Infonet sister companies, 8TV, TV9 and NTV7, are transmitting teletext. Infonet ceased operation from 1 January 2008. Therefore, there are now no TV stations transmitting Teletext in Malaysia. Infonet uses the BBC Ceefax teletext system. Infonet Infonet was a Malaysian teletext service. It was formerly known as Beriteks (a combination of the Malay word "Berita", meaning "news", and "Teks", which is a borrowed word from the English language meaning "text"). The teletext system was launched on 2 June 1985 by TV3. While RTM1 and RTM2 were still transmitting Teletext, the contents of the transmission were different from those offered by TV3's
World System Teletext World System Teletext World System Teletext (or WST) is the name of a standard for encoding and displaying teletext information, which is used as the standard for teletext throughout Europe today. WST originally stems from the UK standard developed by the BBC and the UK Independent Broadcasting Authority in 1974 for teletext transmission, extended in 1976 as the Broadcast Teletext Specification. With some tweaks to allow for alternative national character sets, and adaptations to the NTSC 525-line system as necessary, this was then promoted internationally as "World System Teletext". It was accepted by CCIR in 1986 under international standard CCIR