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Teletext still lives on in Sweden despite the digital switchover. As late as last year, 20% of the adult population used it daily[0]

It's a very popular way to get the latest live goal-by-goal sports scores. During the current World Cup I've seen people access "TextTV" as it's called on their smartphones in pubs...

If you aren't at a TV it's served online on sites like https://www.svt.se/svttext/tv/pages/100.html or even styled third-party mirrors like https://texttv.nu and there are iOS/Android apps

[0]http://pejl.svt.se/nu-slutar-mr-text-tv/



It is funny how well it translated to the web, thanks to the pages all being referenced by numbers.




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