

In the first phase, the service was created using content migrated from the existing analogue teletext service, Ceefax. BBC Text (1999–2001) īBC Text originally launched on digital terrestrial services on 23 September 1999, and was later introduced on satellite and cable platforms. In September 2009, the BBC celebrated 10 years of the digital interactive TV service. This was due in part to the institutional landscape of television in the UK. The "red button" name refers to the common interface on remote controls for digital televisions and set-top boxes, a red push-button that launches digital teletext services.Īlthough initially marketed as a spectacular new form of television, by 2008 this had given way to positioning interactive television as ‘everyday’. It was relaunched in November 2001 under the BBCi brand and operated under this name until late 2008, when it was rebranded as BBC Red Button. The service was launched on 23 September 1999 as BBC Text. 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.

The services replaced Ceefax, the BBC's analogue teletext service.
