2. What is a Music Channel
Music television(channel) is a type of television programming which focuses mainly
on airing bands and artists music videos. Some music channels concentrate on
certain genres while others channels air a variety of different music which is
broadcasted on either satellite of cable. Most of the music channels host their
own show charts and award prizes.
Examples of Music channels: 4Music, VIVA, Kerrang! And MTV.
3. MTV
MTV’s was launched in 1981 and is one of the most well known
and popular music channels to date.
It is an American basic cable and satellite television channel which
is owned by the MTV Network Music & Logo group, a unit of the
Viacorn Media Networks division of Viacorn.
The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos
which were guided by an on-air host known as a VJ’S.( Video
jockey).
MTV have spawned many sister channels in the US and
internationally, some of which have gone independent. Today,
MTV primarily broadcast a variety of reality and scripted television
programmes E.g. Geordie shore, which are targeted at adolescents
and young adults.
The first ever music video to be shown on MTV was “Video killed
the radio star” by the Buggles from then onward MTV have
dominated the music channel industry.
4. 4 Music is a music and entertainment channel that is
based in the UK however it is available on some digital
television providers in the Republic of Ireland. The
channel was launched on the 15th of August 2008,
replacing “The Hits”. It is the only Channel 4 branded
channel within the Box Television network. It is available
to Free view, Virgin Media, Sky, and Smallworld cable.
However in April 2013, all box television channels went
free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4music who went to
free-to-view. Due this decision the channels were
removed from Sky EPG in Ireland.
4Music Programmes:
•Today's 4Music Top 10
•Fresh Music Top 20
•Your Official Top 20
•UKHot40
4Music provides coverage for both of
these summer Festivals: T4 and V Festival,
they also repeat the highlight frequently
throughout the summer.
5. Viva Is a music video and entertainment
channel in the UK and Ireland. The channel
was launched on the 26th of October 2009
by Alexandra Burke. This channel replaced
TMF and is owned by “Viacom
International Media Network Europe” and
was the first channel from MTV that
appeared on Freeview.
Was originally a Germany channel.
The first Music video to be shown on Viva
was “The Spell" by Alphabeat on The
Official UK Chart Show Top 20. It was
originally broadcasted for twenty four
hours a day until it was removed from he
schedule. It now only shows from 9am to
3pm.
Kerrang is a digital television station
owned by Box Television, which is loosely
connected to the magazine” Kerrang!. As
of 2005 all of its programmes content is
music videos, the majority of which are
open scheduled.
The stations playlist is mainly metal , pop
punk and state punk music
The station unusually guarantees to play
a requested video, unlike other where a
voting system is in place. However it
takes some time for the video to be
played.
