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{{About|the TV idents used by Carlton|production logos|Carlton Productions}} | {{About|the TV idents used by Carlton|production logos|Carlton Productions}} | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Carlton Television''' began broadcasting on 1 January 1993 as the third holder of the ITV franchise for London weekdays, after outbidding [[ | '''Carlton Television''' began broadcasting on 1 January 1993 as the third holder of the ITV franchise for London weekdays, after outbidding [[Thames Television]] - for which it had previously made two unsuccessful takeover attempts - in the auction-style 1991 franchise round. The company quickly became notorious for its corporate acquisitions. These included fellow ITV stations [[Central Independent Television|Central]] and [[Westcountry Television|Westcountry]] - both of which were rebranded with the Carlton name on 6 September 1999 - and the license and broadcast facilities of [[Harlech Television/HTV|HTV]], as well as [[Technicolor]] and the film libraries of [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC Entertainment Group]] and [[The Rank Organisation|The Rank Organisation]]. Carlton eventually ran into financial difficulties (spurred on by ONdigital, a failed digital television joint venture with [[Granada Television|Granada]] and an expensive TV rights deal with the English Football League that went bad), and on 2 February 2004, it merged with Granada to form ITV plc. Subsequently, the Carlton name was dropped from most uses, with ITV reinstating the Central and Westcountry names, while Technicolor Corporation was sold off. The Carlton archive holdings (including the ITC, [[Associated Television|ATV]]/Central, Westcountry, HTV, [[London Film Productions|London Films]] and Rank Film Distributors libraries) are now the property of ITV plc. | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* "888" fades in the top right corner like usual if the following programme has subtitles. | * "888" fades in the top right corner like usual if the following programme has subtitles. | ||
* Alternatively, a different long version is used. The background is different, featuring blocks of transparent glass rotating in the background, as 6 glass bars can be seen in descending size. These slowly spread out and rotate towards the screen to reveal that | * Alternatively, a different long version is used. The background is different, featuring blocks of transparent glass rotating in the background, as 6 glass bars can be seen in descending size. These slowly spread out and rotate towards the screen to reveal that it's the Carlton logo, and it stays on-screen while it shines. Another variant has an alternating hue in the background, and it effectively flips the animation at the end. | ||
* A rare variant has a purple smoky background and the letters appearing in a slow flash of white before quickly dissolving. | * A rare variant has a purple smoky background and the letters appearing in a slow flash of white before quickly dissolving. | ||
* In both cases, the background can be one or more of six colours - {{color|red}}, {{color|orange}}, {{color|#FFD900|yellow}}, {{color|green}}, {{color|blue}} and {{color|darkviolet|purple}}. | * In both cases, the background can be one or more of six colours - {{color|red}}, {{color|orange}}, {{color|#FFD900|yellow}}, {{color|green}}, {{color|blue}} and {{color|darkviolet|purple}}. | ||
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'''Technique:''' Digital 2D animation for the animated variants. None for the still variant. | '''Technique:''' Digital 2D animation for the animated variants. None for the still variant. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' None for the still variant. A four note theme which comes in different sounds for the animated variants. | '''Music/Sounds:''' None for the still variant. A four-note theme which comes in different sounds for the animated variants. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extinct. | '''Availability:''' Extinct. | ||