Alternative football display

Posted by LauraDerb on February 17th, 2021

Most people associate watching football in the 21st century with going to a football stadium, hearing the commentary on the radio, or watching the game live on television, but people rarely mention other viewing options. Is this because it is considered unappealing and not classified as a proper follow-up to a soccer game?

Since the introduction of Ceefax in the 1970s and other technological improvements in the 1990s (such as cable / sky TV and the Internet), there have been other alternative ways to keep track of how a computer is performing, which it has a kind of 'cult'. feeling it.

The oldest alternative display to traditional avenues is Ceefax (phonetics for "See Facts"), which was introduced by the BBC in 1974 (which at the time was working on ways to provide television captions for the deaf). His system was the world's first teletext system. It was a basic information system with the absence of sound, images or anyone who provided their basic information.

They were basically simple pages of blue and white text that you could access via your television remote. But what does this have to do with football? Well, the Ceefax service contains information on a wide range of topics such as news, sports, weather, TV listings, and business, and these pages are kept up-to-date (they are usually the first to report a breaking news or headline).

Most of the people from the British Isles you talk to in the past used Ceefax on match day (especially before the development of the internet). Everyone looks at football results on Ceefax as if it were the original Internet. People will leave Ceefax on in their living rooms on a Saturday afternoon to keep track of how their team is doing and will wait anxiously for the blue and white text on the screen to update in the hope that their team Hang in there in the final minutes or score that dramatic last-minute EQ. Some people are anxious while starring in the blue and white text and I know people who spend much of the game sitting in front of their television waiting for the black rectangles to change in favor of their team.

Some people would say that it's sad to sit in front of your TV waiting for the screen to refresh, but it's surprisingly fascinating. If all you are interested in is the ผลบอล, then it is the ideal medium. Think of it this way, you have no annoying ads, no annoying analytics from unacceptable football commentators, and only the scores that interest you. With plans to replace all analog with digital TV signals in the British Isles by 2008, this display alternative is sadly going to disappear.

A version similar to Ceefax has been developed on the Internet for the last decade due to technological improvements. There are many versions of the TV Ceefax system on the Internet in one form or another and it usually comes in the form of 'Live Scores'. If you do a simple internet search for live soccer results, you will be amazed at how many sites show up in the results. In essence, it is just a modern take on Ceefax.

Instead of sitting in front of your television watching the Ceefax update, you are sitting in front of your computer watching the update from a website. There is no real difference in the service provided, just the fact that it comes from a different medium. As with the Ceefax service, if you ask the majority of football fans in the British Isles who use the internet, they will be able to name a site they use to keep track of their team on match day. If I had to distinguish the differences between the two, it would be the fact that websites take advantage of the number of people accessing the site by placing ads next to the scores.

During the 1990s, Sky Sports was launched in the British Isles and its introduction was to have a massive impact on football. Sky revolutionized soccer with its live matches, showing live matches on Fridays, Sundays and Mondays. Sky also featured a live manned version of Ceefax called Sky Sports Saturday. Their service is just an advanced version of Ceefax on match day, with a host and several former professional soccer players talking about the action as it happens.