videotex
videotext

They see potential in both the videotex and voice areas of electronic publishing.

Unlike the modern Internet, traditional videotex services were highly centralized.

Videotex closed down in 1986 due to failing to meet end-user demand.

This left just the Videotex sales to other countries, and so the company concentrated on this product.

Prodigy has advanced videotex technology farther than any previous experiment, the analysts said.

Includes a useful country-by-country survey of videotex systems operating at that date.

IT takes special courage to enter the videotex market, a graveyard for many bold projects of brave and strong companies.

Proponents of videotex played down Nynex's departure from the industry.

MTS was a pioneer in offering videotex at the commercial level.

By the mid-1970s several European countries were in the process of introducing videotex and teletext services.

The service is similar to the videotex systems introduced in this country in recent years, most of which have not been enthusiastically received by consumers.

Industry analysts were initially cautious about the new gateway services and said they did not see dramatic differences from earlier videotex offerings.

Some people confuse videotex with the Internet.

But if the phone companies handled the billing, anyone could use the service, giving videotex companies a much broader market to tap.

Earlier this week it announced a big videotex venture with U S West.

Compared with two-way videotex, teletext is inherently more limited, though generally less costly.

The Government's central role in encouraging the use of videotex is a key reason why it has taken root in France.

But will such people be caught dead keying into 'the McDonald's of videotex'?

Its activities, he added, could range from acquiring magazines to establishing a satellite broadcasting service to starting a videotex operation.

The intent was to demonstrate and develop educational applications for videotex and teletext systems.

Captain differed from comparable European videotex systems by not being based on the transmission of alphanumeric characters.

A very simple 2-way videotex system called Tictac was also demonstrated in the mid-1970s.

Definitions of Videotex and associated terms.

None of the initial videotex offerings by the "Baby Bells" are profitable, and they have had little acceptance.

The principal guest, the publisher of an international videotex service, is explaining how he will install his system in Czechoslovakia with American money.

If you wish, it has a translator which can turn a videotext into a visual experience.

Already, Telecom Asia is moving into cable television; video on demand and videotext are next.

In videotext mode, Bell 202 modems were typical, offering a 1,200 bit/s download rate.

In 1981 he left the company and founded Living Videotext to develop this still-unfinished product.

Living Videotext was acquired by Symantec in 1987.

Teletext and Videotext are two examples of this technology in its purest form, ie no paper.

His decisions affect everything from who manufactures central-office switching systems to the availability of advanced new videotext services over telephone lines.

He also allowed them to carry information services like audiotext and videotext, although he barred ownership.

Living Videotext was a software development company founded by Dave Winer in 1983.

The company that made these products, Living Videotext, merged with Symantec in September 1987.

After receiving a number of other offers, Living Videotext merged with Symantec in September 1987.

Videotext may refer to:

At about the same time, other organizations were developing videotext systems, similar to teletext except they used modems to transmit their data instead of television signals.

The work will extend and build upon current research in telecommunications, videotext and expert systems applied to manufacturing and service sectors of the economy.

Graphics were the standard videotext (or teletext) resolution and colour, but a high resolution graphic card was also available.

The company would be called Symantec and run by Symantec's management, with Living Videotext as a separate unit.

Winer continued to work at Symantec's Living Videotext division, but after six months he left the company in pursuit of other challenges.

At about the same time, Knight-Ridder Inc., the newspaper publisher, lost heavily on a pioneering effort to offer videotext services in Florida.

'For heaven's sake, Woody - it was on Aviation Week's videotext at least a month ago.' '

Not to be outdone, the GPO immediately announced a 1200/75 baud videotext service under the name Prestel.

In 1987 Version 1.3 was bundled with MORE, which was at the time published by Living Videotext.

Telemap had been formed in 1981 to explore the opportunities of British Telecom's Prestel videotext service.

Martin Nisenholtz, president of electronic media at The Times, recalls the predecessor phrase, information provider, in the days of videotext in the early 80's.

The Symantec Corporation and Living Videotext Inc., both privately held and profitable, said they would merge in a pooling of interests.