Stingray CMusic (formerly C Music TV until 30 November 2018) is a British television music channel dedicated to
classical and
soundtrack music videos, currently owned by
Stingray Digital in Canada.
The C in the channel's name stands for the genres of the channel's playlist which covers
classical music
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(e.g.
Beethoven),
crossover music (e.g.
Il Divo) and
cinema music (original film soundtracks e.g.
John Williams
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).
History
C Music Entertainment Ltd., which operates the channel, was founded in 2007 by
Julian Rigamonti (who was the head of
Classic FM TV).
In May 2017, Canadian company
Stingray Digital acquired C Music Entertainment Ltd. The channel was renamed as Stingray CMusic on 1 December 2018. In many countries, the channel was replaced by
Stingray Music.
Programming
The channel broadcasts short form
music videos, and avoids long form
concerts and
operas
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traditionally associated with
classical music
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on television.
Availability
Thema (part of
Canal+ Group in France) handles the worldwide distribution of the channel.
The channel is distributed to host cable, DTH satellite, IPTV and mobile phone television providers via eight contribution satellites. To Europe on the Eurobird 9A (9° East) satellite (encrypted with CONAX) and on Eutelsat 10A (10° East), to
North Africa on the Eutelsat 5 West A (5.0° West) satellite, to South Africa on Eutelsat 36 B (35.9° East), to Portugal on Hispasat 1E (30.0° West) and on SES 5 (5° East), to the Middle East on Badr 5 (26.0° East) and on Intelsat 20 (68.5° East).
A
high definition
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simulcast version (then named as C Music TV HD) was launched in 2013.
In June 2008 C Music TV launched a subscription service on their website cmusic.tv, but it was suspended by the time the channel was rebranded as Stingray CMusic in December 2018.
In December 2021, Stingray CMusic joined
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*Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
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in the United Kingdom, becoming the third Stingray channel to be broadcast via Channelbox along with
sister channels Stingray Naturescape
Stingray Naturescape is a Canadian-based specialty television channel owned by Stingray Group. The channel primarily broadcasts a rotation of various nature scenery videos with accompanying audio from the nature scene pictured with sometimes non ...
and
Qello Concerts. The Channelbox streaming portal can be found on Freeview channel 271 and via Google Play with Stingray's channels featuring alongside services such as FashionTV, Euronews and Fido TV.
Accolades
As C Music TV, the channel won the Award for 'Best Music TV Channel 2008' at the
Hot Bird European TV Awards which were announced on 14 November 2008 at a ceremony held at the "Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista" in
Venice
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, Italy. It received the Hot Bird Jury's "Special Mention" Trophy in 2009 and in November 2012 it won the title of 'Best Music Channel 2012' at the (renamed) Eutelsat TV Awards 2012.
References
External links
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C Music Entertainment Limitedat
Companies House
{{Stingray Group
Television channels and stations established in 2007
Music video networks in the United Kingdom
Classical music television channels