BBC Two NI analogue TV & Ceefax shutdown, 10th October 2012

BBC Two Northern Ireland switched off their analogue transmissions for the final time on 12:23:48am BST on the 10th October 2012. This is stage one of the Digital Switch Over in NI, stage two will take place on the 24th October 2012. As Northern Ireland is the last region in the UK to switch off its analogue TV transmissions, this is a video showing a simultaneous teletext & picture display showing the last few seconds not only of BBC Two analogue 625-line PAL I broadcasts, but also the Ceefax service on BBC Two. Unfortunately it won't resume shortly on BBC Two.
Edit: It appears that the vintage "Ceefax Off Air" caption is generated locally at the transmitter site when the data feed is lost, and not at it's path towards the transmitter e.g. at Broadcast House in Belfast or at Divis, which explains that when the Ceefax feed was lost, the off-air page burst into action. The actual shut down of the transmitter was 40 seconds after the off-air page went up. If you want to watch a full screen shut down video recorded from the analogue transmission, you can see it here - • Brougher Mountain BBC ...
Source of the transmission is from Brougher Mountain, channel E28 - it was also shut down from the Strabane relay site at the exact same time on E45. On both these frequencies at each site the new BBC A multiplexes are up and running.

[@dangaAgadanga]

Got to be. If the incoming feed from the BBC stopped, then another vision something kicked in at the transmitter, hence the unchanged Ceefax graphic, until it properly closed.

[@dangaAgadanga]

Did I see that right? Just before vision was killed off Ceefax transmitted an off the air barker?

[@UKArchiveTV]

Interesting stuff! Could the Ceefax message been locally generated at the transmitter, once the TV feed had gone?

[@itzxwskxilogicx4215]

I don't even remember Ceefax on TV I only remember being afraid if it lmao and it was only 2012?!

[@KentStudios_YTB]

Nope, ceefax was in the 90's too...

[@Ridgyyy123]

Rip analog tv

[@nriab23]

Aww sad :(

[@RossHamMil]

RIP