005, 18:32	#11
freeview_maniac Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Brighton--Freeview Sagem ITD62, Philips DTR1500 (Whitehawk Hill Relay) Services: DAB Personal Radio, AOL Broadband, Win XP(SP2) Posts: 620	Teletext TV Guide has been scrapped to make room for Teletext on ITV. Source:- http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...d.php?t=200685 Look at posts #17 and #18

21-03-2005, 20:09	#14
freeview_maniac Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Brighton--Freeview Sagem ITD62, Philips DTR1500 (Whitehawk Hill Relay) Services: DAB Personal Radio, AOL Broadband, Win XP(SP2) Posts: 620	Yeah they probably don't. I never saw the point in the Teletext TV Guide because Channel 9 Teletext has a TV Guide!!! Maybe that's why they didn't update Teletext TV Guide to the more newer, fresher one on channel 9.

21-03-2005, 20:17	#15
x-p-d Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Portsmouth (Rowridge TX) Services: Freeview iPlayer+/FreeSat, SkyHD, PS3, PSP, DSi, Xbox 360, VM XXL 50Mb. Posts: 7,016	For those with boxes without an EPG Teletext TV Guide was a helpfull channel - you didn't have to trawl through the main Teletext to see what was on, or go through the BBC's not-so-good tv guide feature. Will be missed.

21-03-2005, 20:22	#17
Steven L Hunter Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edinburgh. Services: Vodafone Services: Virgin TV 2 V+HD Boxes (XL), VM Broadband (L), BT Phone (Eve & Weekends) Posts: 9,080	I hate interactive channels why can't they be hidden and accessed by pressing red on the channel or accessed through the menu??

21-03-2005, 21:01	#20
Daveoc64 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bristol (BBC1 West) Services: Sky+ HD, Sky+, Sky Multiroom, Freeview, Xbox LIVE Gold, Virgin Media 20mbps Posts: 11,104	READ IT. How are you going to get to Teletext Cars if there is no channel to link to it? You can't turn to Car TV on 35 and press red. I really don't see the fuss about having the 50-59 range reserved for text services - and then Heaven forbid actually putting any there.

22-03-2005, 09:19	#24
paul_m Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North London Services: Freeview (Panasonic IDTV, Humax PVR-8000T) Posts: 1,211	if teletext cars is on the same mux as the main teletext, then it should be linked from that and not have its own lcn. then they would only need 2 lcn's - teletext on 9 and teletext holidays (as thats on a different mux)

22-03-2005, 11:05	#25
Air Resistance Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire Posts: 4,722	I Think it's on mux A so they don't break they 3% agreement on mux 2.