- Carlton Food Network
Infobox TV channel
name = Taste CFN
logofile = Tastecfn.jpg
logosize = 100px
logoalt = Taste CFN
launch =November 15 ,1998
closed date =November 30 ,2001
owner =Carlton Television
former names = Carlton Food Network,
CFN
|Carlton Food Network (later branded Taste CFN following an investment by
Sainsbury's ) was a British television channel run byCarlton Television , showing food and cookery programmes. It launched on1 September 1996 oncable . It was also on the ONdigital platform, as part of a group of five Carlton owned channels (the others beingCarlton Select ,Carlton World ,Carlton Kids , andCarlton Cinema .It showcased the best of Carlton and other
ITV companiescookery programmes, and broadcast 24 hours a day afterCarlton Select ceased broadcasting in 2000.In late 2001, the channel (now branded as Taste CFN) was closed due to viewing figures and cost restrictions. On
ITV Digital , it was anticipated that the slot was to be filled by a new channel on the now struggling platform, but the space became apreview channel for ITV Digital suppliers and potential customers.Past Logos
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19991103214711/http://www.carltonfoodnetwork.com/ Archive copy of Taste CFN's website from 1999]
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