Content
Generally, BBC Red Button offers text and video based services, as well as enhanced television programmes which offer extra information, video or quizzes.
In September 2005, BBCi launched an update to the interactivity available from the BBC's Radio channels on Freeview. Originally only Radiotext was available. After the update, users could access information about the programme, schedules, news, sport and weather. From 2005, Freeview users could access the CBBC Extra video stream.
The same team behind the BBC's digital text service also launched the early incarnations of the BBC's Interactive Wimbledon and Interactive Open Golf services in 2000, which were awarded an Interactive BAFTA that year.
The News Multiscreen was removed from the digital service in October 2009, to make room for future Freeview HD broadcasts.
Here is a table of the contents of the BBC Red Button (as of December 2009):-
| Numbers | Name | Category | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Home Page | ||
| 101–198 | News | News | Does not include UK (page 1010), World (page 1020), Health, Community or Election Results news (In Depth page 125) |
| 199 | Index | ||
| 200s | Business | Business | No longer includes Loans & Home and Savings The Savings section was removed from the Business pages in May 2012. |
| 300s | Sport | Sport | Does not include Tennis, Golf and Racing |
| 400–415 | Weather | Weather | |
| 430–480 | Travel | Travel | |
| 481 | Golf | Sport | |
| 485 | Tennis | Sport | |
| 500's | Entertainment | Entertainment | |
| 555 | National Lottery Results | Gambling | |
| 660 | Racing | Sport | |
| 700 | Election Results | News | |
| 888 | Subtitles | Help | |
| 911 | Retuning Your Digital TV | Help | |
| 1010 | UK News | News | |
| 1020 | World News | News | |
| 1030 | Health News | News | |
| 1050 | Community News | News | |
| 2500 | Loans & Home | Business | |
| 2510 | Savings | Business | Some Savings pages were difficult to interpret between 2010 and March 2012 (inc. Internet Accounts), the headings were out of alignment with the information below them. This fault was corrected for a very brief period in March 2012, however the entire section was removed in May 2012 and no longer appears on the Index. |
| 4010 | Weather | World 5 Day Forecast | |
| 4100 | Forecast Summary | Weather | |
| 4110–4117 | UK Forecast Maps | Weather | |
| 9990 | Help | Help |
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