Music Channels

Music channels started back in 1895 with the first video was aired in a studio against a wall with a projector

In the 1970’s saw the birth of MTV which is now the largest music channel in the world and is known internationally.

Music channels are television channels especially for airing artists and bands music and their videos.

There are specific channels dedicated to doing this and constantly are playing all types of music.

There are many channels for all different genres so they have been classified and most channels now have their own chart shows.

MTV MTV is an American music channel that is now shown in the

UK via cable and was founded in the 1970’s. Its based in New York and is now available across many different forms on media such as online and by mobile.

When it was first launched only a few thousand people could actually watch it in New Jersey which highlights how much they have developed since then.

The channel was originally for just airing music videos and having its own charts, however it now has its own reality entertainment programmes too which have helped it gain its success.

It has many sister channels which it also works alongside such as MTV Hits and MTV Jams.

The first music video that MTV ever showed was ‘Video killed the radio star’ by The Buggles.

Kerrang TV•Kerrang television is a channel owned by box television that mainly airs the pop-punk genre.•Again it is now well known across many medias such as radio, magazine and now television as of 2005.•They don’t tend to have as many reality programmes as MTV but instead have an open schedule were the audience themselves can have their input and text in what videos they would like to see.• The channel is highly based around its audience with only a few set showings of certain bands with numerous hits such as Greenday and Paramore.•Its very similar to the magazine in the sense that it will not talk about the top charts in the UK but only with bands that they deem to be suitable to the genre and who are passionate about music.•It mainly shows American and British music but sometimes European music can be shown as it is a worldwide channel.

4Music•4music is a British music channel that launched in 2008 and is also owned by Box television in partnership with channel 4.

•It is available 24 hours a day and is available to those who have cable. It is also one of the few channels in the network to be broadcasted in widescreen.

•Its very different from the other music channels as it now mainly airs TV programmes about artists and celebrities and their day to day lives rather than actual music videos. They still have their own chart shows though which is why the two incorporated together work.

•Its very new in comparison to other music channels and keeps up with all the latest music events showing the iTunes festival, V festival and also T4 on the beach.

• It gets a lot of support as a channel as its part of the ‘4’ company, therefore sistering channel 4, E4 and Film 4.