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Carlton Select was a British digital television channel, owned by Carlton Television. It was originally launched on Thursday 1 June 1995 as SelecTV, by the independent production company of the same name,[1] before being purchased by Carlton in 1996 who relaunched it as Carlton Select.
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 Carlton Select's logo after the 1996 relaunch. | |
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carlton Television (subdivision of Carlton Communications plc) |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 June 1995 |
| Closed | 1 March 2000 |
| Former names | SelecTV (1995–96) |
| Availability (at time of closure) | |
| Terrestrial | |
| ONDigital | Channel 35 |
The channel was also available via satellite in Africa, on the South African DStv service, from the start of the platform to the shutdown of the channel.[2]
Carlton Select was the result of a purchase by Pearson Television of production company, SelecTV for £5.2m in 1996. SelecTV had run a cable-only channel of the same name since Thursday 1 June 1995 and following Carlton's purchase, SelecTV was renamed as Carlton Select,[3][4] and Carlton branded it as "The UK's leading entertainment cable channel" with output from a variety of different genres, including quiz shows, films, dramas and comedies. Carlton Select also occasionally showed live coverage of the UEFA Champions League.
The channel originally broadcast from 17:00 to 00:00 on weekdays with a 12:00 start at the weekend. In September 1996, Carlton Food Network launched and it timeshared with Carlton Select (still SelecTV at CFN's launch). Consequently, the channel's on-air time was 17:00 seven days a week. Later, broadcast hours were extended with closedown time on weekdays becoming 01:00, and 02:00 at the weekend.
The future of the channel was being considered internally as early as mid-1999 and Carlton Select was eventually closed down on 1 March 2000. Its hours on OnDigital were given over to Carlton Food Network, with Carlton Cinema replacing Carlton Select on cable.[5][6][7]
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