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Background

Carlton Cinema was a British digital film television channel, launched on 15 November 1998 by Carlton Television on the ITV Digital platform. It was also launched on cable as an evening-only replacement for Carlton Select in March 2000. After ITV Digital collapsed in May 2002, and negotiations with BSkyB to make the channel part of the Sky line-up failed, Carlton Cinema closed down on 31 March 2003 (the last Carlton-branded television network to do so, five months after Carlton went off the air in the London region).

ID (15 November 1998-31 March 2003)

Visuals: Two main versions of the logo are known to exist:

Classics: On a black background, a bronze abstract "C" shape with a normal bold "C" attached to it and a thinner "C" cut out of it, pans out. As it turns and settles in front of a midnight city background, light shines through it and "CARLTON CINEMA" ("CARLTON" being the company's logo) appears below. The light continues to shine on the "C".
Thriller: The "C" is silver with a greenish glow, and shines more as it simply zooms out on a black background. The channel name then appears below.

Variants:

An almost still shot of the logo was often used when introducing a film-related program.
The closedown variant had a red theatre curtain closing in, with only the channel name appearing and the website URL on the bottom right.
An Easter variant had the "Thriller" variant of the "C" in sea blue in front of a golden curtain background with Easter eggs made out of sparks on it.
At the end of the channel's final broadcast day (31 March 2003), an almost still shot of the "Thriller" variant with a bluish glow was first shown for 30 seconds. Then, after a farewell montage showing various films that aired on the channel, a steel blue theatre curtain appeared closing in and revealing a golden version of the logo with the date of launch on the top and the date of closure on the bottom.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: An orchestral-type beat with an announcer afterwards.

Audio Variants:

The still variant only had the announcer.
On the final broadcast day, "You'll Never Know" by Alice Faye was heard under the montage and logo sequence.

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 '''Carlton Cinema''' was a British digital film television channel, launched on 15 November 1998 by [[Carlton Television]] on the ITV Digital platform. It was also launched on cable as an evening-only replacement for Carlton Select in March 2000. After ITV Digital collapsed in May 2002, and negotiations with BSkyB to make the channel part of the Sky line-up failed, Carlton Cinema closed down on 31 March 2003 (the last Carlton-branded television network to do so, five months after Carlton went off the air in the London region).
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+===ID (15 November 1998-31 March 2003)===
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-'''Logo:''' Two main versions of the logo are known to exist:
+'''Visuals:''' Two main versions of the logo are known to exist:
 * ''Classics:'' On a black background, a {{color|saddlebrown|bronze}} abstract "C" shape with a normal bold "C" attached to it and a thinner "C" cut out of it, pans out. As it turns and settles in front of a midnight city background, light shines through it and "CARLTON '''CINEMA'''" ("CARLTON" being the company's logo) appears below. The light continues to shine on the "C".
-* ''Thriller:'' The "C" is {{color|silver}} with a {{color|green|greenish}} glow, and shines more as it simply zooms out on a black background. The channel name then appears below.
+* ''Thriller:'' The "C" is silver with a {{color|green|greenish}} glow, and shines more as it simply zooms out on a black background. The channel name then appears below.
 '''Variants:'''
 * An almost still shot of the logo was often used when introducing a film-related program.
-* The closedown variant had a {{color|red}} theatre curtain closing in, with only the channel name appearing and the website URL on the bottom right.
+* The closedown variant had a red theatre curtain closing in, with only the channel name appearing and the website URL on the bottom right.
-* An Easter variant had the "Thriller" variant of the "C" in {{color|seablue|sea blue}} in front of a {{color|gold|golden}} curtain background with Easter eggs made out of sparks on it.
+* An Easter variant had the "Thriller" variant of the "C" in {{color|seablue|sea blue}} in front of a golden curtain background with Easter eggs made out of sparks on it.
-* At the end of the channel's final broadcast day (31 March 2003), an almost still shot of the "Thriller" variant with a {{color|steelblue|bluish}} glow was first shown for 30 seconds. Then, after a farewell montage showing various films that aired on the channel, a {{color|steelblue|blue}} theatre curtain appeared closing in and revealing a {{color|gold|golden}} version of the logo with the date of launch on the top and the date of closure on the bottom.
+* At the end of the channel's final broadcast day (31 March 2003), an almost still shot of the "Thriller" variant with a {{color|steelblue|bluish}} glow was first shown for 30 seconds. Then, after a farewell montage showing various films that aired on the channel, a steel blue theatre curtain appeared closing in and revealing a golden version of the logo with the date of launch on the top and the date of closure on the bottom.
 '''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral-type beat with an announcer afterwards.
+'''Audio:''' An orchestral-type beat with an announcer afterwards.
-'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
+'''Audio Variants:'''
 * The still variant only had the announcer.
 * On the final broadcast day, "You'll Never Know" by Alice Faye was heard under the montage and logo sequence.
-'''Availability:''' Extinct.
-[[Category:British television identifications]]
+[[Category:British television idents]]
 [[Category:United Kingdom]]
-[[Category:Station IDs]]
+[[Category:Television idents]]
 [[Category:ITV]]
+[[Category:Carlton]]
+[[Category:English-language logos]]