Videotext Services is a subdivision of the Information Retrieval Services industry that involves the delivery of text-based information to consumers through their television sets. This service was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, before the widespread adoption of the internet. Videotext Services allowed users to access news, weather, sports scores, and other information by using their television remote controls to navigate through menus and select options. The service was typically provided by cable television companies and required a special decoder box to be installed in the user's home.