The Landscape Channel

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.[1]

The Landscape Channel
CountryUnited Kingdom
Ownership
Sister channelsLandscape HD
History
Launched1988
Closed2019
Links
Websitewww.landscapetv.com (dead)

History

It began airing as an overnight programming block on Sky Channel in 1988 and ran until 1989.[2] In 1990, Landscape provided Channel 4 with 200 hours of morning programming as The Art of Landscape.[3] 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.[2]

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.[4] 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.[2]

The channel returned to Sky as a programming block on Friendly TV on 20 October 2003[5] and the Information TV range of channels in August 2010.[6][7]

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
Landscape HD logo

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.[8]

References
  1. "First 1080p Cloud delivered television channel to be taken into USA". The Landscape Channel. 8 June 2011.
  2. "Landscape History". The Landscape Channel. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  3. "The Landscape Channel". TVARK. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  4. "Landscape Channel rebranded". Digital Spy. 12 January 2001.
  5. "Landscape TV to timeshare with Friendly TV". Sky Digi Online. 12 October 2003.
  6. "Landscape Channel returns to Sky". Digital Spy. 17 August 2010.
  7. "Subscribers to Sky's digital TV channels can now unwind to The Landscape Channel". Cable.co.uk. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  8. "The Landscape Channel looks to the cloud for quality at Cannes". The Landscape Channel. 28 March 2011.
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