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Listed below are comments made by Sue_Aitch between Saturday, 7th November 2009 and Tuesday, 17th November 2009.

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What we'll be building in the next six months 11:22am on 17 Nov 2009 Re my 35.

Dates are in: Teletext is closing on 14/15 December
Follow-Up to BBC Red Button Changes on Freeview 4:26pm on 16 Nov 2009 Thank you for your reply, Andrew. Guess I'm going tohave to tune in to Local Radio to get this information once Teletxt finishes its main Text services on 14/15 December.
Follow-Up to BBC Red Button Changes on Freeview 09:04am on 15 Nov 2009 Boilerplated and pikester13 for your comments.

At 105, the point I was picking up the reference in post 104 to the number of Teletext-run Text Channels; as BBC Red Button also runs Text channels, I thought the information might be useful to some.

For Andrew Bowden , if you're still following this thread, please has there been any decision about including an equivalent service to http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/tides since BBC REd Button and Ceefax do not yet have pages covering Tide Times?
Follow-Up to BBC Red Button Changes on Freeview 9:22pm on 13 Nov 2009 Well, "Teletext's news and information service is switching off in December 2009. But Teletext will still operate commercial services including Teletext Holidays, Teletext Cars, Teletext Games and various services for mobile phones.

"Teletext Holidays on Freeview channel 101; commercial channels on Freeview channels 102-107; and [various] websites will all continue.

"Owner Associated Newspapers confirmed the decision to close the editorial service, saying it had been loss-making in recent years and no viable business model could be found.

"Services ending in December 2009 are as follows:
* Teletext on ITV, C4 and FIVE on analogue TV
* On Freeview: Teletext on ITV and C4, 100, the Teletext Extra news service
* Teletext on ITV and C4 on Sky
* Editorial on Channel 986 on Freesat.

"Switch-off is in advance of the originally announced date of January 2010 to allow the process to be as smooth as possible on all platforms, technically and operationally. News about exact dates will appear on page 139.

"Subscribers to most SMS alerts will continue to receive services beyond December.

"Subtitles on p888 analogue are separate and will also continue beyond December."
Hit the North 2:05pm on 13 Nov 2009 Good on you Andrew! I'm travelling from Euston to Five Ways in Birmingham and back again by rail next week for less than the price of half a year's Radio Times subscription.
What we'll be building in the next six months 2:00pm on 13 Nov 2009 Re my 33. Teletext has not yet declared when it is closing doen, but it would be good to see some bringing together of the five versions of analogue text page 283 soon, please.
Follow-Up to BBC Red Button Changes on Freeview 07:19am on 12 Nov 2009 One argument for keeping radio stations on Freeview is to so thet blind and visually impaired people don't need to switch off and on again when wanting to go from a television programme with Audio Description to listening to a Radio Programme. Recording DAB onto an SD card works, but so does recording Radio on your TV set onto Video Tape, DVD or Hard Drive.
What's On BBC Red Button: 31st October - 13th November 08:34am on 10 Nov 2009 I filled in the BBC Online BBC Trust review of Red button questionnaire onREd Button before the demise of 302 and 305 on Freeview. Oh well.

Thank you for keeping 301 and 303 going, by the way.
Cycling's problematic pursuit of equality 08:05am on 08 Nov 2009 RE my 42: Mea Culpa: there was coverage on 7 November form 20:35 onwards, only the highlights were few: from Day One (as in Friday)and focussing almost entirely on British results.
Cycling's problematic pursuit of equality 08:42am on 07 Nov 2009 I found this blog while trying in vain to find why the World Para Cycling from Manchester has been dropped from the Freeview Red Button Schedule this weekend: see the rider (!)http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pressred/2009/10/whatson-31oct.shtml.

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