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MTV - Music Television
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MTV is an American television channel owned by the MTV Networks Music and Logo Group. MTV was first launched on August 1st 1981. Its original purpose was to play music videos guided by television personalities. Its main target demographics used to be young adults, however, this has changed as the years have passed. Today, MTV's programming is aimed at adolescents and teenagers. Over the years as MTV has become largely recognsied, it has now created some sub music channels such as MTV Classic, MTV Rocks, MTV Dance and MTV Base.
The original MTV music channel is available in the UK and Ireland and features a variety of music usually consisting of songs that have made it into the Charts top 40 and top 20. This MTV channel is not dedicated to a specific genre and therefore, it usually has the best response from the audience as there are more viewers that want to see who is top of the charts. Common artists that appear on this channel who are in the Top 40 consist of Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, David Guetta and Calvin Harris.
MTV Classic is a 24 hour music channel launched in the UK and Ireland. The channel focuses on music videos and music specials from the 1960s onwards, sometimes featuring music videos and concert footage from as early as at least the 1940s. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, the first video to air on the original MTV in 1981, was also the first music video to be played when the channel was rebranded as MTV Classic on 1 March 2010. Some artists that are featured in this channel are Billy Ocean, The Beach Boys and Elton John. MTV Classic's on-air identity is similar to MTV's international identity. MTV Classic utilises the new MTV logo.
MTV Rocks is a 24-hour alternative music channel. The channel is widely available throughout Europe on subscription satellite and digital television services. The channel concentrates on providing a place for new music and upcoming artists in the areas of rock, punk, indie, metal and similar genres. Artists such as The Rolling Stones, Evanescence, The Beatles and alternative rock artists such as Imagine Dragons often appear on this channel.
MTV Dance is a 24-hour Electronic dance music channel. MTV Dance originally started out as a night-time programming slot, however, On 3 September 2001, The strand expanded to become a standalone music channel broadcast. MTV Dance increased its presence around Europe. Artists that usaully feature on this channel consist of Avicii, Oliver Heldrins, Daft Punk and Swedish House Mafia. This channel often shows artists from Club/Dance, Electro-house and Deep house music genres.
MTV Base is a 24-hour music and general entertainment channel. The MTV Base brand first launched in the United Kingdom and in Ireland on July 1, 1999 and later launched in other European territories such as Germany. The channel focuses primarily on music from the world of R'n'B, hiphop, reggae, soul and urban. Particular artists that usually feature on this music channel consist of Drake, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj and Kid Ink.
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Kiss TV
Kiss 100
Kiss TV is a commercial music television channel from Box Television. It was launched on the 26th June 1998. Kiss TV is owned by Box Television who are linked with Bauer Media Group and Channel Four Television Corporation. This TV channel consists of 'The Official RnB Chart', 'UK Hot 40' and 'Kisstory'. The most common genre of music played on this television channel is RnB.
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Q TV
Q Television
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.
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. Unfortunately on the 3rd of July 2012, Q closed and was replaced with Heat, a celebrity news and music TV channel.
The original logo for MTV Classic is on the left and the new Logo for MTV Classic is on the left.