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Nathan Dane

@nmsni.co.uk

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Broadcast engineer Creator of https://nmsceefax.co.uk ENQUIRIES EMAIL [email protected] https://www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 10d

Both forms of Ceefax are up at the moment. Let's see how long that lasts.

www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
nmsceefax.co.uk

Pages from Ceefax

YouTube video by Nathan Dane

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 1d

Nobody does it better

Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 3d

Several matches in progress tonight on nmsceefax.co.uk P331

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 5d

Oh and someone has clearly written some kind of custom display for the interactive viewer, yes, we can indeed see you cycling through pages 24/7 with rigid precision - so bravo whoever you are ;)

Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 5d

People sometimes ask about Ceefax stats:

- The current instance of the PFC stream has had 42,400 views in its 248 day runtime - or around 170 per day

- About 130 people per day read Ceefax via the interactive viewer

- Around 20 people use Ceefax on a Raspberry Pi (via feeds.nmsni.co.uk) every day

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 5d

Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 8d

C4's Presfax has been unearthed!

ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 8d

Feeling at a loose end now that #ChunkyFringe is done and all the TVs are packed way until the next event, so I went picking at an old scab, and figured out how to process a hidden internal channel 4 teletext service called IDENT from a file that's been lurking on my hard drive since 2021 👀

Page 100 of a service called IDENT. It lists page numbers for things like a countdown, daily schedules, and transmission logs

The IDENT countdown page. Showing what I think are timings for trailers.

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 9d

See also "re-explain what I just said but in different words and a condescending tone as though I was wrong initially"

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Andrew Wiseman @aswiseman.bsky.social · 10d

WEBSITE UPDATE: On this day in 1997, the balloon idents launched, on which the BBC showed off its new corporate logo. To celebrate, here's the balloon-era clock from Northern Ireland re-created. Thanks to @nmsni.co.uk for the background image. 625.uk.com/tv_logos/svg...

BBC1 Northern Ireland Balloon Clock

The BBC1 Northern Ireland clock, based on the network clock introduced in October 1997, reproduced in SVG format for viewing on phones and tablets.

625.uk.com

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 10d

I admire your confidence, cause I'm not lol

Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 10d

Both forms of Ceefax are up at the moment. Let's see how long that lasts.

www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...
nmsceefax.co.uk

Pages from Ceefax

YouTube video by Nathan Dane

www.youtube.com

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 12d

zxnet.co.uk/teletext/vie...

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 20d

🟥 REWIND | On #NationalTeletextDay, a reminder of the great resource of recovered teletext pages at:

www.teletextarchive.com

@ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social, @zxguesser.bsky.social and a team of volunteers are ensuring the rich history of otherwise lost teletext content lives on.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 21d

🟥 REWIND | On This Day in 1974 | Ceefax, the world's first teletext service was officially launched.

"In-vision" Ceefax pages were shown on BBC TV from 1980 until 2012.

This service lives on courtesy of Nathan Dane at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OU...

#NationalTeletextDay

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 21d

I read a paper once which claimed that something like only 1 in 10 people in a study could tell it apart from a placebo - and suddenly it makes sense why I have yet to experience it doing anything for me...

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 23d

I don't have access to any COWs unfortunately, don't know what happened to NI's

Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 24d

And even a Gossip column:

nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...

Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 24d

We also have the league tables:
nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...

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Nathan Dane @nmsni.co.uk · 24d

Apparently apps doing Football scores Ceefax-style are very popular at the moment. No worries, they've been on NMS Ceefax for nearly 10 years now, and are staying there.

nmsceefax.co.uk#id=WyJubXMtY...