# Teletext (Israel)

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From 1982 to 2014, [Israeli Educational Television](/source/Israeli_Educational_Television) provided the country's only **[Teletext](/source/Teletext)** (טלטקסט) service. The service was available daily on [Israeli Television/Channel 1](/source/Channel_1_(Israel)) from 8:30am to 5pm every day, as well as having an in-vision service during IETV's timeshare on the channel. During the 1980s, it was promoted as "the third channel on your TV" (הערוץ השלישי בטלוויזיה שלך).[1]

## History

The teletext service was initiated in 1982 by IETV in association with the British government, which donated equipment.[2] Its first CEO was Mickey Gur, while the technology was provided by British ambassador to Israel Jacob Lorberbaum.[1] The first experimental pages did not come until May 1983, when an experimental service began on Israeli kindergartens. Later, in November, a trial service for sixth grade arithmetic students began. In March 1984, a pre-pilot for tenth grade English students followed, then in May, it began an electronic magazine aimed at the youth and a quiz based on the [Pentateuch](/source/Torah).[3]

After these experiments, IETV started conducting tests for a regular teletext service. On 10 September 1985, Prime Minister [Shimon Peres](/source/Shimon_Peres) (in his [first premiership](/source/Twenty-first_government_of_Israel)) took part in a demonstration where, in an initial phase, the scope of content would also include updated government information.[4] Full broadcasts began in July 1986; by late August, 5,000 teletext decoders were sold in Israel, while the number of teletext-enabled sets was at 10,000. In-vision teletext broadcasts aired twice on IETV's daytime schedule, at 9am and 2pm.[2] The introduction of a regular teletext service featured an advertisement featuring Rotem Abuhav.[5]

Some programs were subtitled, most notably the Friday repeat of *[Zehu Ze!](/source/Zehu_Ze!)*.[1]

Over time, Teletext Israel reduced its content. By 2004, most of its sections were removed, being limited to general information, such as news, weather, airport times and economic news; sections such as one for the hard of hearing were already removed.[5] As of 2012, Teletext was accessible only on [Channel 1](/source/Channel_1_(Israel)) from 8:30am to 5pm (the time where IETV's *[Erev Hadash](/source/Erev_Hadash)* started.[6]

IETV closed its teletext service in early 2014.[7][better source needed]

## Partial content

Partial index from the second half of the 80s:[1]

- 123 - Lottery numbers
- 173 - Trip of the Week
- 301 and 302 - Tech
- 315 - Dollar exchange rate
- 316 - Weather
- 385 - Greetings
- 888 - Subtitles
- Unknown - a weekly passage from the Torah, sports news and the flight schedule of the [Ben Gurion Airport](/source/Ben_Gurion_Airport)

## References

1. שחף, טל (2019-08-23). [""הערוץ השלישי בטלוויזיה שלך": בחזרה לתור הזהב של הטלטקסט"](https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5567828,00.html) ["The Third Channel on Your TV": a return to the golden age of teletext] (in Hebrew). *www.ynet.co.il*. Retrieved 2020-12-25.

1. [15,000 sets receive teletext](https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/kotert/1986/08/27/01/article/13?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98%22&utm_content=itonut), *Koteret Rashit*, 27 August 1986

1. [Teletext in Israel: an instructional tool](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0260741850110302)

1. [Government information in your living room](https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1985/09/11/01/article/128?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98%22&utm_content=itonut), *[Maariv](/source/Maariv)*, 11 May 1985

1. Eyal Gonen, [Confession of a teletext operator](https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2985888,00.html), *[Ynet](/source/Ynet)*, 5 October 2004

1. Aviv Mizrahi, [The first teletext service is shutting down](https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4295868,00.html), *[Ynet](/source/Ynet)*, 23 October 2012]

1. [הוא לא פועל מזה כשלוש שנים. צריך זמני נחיתות?](https://x.com/KanILArchive/status/838303296251179010)

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