4Music is a music and entertainment channel in the UK and Ireland that launched in 2008, replacing The Hits. It airs on various providers like Freeview, Virgin Media, and Sky. 4Music covers music festivals in the summer and has stages at events like T4 on the Beach and V Festival.
Flava is a British music television channel owned by CSC Media Group that launched in 2004 under the name B4 TV. It broadcasts hip hop, R&B, UK garage, dubstep and drum and bass music videos around the clock.
Q was a UK music channel based on Q Magazine that launched in 2000 and operated by Box Television. It specialized in indie, rock and alternative music and was available on
2. 4 music
4Music is a music and entertainment channel in the United
Kingdom and available on some digital television providers in
the Republic of Ireland. The channel launched on 15 August
2008, replacing The Hits. It is the only Channel 4-branded
channel within The Box Plus Network. It is available on Free
view, Virgin Media, Sky and Small world Cable. On 2 April 2013,
all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart
from 4Music which went free-to-view. As a result, the channels
were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland. 4Music has
coverage at both festivals during the Summer, with highlights
repeated frequently throughout the Summer. The channel also
has stages at both events. At T4 on the Beach since 2007 and
at the V Festival since 2005.
3. Flava
Flava is a British music television channel owned and operated
by CSC Media Group it launched in June 2004 and was
formerly called B4 TV, a previous pre-launch music channel
from CSC Media Group. Flava broadcasts 24 hours a day and
plays music videos from the hip hop, R&B, UK
garage, dubstep and drum and bass music genres.
The Flava logo is on screen in the top left-hand corner during
music videos and song information appears at the bottom of
the screen at the start and end of each music video. The logo
is also seen before and after advert breaks when it is shown in
the middle of the screen.
4. Q TV
Q was a UK music channel based on Q Magazine, launched
on 2 October 2000. It was operated by Box Television, and
specialised in indie, rock and alternative.
It was available in the UK on Sky channel 364 and Virgin
Media channel 338. In Ireland, it was available on UPC
Ireland channel 714 and in Iceland on Síminn. It is also
available in South Africa on TopTV channel 503.
The channel was also called Q The Music (cue the music),
which was the channel's slogan.
The channel played a wide variety of music, predominantly
bands like Snow Patrol, Coldplay, and Stereophonics.
