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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Television |
Founded | 1982 |
Defunct | 2 February 2004 |
Fate | Acquired by Granada plc and merged to form ITV plc |
Successor | ITV plc |
Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
Key people | Michael P. Green (chairman) |
Products | Carlton Cinema Carlton Select Carlton World Carlton Kids Carlton Food Network |
Divisions | Carlton Television Westcountry Television Central Independent Television HTV Carlton Home Entertainment Carlton America Carlton International Action Time Planet 24 |
Subsidiaries | Carlton Screen Advertising Carlton Publishing Group ITV Digital (50%) London News Network (50%) GMTV (20%) ITN (18%) |
Carlton Communications plc was a British media company. It was led by Michael P. Green and listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1983 until 2 February 2004, when it was bought by Granada plc in a corporate takeover to form ITV plc. Carlton shareholders gained approximately 32% of ITV plc.[1]
As well as being the parent company of Carlton Television Limited it was also involved in several other media and broadcasting businesses and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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