Pioneering Risk: Lessons from the US Teletext/Videotex Failure

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 a...

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Published in:IEEE annals of the history of computing 2006-07, Vol.28 (3), p.41-47
Main Author: Sterling, C.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Availability
Cable TV
Ceefax
Computation
Computer science
Consumer electronics
Deafness
Decoding
Digital
Electromagnetism
electronics
electrotechnology
Electrotechnology
Europe
Failure
FCC
General points
History of science and technology
Internet
Internet telephony
Minitel
Personal computers
Physical sciences and techniques
policy
Risk
Systems development
Technology utilization
Telecommunications
Teletext
Telidon
Videotex
Web and internet services
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Summary: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
ISSN:1058-6180
1934-1547
DOI:10.1109/MAHC.2006.54