Carlton Select
Carlton Select was a British digital television channel, owned by Carlton Television. It was originally launched in June 1995 as SelecTV before being purchased by Carlton in 1997 who relaunched it as Carlton Select.
![]() Carlton Select's logo after the 1997 relaunch. | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Carlton Television (subdivision of Carlton Communications plc) |
History | |
Launched | 14 February 1997 |
Closed | 1 March 2000 |
Former names | SelecTV (1995–97) |
Availability (at time of closure) | |
Terrestrial | |
ONdigital | Channel 35 |
Cable | |
Cable | Channel 7 |
On 14 February 1997, after SelecTV was rebranded, Carlton Select branded itself as "The UK's leading entertainment cable channel". Together with quiz shows, films and comedies, the channel brought viewers a wide-ranging choice of high quality programming.
The channel was also available via satellite in Africa, on the South African DStv service.
History
This channel was the result of a purchase by Pearson Television of production company, SelecTV for the value of £5.2m in 1996. SelecTV ran a cable-only channel of the same name since June 1995 and whose roots stretch as far back as the mid-80s. SelecTV was rebranded as Carlton Select on 14 February 1997.
The channel broadcast on weekdays from 17:00 to 01:00 and at weekends from 17:00 to 02:00. The other hours were devoted to Carlton Food Network, which timeshared each other.
The future of the channel was being considered internally as early as mid-1999,[1] and Carlton Select was eventually closed down on 1 March 2000.[2][3]
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