Music Channels

2.  Music television (including music channels) is a type of television
programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos
for their viewers. These music videos can be by a range of different
artists and bands. The channels are also normally shown on satellite
and cable and may also host their own award shows or chart shows.
Some music channels include MTV, 4music and VIVA.
 The first music channel was MTV which started in August, 1981
which now has many sister channels in the US and affiliated
channels internationally. Since MTV, many other television
companies have followed it’s lead and produced their own music
channels...

3.  Probably the most famous and well-known music channel in the
world Is MTV with nearly 100,000,000 American households
receiving the channel!
 It was launched in America and is a basic cable and satellite
television channel owned by the MTV Networks Music & Logo Group
(all part of Viacom).
 It’s initially purpose was to play music videos guided by television
personalities however nowadays, the channels includes a variety of
programmes such as documentaries and reality TV shows.
 The target audience of the channel has also changed over the years
– at first, MTV was aimed at young adults however now it is typically
aimed at teenagers.
 Although some of the shows shown on MTV today seem
controversial, the channel has edited many music videos in the past
to remove references to drugs, sex etc.

4.  4music channel is one of the main music channels in the United
Kingdom.
 Compared to MTV, it launched much later in August 2008 replacing
The Hits music channel.
 It is also the only channel 4 branded channel within the Box
Television network.
 Like MTV, it also has many sister channels including 4seven,
Channel 4, Film4, E4 and More4.
 Many of 4music’s programmes include chart shows like ‘Today’s
4Music Top 10’, ‘Fresh Music Top 20’ and ‘Your Official Top 20’.
 As well as chart shows, 4Music includes programmes where they
interview various artists to promote their new music.

5.  Viva is one of the newest music channels and was launched in
October 2009 by Alexandra Burke with an exclusive performance of
her new single ‘Bad Boys’.
 Like 4Music, Viva also replaced another channel called TMF and is
owned by Viacom.
 Viva was also originally a German channel.
 Viva is also similar to MTV, in the sense it shows many other
programmes including reality TV shows and dramas such as ‘The
Hills’, ‘Pretty Little Liars’ and ‘My Super Sweet 16’ – many of which
are shown on MTV as well.
 It is also the first channel from MTV that is on Freeview.
 Viva now runs across Europe in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland,
Poland, Switzerland and the UK.

6.  Other music channels including Kerrang TV are loosely connected to
magazines. Clearly the music channel Kerrang TV is linked to
Kerrang magazine.
 The music channel shows music videos which are normally
requested by viewers via text.
 The TV station's playlist is mainly nu metal and pop punk, although
there are sometimes exceptions.
 Certain acts get played more often due to more requests (these
include Tenacious D and Limp Bizkit).
 More interestingly, the station unusually guarantees to play a
requested video, unlike others where a voting system is in place.
However, it may take some time for the video to be played.
 This channel is also shown on Freeview online, satellite and cable.