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Carlton Television
Image:London TV.gif
Based in London
Broadcast area London
Launched 1 January 1993
Closed lost on-air identity 25 October 2002 (known verbally as ITV1 London before regional programming only)
Replaced Thames Television
Replaced by ITV London
Website itvlocal.com/london
Owned by ITV plc

Carlton Television is the United Kingdom Channel 3 (ITV) licensee for London and the surrounding areas from 9:25am every Monday to 5. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Thames Television was a licencee of the British ITV television network covering London and parts of the surrounding counties ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. " Home counties " is an informal phrase used to designate the group of counties that border or surround London, England. 15pm every Friday. The company is now managed with London Weekend Television as a single entity, ITV London. ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region The London Weekday licence continues to be held by Carlton Television Ltd, part of ITV plc. ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial [1]. Major programmes include London Tonight, The London Programme and London Soccer Night. London Tonight is the flagship news programme broadcast to the Carlton / LWT region of the ITV Network

Carlton Television's parent company Carlton Communications also gained the Central England and Westcountry franchises, after successfully taking over Central Independent Television in 1994 and Westcountry Television in 1996. Carlton Communications Limited (previously Carlton Communications plc was a British media company This article is mainly about the English Midlands For other uses see Midlands (disambiguation. The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region Central Independent Television, more commonly known as Central and now legally ITV Central Ltd, is the British Independent Television contractor Westcountry Television, is the ITV franchise holder in the South West of England replacing its predecessor TSW (Television South West, on 1 January 1993 The regional identities of the two regions continued as normal until 1999, when Carlton controversially rebranded both of them under its own name. Carlton also gained the Wales and West of England franchise holder, HTV from Granada Television, in 2001, though most of the production facilities were retained by Granada. The West of England is a loose term given to the area surrounding the City and County of Bristol, England. HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales and West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England. Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

Like all ITV plc-owned regions, Carlton is now known on air as ITV1, and ITV1 London verbally in accordance with regional programming. This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region

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History

Creation

Carlton Television was originally a company set up by Michael Green's Carlton Communications to bid for an ITV franchise. Michael Philip Green (born 2 December 1947) is a British businessman Carlton Communications Limited (previously Carlton Communications plc was a British media company Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Having failed to buy into Thames Television in 1987, Carlton finally succeeded in ousting that broadcaster in the 1991/92 franchise round, for reasons that were seen as political. Thames Television was a licencee of the British ITV television network covering London and parts of the surrounding counties

A controversial edition of Thames Television's This Week documentary series dealt with the killing of IRA members in Gibraltar by a British Army's special forces unit. This Week was the name of a weekly current affairs series screened on the ITV network in the United Kingdom, produced for the network by The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Óglaigh na hÉireann ( IRA; also referred to as the PIRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the The Special Air Service ( SAS) is a Special forces regiment within the British Army which has served as a model and inspiration for the special Titled Death On The Rock, the programme infuriated the UK Conservative government, led by Margaret Thatcher, as well as British tabloid newspapers. Death On The Rock was a controversial and British Academy Television Award -winning episode of Thames Television 's Current affairs strand The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Death On The Rock went on to win a British Television Academy Award. The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs &mdash or to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards

It has been widely believed, but not fully proven, that the 1990 Broadcasting Act was used to revoke Thames' ITV franchise license because of Death On The Rock's criticism of the British Army. The Broadcasting Act 1990 is a law of the British parliament, often regarded by both its supporters and its critics as a quintessential example of Thatcherism

Launch

Carlton Television took over from Thames at midnight on January 1, 1993, running out of hired space at the facilities of London Weekend Television (instead of acquiring their own studio). New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Unlike Thames (which was both a production company and a broadcaster, and following a merger, continuing to produce programmes under the name talkbackTHAMES), Carlton has always commissioned most of its programming from independent production companies. Talkback Thames is a British television production company a division of FremantleMedia (part of the RTL Group) Its contract to hold the ITV franchise license disallows the company to commission all programming, therefore it was compulsory for Carlton to produce a minimal amount of programming for the network, such includes Police Camera Action!. Police Camera Action! is a police video programme made by Optomen Television for Carlton Television, and is broadcast on ITV and ITV4

The first ever Carlton programme to be broadcast nationally when Carlton joined the network, was Surprise Party, effectively the same format as This Is Your Life, previously a mainstay of predecessor Thames Television. This Is Your Life was a television documentary series hosted by its producer Ralph Edwards. Hosted by Michael Parkinson, the first celebrity to be the subject of the show was entrepreneur Richard Branson. Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE (born March 28 1935) is an English broadcaster and Journalist. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 is an English Business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies At the end of the hour-long show, Michael Parkinson told viewers to keep their eyes out for another Surprise Party. However, no further programmes were ever made.

Alarm bells had been ringing before Carlton even transmitted as part of the ITV network, as one notable commission with wide publicity was The Good Sex Guide, inviting scorn and derision from conservative newspapers, before it had actually been broadcast.

Factual inaccuracy in 1996 documentary

Carlton found itself at the centre of a major controversy about truthfulness in broadcast journalism in May 1998, when The Guardian carried a series of articles alleging the wholesale fabrication of a much-garlanded 1996 Carlton documentary, The Connection, which had purported to film the route by which heroin was smuggled into the United Kingdom from Colombia. A controversy or dispute is a commencement of a conflict between statements of accepted fact and a new or unaccepted proposal that disagrees with argues against The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. An internal inquiry at Carlton found that The Guardian's allegations were in large part correct and the then industry regulator, the ITC, punished Carlton with a record £2-million fine[2] for multiple breaches of the UK's broadcasting codes. The Independent Television Commission (ITC licensed and regulated commercial Television services in the United Kingdom (except S4C in Wales The Office of Communications (Y Swyddfa Gyfathrebiadau or as it is more often known Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the Communication The scandal led to an impassioned debate about the accuracy of documentary production [3] [4]. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality

Expansion

In recent years, changes in rules concerning media ownership enabled Carlton to buy out many of the other ITV stations, including Central Independent Television, Westcountry, and part of HTV (via Granada), as well as the rights to the archives of ITC Entertainment and its former sister company ATV, and the Rank film archive. Central Independent Television, more commonly known as Central and now legally ITV Central Ltd, is the British Independent Television contractor Westcountry Television, is the ITV franchise holder in the South West of England replacing its predecessor TSW (Television South West, on 1 January 1993 HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales and West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England. Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. The Incorporated Television Company (ITC is a British television company largely involved in production and distribution Associated TeleVision Limited, best known simply as ATV, was a British ITV company from 1955 until 1981 HTV was the only region owned by Carlton not to be subject to a full rebrand as Carlton. Both "HTV West" and "HTV Wales" stayed with their then-current idents; however upon Carlton's purchase, the animated introduction and music to the idents were replaced by the sequences and audio in use with Carlton's graphical package. The logo and endboard of the ident remained unchanged however, using the generic hearts look of 1999. Carlton also did not acquire most of HTV's production facilities, most of which Granada retained.

The ITC archive is particularly lucrative since it includes such popular shows as Thunderbirds, The Prisoner, The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (original version), as well as feature films that include The Return Of The Pink Panther, On Golden Pond, and Capricorn One. Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of Puppetry The Prisoner is an allegorical British 1960s Science fiction television series starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan. The Saint was a long-running ITC Mystery Spy thriller, airing in Britain on ITV between 1962 and 1969 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased is a late 1960s British Private detective Television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope The Return of the Pink Panther is the fourth film in the Pink Panther series released in. On Golden Pond is a 1981 American Drama film directed by Mark Rydell. Capricorn One is a 1978 thriller movie about a Mars landing Hoax. Many Rank Organisation films are also part of the Carlton library. The Rank Organisation was a British Entertainment company formed in 1937 and absorbed in 1996 by The Rank Group Carlton has released much of this material on video and DVD via its own label in the UK, and via A & E Home Video, Acorn Media, MGM Home Entertainment, and Lions Gate Home Entertaiment in the USA. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is A&E is a cable and Satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Lionsgate redirects here For other meanings see Lions' Gate (disambiguation‎. A large number of these films were shown on Carlton's digital movie channel, Carlton Cinema, however it closed in 2003. Carlton Cinema was a British television channel run by Carlton Television, dedicated to showing films

Merger and unification

In September 2002, Carlton and Granada, having now acquired all the franchises in England and Wales, made the controversial decision to remove all regional idents, continuity and branding, and replace them with the single brand, ITV1. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This article deals with the ITV1 brand name as it is broadcast at present English regional idents were to only precede regional programming, and regional announcements were pre-recorded from London (Wales gets on-screen recognition prior to all programming, see ITV1 Wales). HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales and West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England. Unlike Granada-owned regions, Carlton used dual-branding on its regional idents with the Carlton logo, so the Carlton Westcountry and Carlton Central regions were simply known as ITV1 Carlton. Granada-owned franchises preferred simply to place text of the region name under the ITV1 logo. This went on until 2003, when Carlton dropped the practice, resulting in changing the brands from "Carlton Central" to "ITV1 for Central England", from "Carlton Westcountry" to "ITV1 for the Westcountry". The HTV regions were re-branded "ITV1 Wales" and "ITV1 West of England" in 2002.

On 2 February 2004, Carlton Communications plc merged with Granada plc, creating ITV plc, which now owns all of the ITV franchises in England and Wales under the "ITV1" brand (Wales still uses its own on-screen identity as ITV1 Wales, but now also uses English ITV1 continuity). Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Granada Television is the United Kingdom ITV contractor for North West England. ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland HTV, now legally known as ITV Wales and West, is the ITV contractor for Wales and the West of England. In addition, Carlton Video became part of Granada Ventures, and the three English Carlton ITV regions were reverted back to their previous names: "ITV1 for Central England" again became "ITV1 Central", "ITV1 West of England" became "ITV1 West" and "ITV1 for the Westcountry" became "ITV1 Westcountry", prior to regional programming in their respective areas.

ITV London

Main article: ITV London

Since 28 October 2002, Carlton Television (in common with all the other ITV companies, except Scottish Television, Grampian Television and Ulster Television) has been known on air simply as ITV1 (London Weekdays). ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Scottish Television (now legally known as STV Central Ltd and referred to on-air as STV) is Scotland's largest ITV franchisee, and has held the Grampian Television (now legally known as STV North Ltd and referred to on-air as STV) is the ITV franchisee for the North of Scotland based For other uses of the UTV acronym see UTV (disambiguation UTV (formerly Ulster Television) is a Television channel based Unlike London Weekend Television, Carlton Television did not note the last day (25/10/02) of its regional identity on-air. However, the Carlton brand continued to be seen on production captions until 2004. Since Carlton and London Weekend Television now use identical presentation and logos, the division between the London weekday and weekend franchises is now invisible, although the old LWT - now ITV1 (London Weekends) - does have London Weekend Weather, which is sponsored by a different company to that of London Weekdays.

With the merger of Carlton and Granada, Carlton Television and LWT are now run as a single entity (ITV London), with a single management team appointed to both companies. ITV London is the collective brand name and identity used by Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region Both continue to have a separate legal existence however, and still have separate licences, although this is now just a formality.

Upon merger, Carlton lost recognition to programmes made by their companies, which became branded as "Granada" and the relevant area, for example, all programmes made in London became branded as "Granada London". From January 16, 2006, all programmes produced by any ITV plc owned region are branded by ITV Productions. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Granada Productions is one of Europe 's leading commercial television production and distribution companies This means that there is no distinction between which programmes are made by Carlton, LWT or any other ITV company.

Carlton London announcers 1993-2002

Notable Carlton commissions

Multi-channel strategy

Between 1997 and 2003, Carlton owned a number of extra channels, carried initially on analogue cable, and also later on their flagship platform, ONdigital too, although none of them ever made it onto Sky Digital. Police Camera Action! is a police video programme made by Optomen Television for Carlton Television, and is broadcast on ITV and ITV4 Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids is a series of books by Jamie Rix and a TV series produced for ITV. Mopatop's Shop, which premiered on CITV in the UK in 1999, features a large green Muppet named Mopatop and his red duck-like assistant Puppyduck STARStreet* is a British Children's television series on CITV, starring the pop group AllSTARS*. Catchphrase is a game show based on a short lived American game show of the same name. ITV Digital was a British Digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which launched a pay-TV service on the world's first digital terrestrial television network Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting 's digital Satellite television service transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28 However, three closed in 2000; and all five were closed by 2003. Most were closed due to funding issues and lack of loyal viewership. They all time-shared on three EPG positions. Carlton Food Network and Carlton Select shared a channel, and Carlton Kids, Carlton World and another channel named 'RAW!' shared the second. Carlton Food Network (later branded Taste CFN following an investment by Sainsbury's) was a British television channel run by Carlton Television, showing Carlton Select was the second oldest Carlton channel carried on cable - launching six months after Carlton Food Network when it replaced SelecTV - and ONdigital channel Carlton Kids And Family was a children's channel provided by Carlton Television, and started broadcasting in 1998 and closed in the year 2000. Carlton World was an early Carlton channel carried on cable and ONdigital channel 34 Carlton Cinema received an EPG position of its own, but would be periodically closed down to provide bandwidth "On Sport 2" during the ONdigital days. Carlton Cinema was a British television channel run by Carlton Television, dedicated to showing films

Carlton Cinema

Main article: Carlton Cinema

Carlton Cinema was the Carlton channel which showed classic movies, but also cartoons unusually; this ceased transmission in 2003. Carlton Cinema was a British television channel run by Carlton Television, dedicated to showing films While there is no agreement upon the greatest Film of all time many publications and organizations have tried to determine the films considered the greatest ever. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration.

Carlton Select

Main article: Carlton Select

Carlton Select was the main entertainment channel from Carlton, and broadcast both in the UK and Africa. Carlton Select was the second oldest Carlton channel carried on cable - launching six months after Carlton Food Network when it replaced SelecTV - and ONdigital channel See also Entertainment (disambiguation and The Entertainer (disambiguation Entertainment is an activity designed to give people The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It time-shared with the Carlton Food Network, and ceased transmission in 2000.

Carlton World

Main article: Carlton World

Carlton World was a general entertainment channel broadcast in the evenings, with sister Carlton Kids broadcast in the daytime. Carlton World was an early Carlton channel carried on cable and ONdigital channel 34 Carlton Kids And Family was a children's channel provided by Carlton Television, and started broadcasting in 1998 and closed in the year 2000. This ceased transmission in 2000.

Carlton Kids

Main article: Carlton Kids

Carlton Kids was a children's channel and showed most of all of Carlton's children's imports, and programming from Carlton's regions. Carlton Kids And Family was a children's channel provided by Carlton Television, and started broadcasting in 1998 and closed in the year 2000. Time-shared with Carlton World, it ceased transmission in 2000. Carlton World was an early Carlton channel carried on cable and ONdigital channel 34

Carlton Food Network

Main article: Carlton Food Network

Carlton Food Network was the Carlton channel devoted to cookery, and time-shared with Carlton Select. Carlton Food Network (later branded Taste CFN following an investment by Sainsbury's) was a British television channel run by Carlton Television, showing Cooking is the process of preparing Food by applying Heat, selecting measuring and combining of ingredients in an ordered procedure for producing safe and edible It was later re-branded 'Taste CFN', and ceased transmission in late 2001.

Legacy

The Carlton name and logo have now disappeared from all branding on ITV. They can, however, still be seen in cinemas as Carlton Screen Advertising, ITV plc's cinema advertising division, sells advertising for several cinema chains in the UK and Ireland. Carlton Screen Advertising is the largest cinema Advertising sales house in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe.

References

  1. ^ Carlton licence - Ofcom Retrieved on 09-26-2007
  2. ^ ITC Annual Report 1998 - Programme regulation Retrieved on 09-26-2007
  3. ^ The primrose path: faking UK television documentary, "Docuglitz" and Docusoap Retrieved on 09-26-2007
  4. ^ British Journalism Review - John Owen - Now you see it, now you don't Retrieved on 09-26-2007

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