| 1983 |
Carlton
becomes a publicly quoted company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. |
| 1987 |
Acquisition
of 20% of Central Television |
| 1988 |
Acquisition
of Technicolor.
Carlton becomes listed on NASDAQ. |
| 1989 |
Acquisition
of UEI plc (including Quantel and Solid State Logic). |
| 1990 |
Carlton
Television awarded the Channel 3 Licence |
| 1993 |
Carlton
Television starts broadcasting.
Acquisition of 18% of ITN. |
| 1994 |
Acquisition
of remaining 80% of Central Television. |
| 1996 |
Acquisition
of SelecTV cable channel renamed Carlton Select.
Acquisition of Cinema Media, renamed Carlton Screen Advertising.
Launch of Carlton Food Network.
Acquisition of Westcountry Television
Acquisition of the production company, Action Time.
|
| 1997 |
Award
of Digital Terrestrial Television Licences to British Digital Broadcasting
(now called ONdigital), 50% owned by Carlton. Acquisition of Rank
Film Distributors (740 classic British Films). Acquisition of the
Rohauer Film Collection (over 600 films). Acquisition of Televicine,
Spanish videocassette production company. |
| 1998 |
Technicolor
expansion:
Investment to treble DVD capacity at Technicolor in California to
15m units per year.
Acquired remaining 50% of Technicolor Euphon in Italy.
Opened new videocassette plant in Denmark.
Acquisition of 50% of plant in Mexico.
Acquisition of Nimbus CD.
Launch of Carlton Online (now Carlton Interactive)
Launch of Ondigital |
| 1999 |
Acquisition
of the ITC film and television library.
Acquisition of Planet 24 production company.
Acquisition of a 7.5% stake in Quiero, the successful applicant
for the DTT licence in Spain.
Technicolor expands into Canada with the acquisition of VTR Video
and acquires the other 50% of the plant in Mexico bringing it under
full ownership of Technicolor.
Technicolor invests in the development of digital cinema.
Hamdon comes under full Carlton ownership and is renamed Carlton
America.
Acquisition of 20% stake in PeopleBank, the online job agency.
Launch of Ask Jeeves, the question and answer service, in the UK
with a 25% stake.
Announcement of planned merger with United News & Media plc which
did not go ahead.
Carlton and TF1 form @lliance, a joint venture to operate online
and internet businesses in Europe.
Solid State Logic is sold for £45.3m. |
| 2000 |
Carlton
Interactive forms partnerships with WHSmith, Sainsbury's, First
Call and a joint venture with WWW.COM. |
