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Due to the dog in the manger attitude of Carlton (who happen to be major shareholders in ON digital), the SKY satellite cannot carry ITV, ITV2 or channels from the Carlton stable such as Carlton Select.
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...in the manger attitude of Carlton (who happen to be major shareholders in ON digital), the SKY satellite cannot carry ITV, ITV2 or channels from the Carlton stable such as Carlton Select. Basically, it is a poor man's version of UK Gold and Granada Plus, but without the back catalogue of those two better established organisations (and it shows!). The only thing I miss is Soldier, Soldier - and that has since turned up on the Living channel! ...
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Advantages: Lots more choice, something for everyone Disadvantages: You can't always receive every channel
..., gameshows for kids, trendy presenters, and lots of the awful slapstick comedy that children love.
Carlton Cinema - mostly older films, lots of Black and White, but a few classics tucked away. Worth keeping an eye on.
MTV - music videos, viewers select programme, and my personal favourite, pop-up video.
EuroSport - we're not sports fans, but there's a huge range of sport viewing to be found here - from ice skating to horse racing.
UK Play - comedy and music, with endless repeats. Some good progrmmes, but gets really tedious when they show the same episode of Shooting Stars six times back to back.
UK Gold - it always seems to be showing The Bill, although I have sneaked in when they think no-one's looking and caught old episodes of Eastenders, Neighbours and Absolutely Fabulous.
Breeze/Men&Motors - Montel Williams et al...
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Advantages: Good Channel Pack, Cheap Service Disadvantages: Could Have More Channels
...I have had On digital for nearly a year now or ITV digital as there now known and I think they provide a great service at an affordable rate. All the other digital providers make you pay a fee to subscribe sky digital make you pay £40 and also NTL make you pay a fee. The channel package for the basic subscription is excellent it has a variety of channels available ranging from music to shopping.
I pay £19.99 a month for my digital provider and i receive all of the channels below.
ITV2
BBC Choice, Parliament, Knowledge and Text
Shop!
ITV Sport, ITV Sport Plus and ITV Sport Select
Sky One
Carlton Cinema
Brit Eurosport
Cartoon Network
Granada Breeze/Men & Motors(Great Channel)
Granada Plus
MTV
Discovery Channel
Carlton Food
UK Play
UK Gold
UK Horizons
UK Style
Nickelodeon
Paramount Comedy Channel
ITV Select (Pay...
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Advantages: Full-length films, no advert breaks Disadvantages: Adverts would probably be more enjoyable
...history of cinema from the 1930s to the present day." - Carlton Cinema website.
Variety
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Not tied to any one individual company, they have deals with famed film distributors such as MGM, Disney, and Universal. This enables a selection of films of all ages (1930s onwards) and an assortment of genres (romance, comedy, horror, thriller, action/adventure) to be screened.
Availability
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Carlton Cinema is available to customers of ITV Digital, NTL Digital Cable, NTL Analogue and Telewest Cable. It is not, as far as I am aware, available to Sky subscribers.
Broadcasting
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ITV Digital............ 24 hr viewing
NTL Digital cable.... 24 hr viewing
NTL Analogue........ 12 hr viewing (7pm - 7am)
Telewest Cable...... 12 hr viewing (7pm - 7am)
With regard to channel numbers, ITV Digital screens...
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