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===Background===  

'''Central Independent Television''' (more commonly known as Central, and nowadays known as ITV Central) was founded in 1980 after [[Associated Television]] re-branded itself to be more focused on its regional programming, as well as serving a separate East and West service for the Midlands. It officially launched in place of ATV on 1 January 1982, though it was pan-regional until 1983 due to a strike. Much like its former namesake, it provided massive support for national programming and even gained a international foothold through imports and [[Central Television Enterprises]], founded in 1987. In January 1994, [[Carlton Television|Carlton Communications]] fully bought out Central for £750 million and spent no time in reducing it in size, cumulating with it becoming known as Carlton Central on-air on 6 September 1999.

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'''Visuals:''' On a {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} background, what appears to be a total eclipse of the sun is seen, "shining" from its edges. The "shining" retracts after a second followed by the shadow beginning to move off the "sun", revealing it to actually be a light blue planet-like object. As the shadow gets halfway off the planet, it opens up like an egg and a bright array of coloured light bursts out. A couple of seconds later, the light retracts back into the planet and the two halves come back together to reveal the planet, which now has a crescent shaped shadow. Finally, the word "CENTRAL" fades in below the planet, set in Erbar Neo Mini.

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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a shining circular outline fades in. A dark shadow slowly dissipates from the right side, revealing itself to be a white spherical object with a rainbow crescent. The word “CENTRAL”, in the same font as before, slowly fades in below the logo.