RTÉ announce when Aertel will officially switch off forever
Pour one out. RTÉ have announced the end of an era – their long-running service Aertel will permanently shut down on October 12. Launched in 1987, the service was used as a pre-internet means to access information like news, TV listings and sports scores in text and simple graphic form. RTÉ Director General Vincent Finn […]
2 years ago
PIC: ‘Ireland head home after Italy draw,’ according to Aertel
Hang on, Aertel still exists? Anyone who still gets their score updates from RTÉ’s ancient teletext service will have woken up in a very bad mood this morning. In a world without internet, and 24-hour sports news channels, and Twitter, and Snapchat… In a simpler time… we’re going home. Sorry to burst everyone’s bubble. It […]
10 years ago