LYNX-DEV Lynx on TV

[Ray Chow]

The following item appeared in Radio Sweden's "Sweden Calling DXers" 
bulletin. Kinnevik is a Swedish TV broadcaster. Wherever you go, Lynx
is there...

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  ::           MediaScan             ::
  ::      SWEDEN CALLING DXERS       ::
  ::       from Radio Sweden         ::
  ::    Number 2259--Nov. 5, 1996    ::
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Satellite, shortwave and other electronic media news from Radio
Sweden.

This week's bulletin was written by George Wood.

Packet Radio BID SCDX2259

All times UTC unless otherwise noted.

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NET SURFING VIA TELETEXT--While Kinnevik has no immediate plans for
digital broadcasting, it has gotten involved in the digital domain in
a different way. Kinnevik's TV3 is now allowing viewers to surf the
Worldwide Web for free, using teletext. Viewers punch up teletext page
801, and then dial a free phone number. From then on they can use
their telephone touch buttons to net surf. The system uses the Lynx
browser, so there aren't any graphics, but it does work, and it's
free.

Because TV3 is carried in D2-MAC on the Sirius satellite at 5 degrees
East, anyone who can receive that satellite can actually watch other
people net-surfing. D2-MAC includes built-in teletext, which works
even if you don't have a card to view the channel. The Web-surfers are
allocated teletext pages between 780 and 799, so that if you check out
some of those pages you can often find people using the system.

ray chow / canada / address@hidden  http://www.inforamp.net/~czg/

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