Antiope (Teletext)

Antiope standard teletext page with weather forecast, early 1980s

ANTIOPE ( French: acquisition numerique et television d'images organisees en pages d'ecriture , dt. "Digital recording and television transmission of images compiled in written pages ") is the French teletext standard named after the ancient figure of Antiope .

This system was introduced in France in the early 1980s. There were two different standards for teletext in Europe at that time . On the one hand the principle of the UK Teletext Ceefax , which is tied to the lines in the blanking interval , and on the other hand the line-free "Antiope-Didon" system in France.

The British principle was able to prevail until the end of the 1980s. Even France has now made its Antiope system compatible with the British system , which today is mostly referred to as WST (World System Teletext) because of its widespread use.