The Landscape Channel
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Sister channels | Landscape HD |
| History | |
| Launched | November 1988[1] |
| Closed | 2019 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
The Landscape Channel was a British television channel set up by Nick Austin, co-founder of the Beggars Banquet record label, to showcase ambient videos set to classical and modern instrumental music.[2]
History
It began airing as an overnight programming block on Sky Channel in 1988 and ran until 1989.[3] In November 1988, it started broadcasting on cable as a standalone channel, as a three-hour videotape service that was looped for a 24-hour cycle. It was financed through the mail-order sale of records featuring music heard in the service.[1] In 1990, Landscape provided Channel 4 with 200 hours of morning programming as The Art of Landscape.[4] This precipitated Landscape becoming a dedicated UK cable channel in 1991 on Windsor Television before expanding onto other UK cable networks, and also into Europe in 1993.[3]
On 1 January 2001, Landscape moved to Internet connected server distribution allowing cable television providers to broadcast from local servers refreshed via the Internet, rather than via traditional, more expensive, satellite distribution.[5] Due to a lack of funding, the channel's management was restructured between 2003 and 2007 although it continued to broadcast on the Dutch CAI Westland service.[3]
The channel returned to Sky as a programming block on Friendly TV on 20 October 2003[6] and the Information TV range of channels in August 2010.[7][8]
Both LandscapeTV.com and LandscapeHD.com defaulted to the former but both domains expired in mid-2014 and are now up for sale through Heart Internet.
Landscape HD
In 2005, The Landscape Channel began to offer high-definition programming on Landscape HD via their internet distribution service, which was upgraded in 2011 to offer 1080p video.[9]
References
- ^ a b Cable Authority Annual Report and Accounts 1988/89 (PDF). Cable Authority. 1989. p. 32.
- ^ "First 1080p Cloud delivered television channel to be taken into USA". The Landscape Channel. 8 June 2011.
- ^ a b c "Landscape History". The Landscape Channel. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "The Landscape Channel". TVARK. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Landscape Channel rebranded". Digital Spy. 12 January 2001.
- ^ "Landscape TV to timeshare with Friendly TV". Sky Digi Online. 12 October 2003.
- ^ "Landscape Channel returns to Sky". Digital Spy. 17 August 2010.
- ^ "Subscribers to Sky's digital TV channels can now unwind to The Landscape Channel". Cable.co.uk. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "The Landscape Channel looks to the cloud for quality at Cannes". The Landscape Channel. 28 March 2011.
External links
- LandscapeTV.com (archived)
- LandscapeHD.com (archived)
- LandscapeHD on Vimeo
- The Landscape Channel (unofficial) on YouTube