Ofcom, the United Kingdom’s radio, television and telecommunications regulator, has today revoked the Public Teletext Licence issued to Teletext Limited with immediate effect.
Teletext Limited announced in July 2009 that it intended to cease the Public Teletext Service it provided on ITV and Channel 4. On 16th December 2009 it ceased to supply the national, international and regional news which are the public service obligations of its licence. Ofcom stated that “This is a serious breach of the licence conditions”.
Teletext Limited was asked for its representations and, following consideration of those representations, the Licence has now been revoked.
Subtitling provision and the page 100 index remain unaffected.
The revocation notice can be found on the following link: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/pt/
