Its petition expressed concerns that the removal of the service would “leave many people, who are already vulnerable, further isolated and marginalised from society”. The NFBUK called the news “fantastic” and said it was looking forward to working with Mr Collins, the BBC and the British Deaf Association “for a better resolution”. Save the Red Button PetitionīBC director general Tony Hall said he would examine the concerns and make “a fresh decision” in the spring. Red Button text – which enables headlines, football scores, weather and travel news to be read on TV sets – launched in 1999, taking over as Ceefax was phased out. Its plans were first announced in September last year, with the Beeb revealing that running the Red Button text services costs the corporation more than £39 million per year. The service was due to have been closed over the next few weeks. The news comes days after a petition, organised by the National Federation of the Blind of the UK (NFBUK), was handed in to the BBC and Downing Street.
The BBC has today abandoned the closure of its Red Button text service after mass protests, a day before it was due to have started being phased out.
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