Carlton World

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Carlton World

| logo =

| logo_size =

| logo_caption = Logo used by Carlton World from 1998 to 2000

| logo_alt =

| launch_date = {{start date and age|1998|11|15|df=yes}}

| closed_date = {{end date and age|2000|2|1|df=yes}}

| owner = Carlton Television
(subdivision of Carlton Communications plc)

| replaced_by = Discovery Wings

| availability_note = (At time of closure)

| terr_serv_1 = ONdigital

| terr_chan_1 = Channel 34

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://tmt.knect365.com/content-innovation-awards/speakers/laurent-dumeau|title=Laurent Dumeau - TRACE - Content Innovation Awards Speaker|website=Tmt.knect365.com}} It was carried on ONdigital channel 34, and timeshared with Carlton Kids, broadcasting nightly between 7pm and midnight.

Programmes

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.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcRTI5p3djU Carlton World 1998]

History

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,{{cite web|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/41127191.pdf|title=DIGITAL TV POLICIES IN THE UK, US, AUSTRALIA AND ITALY|website=Core.ac.uk|accessdate=24 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de/daten/edz-bo/gdi/00/Eurorep99uk.pdf|title=Development of Digital TV in Europe|website=Edz.bib.uni-mannheim.de|accessdate=24 February 2019}} and newspapers and listings magazines were slow to feature the channel's programming.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j4epsNvGT7cC&q=%22carlton+kids%22+%22ondigital%22&pg=PA135|page=135|title=Cross-media Promotion|first=Jonathan|last=Hardy|date=24 February 2019|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=9781433101373|via=Google Books}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/1999/dec/22/9|title=Carlton makes unhappy Discovery|date=22 December 1999|newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/discovery-channels-boost-ondigital-1134114.html|title=Discovery channels boost ONdigital|date=22 December 1999|newspaper=The Independent}} On Carlton's television platform, ONdigital, the capacity was replaced by Discovery Wings.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/1999/dec/22/9|title=Carlton makes unhappy Discovery|date=22 December 1999|newspaper=The Guardian}}

The remainder of the ONdigital-exclusive Carlton channels closed over the next few years.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/dec/04/broadcasting.digitaltv|title=Carlton finally drops digital channel|first=Jason|last=Deans|date=4 December 2002|website=Theguardian.com}} 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

External links

[https://tvark.org/branding/satellite-cable/carlton-world Carlton World at TVARK]

Category:Carlton Television

Category:Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom

Category:Television channels and stations established in 1998

Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2000