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NYNEX Move Into The Teletext Business

NYNEX CableComms in conjunction with the Portsmouth newspaper, The News, has started a local teletext service.
The news and information service, Newstext, broadcasts on channel 8 in NYNEX CableComms’ Solent franchise. The franchise covers a 218,000 home area in the Portsmouth region. Test pages are being transmitted now and each element of the new service will be phased in over the next 2 weeks. The marketing campaign will begin in March.
Customers will be able to access over a 1000 pages of local news, weather, entertainment, travel, council and community information. There will also be display and classified advertising for local services, cars, houses and jobs.
NYNEX CableComms: 0181 873 5244
The News: 01705 664488