Teletext default graphics mode (mode 7) was based on Teletext display, and the computer could be used to create and serve Teletext-style pages over a modem connection. With a suitable adapter, the computer could receive and display teletext pages, as well as software over the BBC's Ceefax service, for a time. The Philips P2000 home computer's video logic was also based on a chip designed to provide teletext services in TVs. Prestel was a British information-retrieval system based on teletext protocols. However, it was essentially a different system, using a modem and the phone system to transmit and receive the data,
Teletext Ltd. editorial on ch 986 on Freesat. The GameCentral section continued online on the Teletext website before joining another DMGT website Metro and can now be found at http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/ Despite the withdrawal of news and information content, the service continued to broadcast. On 29 January 2010, the broadcasting regulator Ofcom revoked Teletext's licence to broadcast but as of the service was still on the air. On 27 May 2010, Ofcom imposed a financial penalty of £225,000 on Teletext Limited following the revocation of the public teletext service licence. Ofcom regulations state: "Public service broadcasting licences are offered for a fixed term,