NexTView

NexTView was an electronic program guide for the analog domain, introduced in 1995 and based on Teletext Level 2.5 / Hi-Text.

It was used by TV programme listings for all of the major networks in Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland. The transmission protocol was based on teletext, however, using a compact binary format instead of preformatted text pages. The advantage compared to paper-based TV magazines was that the user had an immediate overview of the current and next programmes, and was able to search through the programme database, filtering results by categories.