Carlton Cinema
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| Carlton Cinema | |
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| Launched | 15 November 1998[1] |
| Closed | 31 March 2003[2] |
| Owned by | Carlton Television (subdivision of Carlton Communications plc) |
| Availability (At time of closure) | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 28 |
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| NTL | Channel 309 |
| Telewest | Channel 425 |
Carlton Cinema was a British digital film television channel, provided by Carlton Television. It launched in November 1998 on the ONdigital platform, and closed down in March 2003, being the last ever Carlton-branded television network. Its sister channels are Carlton Select, Carlton World, Carlton Kids, and Carlton Food Network. The channel launched on cable in March 2000. The channel is similar to the second free-to-air movie channel, Film4.
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[edit] Films
The first film shown was the 1953 film Genevieve. The final film shown was the 1981 neo-film noir Body Heat at 23:40.
Unlike other UK film channels, sometimes cartoons would be shown between the films. These were mainly Betty Boop, though Famous Studios' Screen Songs and some Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes were also shown. Disney films was shown in the holidays and other children's films too, and specials were broadcast in Christmas & Summer on Carlton Cinema.
[edit] History
Carlton Cinema was also the only channel on DTT that ever carried an analogue teletext stream. It carried just a single P100 for ONrequest prompts.
The channel struggled after ITV Digital (the new 2001 name for ONdigital) closed in May 2002. Talks to launch the channel on Sky Digital fell through, and the channel closed at 11:40 P.M. on 31 March 2003, the last of the five channels to do so.
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