1. An information transfer system, comprising a receiver and a transmitter for transferring an information signal to the receiver via a transfer medium, the information signal comprising main data and sub data, the sub data comprising coded text lines having a plurality of character codes, the receiver being provided with a character display unit for displaying characters defined by the character codes in the coded text lines, which display unit is configured to display at least one line of characters, the at least one line having a predetermined number of character display positions, wherein said predetermined number of character positions of the at least one line is less than the number of character codes in the coded text lines, and wherein the coded text lines include control codes, the receiver being provided with display control means for controlling the display of characters corresponding to the character codes included in the coded text line in dependence on the control codes so that characters associated with a selected number of the character codes are displayed at the predetermined number of character positions of the at least one line.
1. An information transfer system, comprising a receiver and a transmitter for transferring an information signal to the receiver via a transfer medium, the information signal comprising main data and sub data, the sub data comprising coded text lines having a plurality of character codes, the receiver being provided with a character display unit for displaying characters defined by the character codes in the coded text lines, which display unit is configured to display at least one line of characters, the at least one line having a predetermined number of character display positions, wherein said predetermined number of character positions of the at least one line is less than the number of character codes in the coded text lines, and wherein the coded text lines include control codes, the receiver being provided with display control means for controlling the display of characters corresponding to the character codes included in the coded text line in dependence on the control codes so that characters associated with a selected number of the character codes are displayed at the predetermined number of character positions of the at least one line. 5. The information transfer system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sub data comprise text packets, each text packet comprising a coded text line and additional control codes, wherein a part of the text packets comprises an indicating control code indicating that the corresponding packet comprises a coded text line with text information to be displayed on the display unit, and wherein the receiver includes means for preselecting text packets having the indicating control code, and means for exclusively supplying preselected text packets to the display control means.