BBC Red Button BBC Red Button BBC Red Button is a branding 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. The service was launched in September 1999 as BBC Text. 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 "red button" name refers to the common interface on remote controls for digital televisions and set-top boxes, a red push-button which launches digital teletext services. Although initially marketed as
MediaCorp Teletext was initially launched. It was later expanded to Channel News Asia when the channel was launched on 1 March 1999. Teletext Classifieds was shut down on 1 September 2012. On 3 September 2013, MediaCorp announced that the service will be discontinued from 30 September 2013 due to “declining usage”. Teletext was provided on three MediaCorp channels, with each channel specialising in specific types of information. Teletext on Channel 5 specialised in entertainment and lifestyle information, Classifieds on Channel 8 and business information on Channel News Asia. When the service was still online, the Teletext versions of all three channels were