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videotex and teletext  

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  • For a relatively brief period during the 1970s and into the early 1990s, these twin technologies appeared to offer a viable means of transforming the news (and many other) businesses. Videotex (spelled without the final “t”) worked through cable while teletext used part of the television over-the-air transmission channel. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Videotex and Teletext]

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