Will anybody miss the BBC red button service which stops at the end of January?

Yes - will miss the radio 2 gig performances.

It's just another way to force us to use the internet, where they can find out who we are, where we are, and what else we do on-line.

I’m stuck in a time warp. Why can’t they leave things alone? I can’t keep up!

I use the red button every day.

I still miss Ceefax and Teletext. I will miss the red button text service. I daresay I can habituate myself to alternatives.

I will also miss it, I like to read through news headlines for the day, and then go to local news items ( although they can take time to update)
Don’t like listening to presenters wittering on

Will they still do the Chelsea gardens when it is on ? I liked to browse the short videos on there

I also view the red button news and video clips while eating my breakfast and will definitely miss it. It's always the same excuse when something disappears that not enough people watch it and it's too costly to run.

Yes ,I will miss it ,I look every day when I get up before I go for my early morning walk..why have they decided to discontinue this ?

I know it exists, but do not watch enough television to inquire any further.

I will definitely miss it, When I turn on the tv each morning, to watch whilst having brekkie, the first thing I do is press the red button to get news items. Use it for weather and also for travel problems when I need to use the roads. I do have access to other places to do these, but this red button is a trusty, easy to use system and part of my daily routine.

Yes, I still miss Cefax too !

I have never managed to get mine to work so no.

I use the red button every day and will miss is a lot.
However, things change and so must we.

I agree jacq10. I am quite technology savvy but I have a younger brother who is totally disinterested. My other brother and I are on a mission to get him on the internet as it is quite a disadvantage not to be, but it is not for everyone!

Would just add that I get really annoyed at the assumption that everyone has access to a computer. A classic example was gillybob's experience at the doctors yesterdy when she was told she could not make an appointment at the desk and had to go on-line. Quite a few of my friends in their 70's are not.

DH reads the news on his computer - working his way through various newspapers - but he's complaining about the loss of the red button because it supplies local and national news that isn't necessarily available elsewhere.

From what I read the BBC explain it as using their resources in different ways and they want users to access them through podcasts, blogs, etc.

I use it daily as a quick way to check news, weather and stock market. Anyone know why it is being stopped?

I had to press the red button to find out what it did, so no - I won't miss it

kittylester I had no idea what any of the buttons on the remote are for except the normal ones never been curious but there are so many and varied news programmes and weather services (even local ones on my fb) that I probably wouldn’t have felt the need even if I did know or without an iPad
But it always sad to lose something you’re familiar with so I understand where the posters are coming from but I would imagine the thought behind losing it is what I quoted so many other alternatives

I do too, bluebell, but not everyone does.

I will miss it.

Well well, never used a red button or any other button
I get all my news, weather etc (guessing that’s what it’s for by previous answers) on my iPad don’t most people ?

Yes, I will miss it. I use it a lot. The news bulletins don't mention everything, and many times they concentrate on sport or entertainment instead of the actual news.

I'm not sure what the alternative will be but I will not be coerced into using the internet!