RESEARCH: MUSIC TV CHANNELS

MTV

MTV (Music Television) is run by an American satellite RV channel owned by the MTV Networks Music and Logo Group, which is also a part of the giant company Viacom. MTV was launched on August 1, 1981, the purpose of the channel originally was meant to be for music videos but over the years it has changed more into a TV channel full of reality TV shows, and has become extremely popular with TV shows such as Jersey Shore and Geordie Shore proving massive hits. MTV targeted younger audiences at the beginning of its launch but now focus's more on the older generation - mainly 16+ due to the nature of the TV shows played on the channel. 


MTV allowed many up and coming bands to promote their music successfully and quickly, with many of the bands using this technique becoming extremely popular: e.g. Duran Duran. The first ever music video to be played on MTV was Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles.  

Sourcing from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV

4Music

Sourcing from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4Music

4Music is a music and entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and is available for a vast minority 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 Television network. It is available on Freeview, Virgin Media, Sky and Smallworld 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.

Viva

Sourcing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_%28UK_and_Ireland%29

Viva (comes across as, VIVA) is a music video and entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel was officially launched on 26 October 2009 by Alexandra Burke, with an exclusive live performance of her single "Bad Boys". The channel replaced TMF. The channel is owned by Viacom International Media Networks Europe and was originally a German channel. It is also the first channel from MTV that is on Freeview. It launched on 26 October 2009.