Music channels

Owners: Viacom

Other MTV channels owned by Viacom and what they show: MTV Base (RnB), MTV Classic (Old music and music videos), MTV Dance (Dance Music), MTV Hits (chart songs), MTV Rocks (Rock music), MTV Shows (Reality shows such as The Hills and Pimp My Ride, Cartoons such as South Park) and MTVNHD (Showing shows such as Making the Performance and Jukebox London in HD). 

MTV was launched at 12:01 on the 1 August 1981, with the words Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll, emphasizing that the channel was to play predominately rock music in its early days. Over the years as demand for new types of music and the emergence of artists such as Michael Jackson, the channel began to play new genres of music and thus the different channels were created to fit different viewers needs and wants. 

Being owned by Viacom shows that MTV is a corporate brand, meaning that they have a duty to play songs that are going to sell and are going to get people to watch them, possibly the reason why MTV have channels such as MTV Hits and MTV Shows, to show programs and music that is commercially successful. Despite this they do still show new music and less commercial music on MTV Base, MTV Dance and show local bands on channels such as Jukebox London. 

Owners: Viacom

Other VH1 channels owned by Viacom and what they show: VH1 Classic (Older songs and Storytellers with people such as Bruce Springstein)and VH1 Soul (Music by Soul Singer such as R.Kelly, Fantasia and MAry J Blige, shows such as Soul Stage and Storytellers with artists such as Jay Z). 

VH1 is a sister channel to MTV. Like MTV they are owned by the large corporate brand, Viacom, meaning there is pressure to play music by commercially successful acts but by creating new channels such as VH1 Classic and VH1 Soul they have managed to have channels that cater for peoples particular wants when it comes to listening to music channels. Whilst MTV has a much younger audience, VH1 is aimed at an older demographic. 

Owners: Viacom 

What it shows: Re-runs of The Hills, They City Laguna Beach and South Park, Suck My Pop, Teen Mum, Super Sweet Sixteen and Two and a Half Men. 

The channels was launched in 2009, with a live exclusive performance of Alexandra Burkes 'Bad Boys'. VIVA is a sister channel of MTV, hence why it shows a lot of the channels re-runs. The show has gathered popularity by showing the re-runs of popular shows and well known presenters such as Kimberly Walsh , a member of Girls Aloud. 

Owners: Box Television group
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4Music was launched in 15 August 2008 and is aired in the United Kingdom. The channel is aimed at a young audience, tapping into the fan base that sister channel, Channel 4, has with its show T4. T4 and the channel feature many of the same programmes and use the same presenters.

Today’s music Top 10 and The Crush KFC Crushems. Re-runs of Keeping up with the Kardashians, Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami and Snoop Doggs Fatherhood.

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The channel is famous for often being the first to launch songs and artists, most notably the Spice Girls first single Wannabe. Much of the programme is similar to 4Music as they are owned by the same company. The Crush with KFC Krushems, Hit 40 UK, Bring on the weekend!, Video Airplay: Top 20 and VIP Tracks of the Week. The Box Television group.