Carlton Television

This article is about the London franchise. For other Carlton-branded franchises, see Carlton Central and Carlton Westcountry. For Carlton's owner, see Carlton Communications.

Carlton Television
TypeRegion of television network
BrandingCarlton
Country
England
First air date
1 January 1993; 31 years ago (1993-01-01)
MottoTelevision For London
TV transmittersCrystal Palace
Headquarters101 St Martin's Lane, London
Broadcast area
London and parts of the South East
OwnerCarlton Communications
DissolvedLost on-air identity on 25 October 2002; 22 years ago (2002-10-25) (after 9 years, 297 days, now known as ITV at all times)
Picture format
16:9 576i
Affiliation(s)ITV
Official website
www.itv.com/london
LanguageEnglish
ReplacedThames Television
Replaced byITV London

Carlton Television (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties from 9.25am every Monday to 5.15pm every Friday.[1] The company is now managed with London Weekend Television as a single entity (ITV London), but the two companies are still separately licensed. The station is owned and operated by ITV plc under the licensee of "ITV Broadcasting Limited". Carlton has been branded on air as "ITV1" since 28 October 2002 ("ITV" between 14 January 2013 and 14 November 2022). Carlton Television Ltd, the original holder of the licence (renamed Carlton Broadcasting Limited on 1 February 1997), has since been dissolved.[2] Carlton UK Television Limited however is now known as ITV Consumer Limited and legally operates ITV plc's websites. As Carlton's name has no relation to its region, its on-screen identity has been completely removed (along with those of HTV, LWT and GMTV). Other regions have kept their original company name as a region name and in their local news name.

  1. ^ "London ITV". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. ^ House, Companies. "Carlton Broadcasting Limited (previously Carlton Television Limited)". Gov.UK. Companies House. Retrieved 4 February 2023.