John van der Tol
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News from the NOS•currently, 11:32
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Omroep West carries on with teletext. The regional broadcaster declared early in the summer time vacations that it was thinking of discontinuing the company. This has sparked hundreds of outraged reactions.
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In accordance to Omroep West, not many end users would pass up Teletext in a time period of on line information. Also, the abolition “would give the publishers air”.
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This led to a flood of replies, by means of e-mail, letter or telephone. “We acquired 1053 replies by e-mail, there were a couple dozen telephone discussions and you too were being not indifferent by letter,” writes Omroep West editor-in-chief Henk Ruijl. in a letter on their site.
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Window to the globe
In this way men and women acted not only for themselves but also for many others, writes Ruijl. “I have been given tales describing, for case in point, how ‘your neighbor’, ‘your fantastic acquaintance’ or ‘your father’ would drop teletext. These often included incredibly distressing cases, where teletext was the only window. of the fascinated individual on the environment. is. “
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The prison also responded, according to Ruijl. “I thank the inmates, who from numerous establishments have noted to me the use of Teletext in this concentrate on group”. World-wide-web is not allowed in prisons, so teletext by means of Tv set is an alternate.
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Ruijl was shocked by the sum of responses. “It turns out that teletext performs an important function for lots of of you, especially in this era of online news shipping,” he writes. “We are unable to evaluate the use of Teletext (other than radio, tv or internet site), but from your reactions it looks that we do not do it at all.”
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Will not prevent but make investments
This is why the regional broadcaster has determined not to halt utilizing teletext, but to commit in it. “As editors, we are persuaded that we can nonetheless reach numerous folks via Teletext and we will do it as up-to-date as attainable, better than we have accomplished.”
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Jurriën Beerda of Ouderenbond ANBO thinks Omroep West’s decision is a good growth. “Not so a lot since it’s always negative when factors disappear, but primarily for the reason that the broadcaster questioned its supporters what they believe before they pulled the plug.”
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In the early 1980s, the NOS started out Teletext in the Netherlands, next the British instance.
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