RTÉ Aertel is a teletext service broadcast on

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and

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. It was also available in its entirety on the

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until 2019.

History

The

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service began development in the mid-1980s (with tests as early as 1985) and was formally launched on 22 June 1987. Originally called simply ''Aertel'', it gained the RTÉ prefix along with RTÉ's other activities from September 2003. The

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news service used to simply wrap Aertel's output into their web pages, with the service also available on WAP. A selection of RTÉ Aertel pages were broadcast in-vision on rotation overnight on RTÉ Two after normal programming, under the title ''Nightscreen''. Since the terrestrial analogue switch-off in 2012 and

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analogue switch-off in 2019, the Aertel teletext service has only been available on satellite. In April 2018, it reported that RTÉ has asked the

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for permission to reduce the Aertel service on the grounds that it had been superseded by more recent technology. For legal reasons, RTE has to get permission from the Minister to make significant changes to Aertel. Since September 2019 the RTÉ Aertel internet homepage now merely acts as a series of links or site map of the wider RTÉ website. In November 2019, it was announced that Aertel would be shut down as part of cost-cutting measures at RTÉ. However, the Section 114(1)(b) of Broadcasting Act 2009 requires RTÉ to operate a teletext service, and Aertel continues to be available on several platforms. Section 114 is planned to be amended by the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act to permit Aertel to be shutdown.

List of pages

RTÉ One and RTÉ2

* 103 News * 130 Business * 140 Share Prices * 150 National Lottery * 160 Weather * 170 RTÉ Guide * 200 RTÉ Sport * 300 Entertainment * 590 RTÉ Information Index * 740 HSE COVID-19 Information * 888 Subtitles

RTÉ One

* 650 Saorview (Broken Page)

RTÉ2

* 650 Superquinn (Broken Page) * 594 Using Aertel * 599 Aertel Mobile

RTÉ Aertel Digital

RTÉ Aertel Digital is currently broadcast on the

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service on all RTÉ channels. The service is the same on each channel. RTÉ have proposed providing more improvements with the service over the coming years. It was also proposed that the text service would be carried on their radio services which broadcast on Saorview.

References

External links

RTÉ Aertel on rte.ie
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