NME TV was a British
music television
Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from recording artists, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite, cable, or Streaming Platforms.
Music television ...
channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group (formerly
Chart Show Channels), which carried the branding of the popular music publication ''
NME
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'' under a
brand licensing agreement. This was a similar arrangement to its radio station,
NME Radio, which is operated by
Town and Country Broadcasting. The channel replaced
Minx on 22 November 2007. NME TV launched at 6.00am that day with "
Up the Bracket
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" by
The Libertines
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being the first video to be played on the channel.
On 3 November 2010, NME TV was replaced with Scuzz on Freesat channel 503. On 1 February 2011, NME TV relaunched on Freesat on channel 516.
NME TV closed on 5 January 2012 and was replaced with
Chart Show TV +1,
with "
No Good (Start the Dance)
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" by
The Prodigy being the final music video to be played on the channel. Chart Show TV +1 acted as a placeholder until the launch of
BuzMuzik in May 2012.
Logos
Image:Nmetvlogo.png, NME TV's logo (2007–2010)
Image:NME TV 2010 logo.png, NME TV's logo (2010-2012)
References
External links
NME TV from nme.com
Television channels and stations established in 2007
CSC Media Group
Music video networks in the United Kingdom
Defunct British television channels
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012
New Musical Express
2007 establishments in the United Kingdom
2012 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
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