TVNZ Teletext

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2007}} '''TVNZ teletext''' was the only analogue teletext in New Zealand. It was also available on Freeview and was launched on 1 February 1984 with funding raised in the 1981 New Zealand Telethon, to provide news and information for the deaf.<ref name="TVNZTXT">[https://web.archive.org/web/20081021100046/http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_site_images/tvnz_teletext_brochure.pdf TVNZ Teletext brochure]</ref> The service was improved in 2006, incorporating more information.<ref name="TVNZTXT"/>

Teletext was available to viewers of TVNZ channels such as TV One, TV2 and TVNZ U. The service was also available on privately owned station TV3; unlike TVNZ, it was available only on its terrestrial service.<ref name="TVNZTXT"/> A separate Teletext service is available to Trackside viewers on page 600; this service has continued to operate following the closure of the TVNZ service. TAB horse was also available on the TVNZ service.

==Closure== TVNZ announced in December 2012 that the information service would close on 2 April 2013 due to the decreasing number of regular users, but television captions will continue. TVNZ had announced that the plans to discontinue the service as early as 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=TVNZ is axing Teletext |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv/8075955/TVNZ-is-axing-Teletext |agency=Fairfax NZ News |newspaper=Stuff |date=13 December 2012 |accessdate=13 December 2012}}</ref> TVNZ cited the reasons for closure due to the ageing equipment used and the reduce need for such a service as most information can now be found online.

==Pages and content== It carried: *World and New Zealand news *Extensive weather information, including marine and coastal forecasts *Sports news, results and statistics *Business news *Financial market information *International and domestic flight arrivals and departures *TV schedules *Lottery results *TAB horse racing and sports betting odds and results (still available on Trackside Channel, page 600) *Lifestyle information such as horoscopes

It also had captions to most recorded programmes.

From 2006 to its closure:<ref name="TVNZTXT"/> *100: Index *101: News index *102: Sport index *103: Weather index *104: TV index *105: Business index *106: Travel index *109: A-Z index *110-139: News *140-149: Weather *200-299: Sport *301-304: Listings for the four main terrestrial channels for today *310: Now/Next *311-314: Listings for tomorrow *331-337: Daily highlights *400-499: Business and Travel *500: Lifestyle index *510: Horoscopes *550-552: Newsreels (international, national, sport) *555: Lotto results *600: Tabtext (Trackside) *801: Captions

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:TVNZ Category:Teletext Category:1984 establishments in New Zealand Category:1984 in New Zealand television Category:2013 disestablishments in New Zealand Category:Defunct mass media in New Zealand