BBC Red Button

BBC Red Button
	BBC Red Button logo since October 2021
Country	United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV); 1080i (HDTV);
Ownership
Owner	BBC
Sister channels	BBC One; BBC Two; BBC Three; BBC Four; BBC News; BBC Parliament; CBBC; CBeebies; BBC Scotland; BBC Alba;
History
Launched	23 September 1999
Replaced	Ceefax
Former names	BBC Text (1999–2001); BBCi (2001–2008);
Links
Website	www.bbc.co.uk/redbutton[dead link]
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	250 (interactive version)
	601 (other)

BBC Red Button is a brand used for digital interactive television services provided by the BBC, and broadcast in the United Kingdom. The services replaced Ceefax, the BBC's analogue teletext service. BBC Red Button's text services were due to close on 30 January 2020, but the switch off was suspended on 29 January 2020 following protests.^[1]^[2]

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^ "BBC suspends Red Button text switch-off". BBC News. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ Griffin, Andrew (30 September 2020). "BBC red button: Corporation U-turns on plans to cut services". Independent. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[:1-2] "BBC suspends Red Button text switch-off". BBC News. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[3] Griffin, Andrew (30 September 2020). "BBC red button: Corporation U-turns on plans to cut services". Independent. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

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