Cessation of Service
A number of broadcast authorities have recently ceased the transmission of teletext services, notably CNN International. Most pages are still available, although they have not been updated since 31 October 2006.
The BBC has phased out Ceefax in October 2012 in the in the UK Digital Switchover in 2012. The full service is no longer carried on any digital services, although many channels on Sky still broadcast teletext subtitles and may still have a small number of active pages. Teletext ended in each region after analogue broadcasts finished. See Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom.
In Australia, the Seven Network shut down the Austext service on 30 September 2009. They claimed that the technology has come to the end of its useful service life and is not commercially viable to replace. Closed captioning services still continue however.
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