Summary
Carlton World was a British digital television channel, launched on 15 November 1998 and closed down on 1 February 2000. Its sister channels were Carlton Kids, Carlton Food Network, Carlton Select and Carlton Cinema.[1] It was carried on ONdigital channel 34, and timeshared with Carlton Kids.
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carlton Television (subdivision of Carlton Communications plc) |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 November 1998 |
| Closed | 1 February 2000 |
| Replaced by | Discovery Wings |
| Availability (At time of closure) | |
| Terrestrial | |
| ONdigital | Channel 34 |
Programmes edit
Carlton World broadcast factual and some entertainment programming produced or commissioned by Carlton and its merged companies, including Central Independent Television and Westcountry Television, although it was not unusual for programmes from other ITV network companies to be featured on the channel.[2] They would broadcast between 7pm (closedown of Carlton Kids) and 12am (transmitter shutdown)
History edit
It was carried on both analogue and digital cable prior to ONdigital's launch. The channel had limited coverage, reaching only 69% of the population via the lowest-powered terrestrial multiplex D,[3][4] and newspapers and listings magazines were slow to feature the channel's programming.[5] Carlton World, along with Carlton Kids, closed in 2000 due to poor viewership and financial difficulties and this was partly due to the limited uptake of the ONdigital platform where it was exclusively available, and where the channel was replaced with Discovery Kids and Discovery Wings.[6][7] On Carlton's television platform, ONdigital, the capacity was replaced by Discovery Wings.[8][9] The remainder of the ONdigital-exclusive Carlton channels closed over the next few years.[10] and Carlton Communications merged with Granada plc in 2004, forming ITV plc. Programming from Carlton World was absorbed into ITV plc's Digital Channels.
References edit
- ^ "Laurent Dumeau - TRACE - Content Innovation Awards Speaker". Tmt.knect365.com.
- ^ Carlton World 1998
- ^ "DIGITAL TV POLICIES IN THE UK, US, AUSTRALIA AND ITALY" (PDF). Core.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Development of Digital TV in Europe" (PDF). Edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Hardy, Jonathan (24 February 2019). Cross-media Promotion. Peter Lang. p. 135. ISBN 9781433101373 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Carlton makes unhappy Discovery". The Guardian. 22 December 1999.
- ^ "Discovery channels boost ONdigital". The Independent. 22 December 1999.
- ^ "Discovery channels boost ONdigital". The Independent. 22 December 1999.
- ^ "Carlton makes unhappy Discovery". The Guardian. 22 December 1999.
- ^ Deans, Jason (4 December 2002). "Carlton finally drops digital channel". Theguardian.com.
External links edit
- Carlton World at TVARK