• DocumentCode
    1156396
  • Title

    Pioneering Risk: Lessons from the US Teletext/Videotex Failure

  • Author

    Sterling, Christopher H.

  • Author_Institution
    George Washington Univ., Washington, DC
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    41
  • Lastpage
    47
  • Abstract
    Digital teletext/videotex services enjoyed a decades-long heyday in Europe, and only recently have largely given way to the far more capable Internet. But neither service succeeded in the US. This article assesses multiple reasons behind the American failure to adopt this technology, some of which apply to today´s digital services
  • Keywords
    Internet; teletext; viewdata; Internet; digital services; teletext services; videotex services; Availability; Consumer electronics; Decoding; Europe; Internet telephony; TV; Telecommunications; Teletext; Videotex; Web and internet services; Ceefax; FCC; Minitel; Teletext; Telidon; Videotex; policy; standards;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2006.54
  • Filename
    1677460
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1156396