The Landscape Channel
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The Landscape Channel, is a British
television channel
which was set up by Nick Austin, co-founder of the Beggars Banquet
record label, to showcase the classical and instrumental music genres. The channel began airing as an overnight programming block on Sky Channel in 1988 and ran until 1989. In 1990 Landscape provided Channel 4
with 200 hours of morning programming as The Art of Landscape. This resulted with Landscape going into the UK cable market as a dedicated cable channel in 1991 on Windsor Television
before expanding into Europe in 1993.
On 1 January 2001, it moved to Internet connected server distribution allowing cable television providers to broadcast from local Landscape servers refreshed via the Internet, rather than via traditional, more expensive, satellite distribution. Due to a lack of funding the channel's management was reconstructed between 2003 and 2007, although it continued to broadcast on the Dutch CAI Westland service.
The channel returned to Sky as a programming block on Friendly TV
on 20 October 2003 and the Information TV
range of channels in August 2010. The channel features pictures and videos of landscapes with classical background music.
programming on Landscape HD via their internet distribution service, which was upgraded in 2011 to offer 1080p
video.
United Kingdom
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television channel
Television channel
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which was set up by Nick Austin, co-founder of the Beggars Banquet
Beggars Banquet Records
Beggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin, and is part of the Beggars Group of labels...
record label, to showcase the classical and instrumental music genres. The channel began airing as an overnight programming block on Sky Channel in 1988 and ran until 1989. In 1990 Landscape provided Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
with 200 hours of morning programming as The Art of Landscape. This resulted with Landscape going into the UK cable market as a dedicated cable channel in 1991 on Windsor Television
Virgin Media
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before expanding into Europe in 1993.
On 1 January 2001, it moved to Internet connected server distribution allowing cable television providers to broadcast from local Landscape servers refreshed via the Internet, rather than via traditional, more expensive, satellite distribution. Due to a lack of funding the channel's management was reconstructed between 2003 and 2007, although it continued to broadcast on the Dutch CAI Westland service.
The channel returned to Sky as a programming block on Friendly TV
Friendly TV
Friendly TV was a British television station, owned by Telecoms TV Limited . Much of the channels output is made up of interactive programmes and games which allow the viewer to phone in or send an SMS message to take part in the programme....
on 20 October 2003 and the Information TV
Information TV
Information TV is a television organisation which broadcasts three free-to-air channels on Sky and Freesat in the United Kingdom.-History:Information TV came into existence in April 2003, and received its ITC licence in November 2003. It began broadcasting at 10am on Monday, 19 January 2004 on Sky...
range of channels in August 2010. The channel features pictures and videos of landscapes with classical background music.
Landscape HD
In 2005, The Landscape Channel began to offer high-definitionHigh-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
programming on Landscape HD via their internet distribution service, which was upgraded in 2011 to offer 1080p
1080p
1080p is the shorthand identification for a set of HDTV high-definition video modes that are characterized by 1080 horizontal lines of resolution and progressive scan, meaning the image is not interlaced as is the case with the 1080i display standard....
video.