Episodes
Friday Jan 06, 2023
ARKADE and Podcast update
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Byte High no Limit is a series about all aspects of Technological history and it's social connections.
Fans of the teletext series should not despair as there will be more interviews on the way, In the meantime here is an update of the channel and and item I recorded about WE ARE INSTAR, an art collective that are exhibiting in my childhood town of Jaywick in Essex.
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Saturday Dec 31, 2022
teletext People - Paul Rose / Mr Biffo
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Paul Rose is a BAFTA nominated writer for Children's TV and also writes for Mainstream Adult audience programming.
He is fondly remembered and held in high regard for his work on Teletext Ltd's Digitiser Magazine as Mr Biffo which he launched 30 years ago!
Paul very kindly spoke to me about his time at teletext, his motivations and what he is doing now.
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You can find out more about Paul here... http://www.paulrosewriter.com/
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
teletext People - Teletext Elite Mark Moxon
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Probably one of the BBC computer's killer Apps, Elite started a series of games that continue today.
Acorn Nut Mark Moxon decided that this iconic game needed a port to the teletext medium and in this episode he explains his motivations an experiences of creating this wonderfully playable adaption.
You can play the game yourself here. https://www.bbcelite.com/hacks/teletext_elite.html
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Saturday Dec 10, 2022
teletext People - Alistair Cree
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
The Teletext revival is a shop window, but without the goods in the stock room nothing can happen.
Alistair's ZX Net Teletext editor and online Viewers have been the glue that enables artists, archivists and new services to make their concepts a reality.
We discuss how it all happened and what projects are on the go at the moment.
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Saturday Dec 03, 2022
teletext People - Dan Farrimond, digital retro artist
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Dan's interest in teletext art was a spring board for many other artists who have adopted this medium to express their artwork long after it's greatly exaggerated demise.
Part of the 'TeletextR' movement, he has been instrumental in the high profile that the blocky medium enjoys today in the media.
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Saturday Nov 26, 2022
teletext People - Jason Robertson Secret Ceefax
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
Saturday Nov 26, 2022
In this episode, we find out how Jason developed a way of restoring lost teletext from tape, how he found long lost services and a curious Audio service that was hidden in plain sight from millions of UK television viewers.
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Saturday Nov 19, 2022
teletext People - Ian Irving Ceefax, 4-Tel Hands up!
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Saturday Nov 19, 2022
Ian Irving was one the medium's first ever recognised artist and is cited as a contemporary of many pixel artists who used the format.
Ian tells us his story of working at Ceefax then moving to Intelfax and 4-Tel.
Ian also worked on a ground breaking project for deaf children 'Hands Up!' on Channel four was a completely unique programme that can be viewed on YouTube.
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Saturday Nov 12, 2022
teletext People - Graham Lovelace - Ceefax, Teletext LTD
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Graham worked at CEEFAX at the beginning of the 1990s and was given the opportunity to run a new teletext service for commercial TV just after the biggest shake up of television regulations in the UK at the time.
He explains how he manged to get the service going and make a success of it, then foresee the trouble coming down the pipe from non- broadcast competition and the attempts to adapt.
today Graham is a media consultant and can be reached at www.lovelace.co.uk
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Byte High No Limit
A pod series that covers the history of my favourite childhood arcade, the origin, the people and the machines.
Also the future of the site now the Arcade is gone.
Also the Teletext people series, where we speak to the people who made the UK's first TV info system work and others who now keep it's historic legacy going.
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