BBC Red Button - Content

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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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