teletext

noun

1. (Ireland, UK, uncountable)A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.
2. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of Teletext.

   “Touch-tone teletext provides many of the services of viewdata and teletext at the low cost intended for teletext alone.”

   “A Swedish teletext employee has attributed the popularity of the world’s longest-running service of its kind to nostalgia and an appetite for trustworthy information, as it celebrates its 45th anniversary this year.”