TMF Pure was a digital TV channel of MTV Networks Benelux. The channel launched together with three other digital channels of MTV Networks on 1 May 2005. This channel,

TMF NL TMF NL was a digital music television channel of MTV Networks Benelux that broadcast on all major digital platforms in the Netherlands and Belgium from 2005 to 2011. The station was presented along with three other digital channels of MTV Networ ...

and

TMF Dance TMF Dance (formerly TMF Party) was a digital theme channel part of MTV Networks Benelux. The channel, along with the channels TMF Pure, TMF NL, and Nick Jr. Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television chann ...

were among the first digital theme channels in the Netherlands. On 1 August 2006 TMF Pure was renamed

MTV Brand New MTV Brand New was a 24-hour specialist music channel featuring new music videos, alternative and indie music available in the Netherlands, Germany. In Italy, it was replaced by MTV Rocks in 2011. The Italian version of the channel launched on 14 ...

. This digital channel emits, unlike TMF Pure, non-stop video clips from the

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

genre. Besides videos, there are also live performances on MTV Brand New. Since 1 August 2007 the station went on air again, along with two new thematic channels: Nick Hits and

Nicktoons Nicktoons is a collective name used by Nickelodeon for their original animated series. All Nicktoons are produced partly at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio and list Nickelodeon's parent company (Viacom, now known as Paramount Global) in their ...

. TMF Pure sent nonstop music videos from the genres R&B,

rap Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

and hip-hop and came back because The Box (which is focused on the same genre) ceased. After the reintegration of TMF Pure, MTV Brand New continued. All channels of

TMF Nederland TMF (abbreviation of The Music Factory) was a 24-hour music channel operated by Viacom International Media Networks in the Netherlands. The channel was previously in every standard TV package, but it ceased operating on 1 September 2011. The chan ...

closed on 31 December 2011.TMF-tijdperk in Nederland definitief voorbij
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Music television channels Defunct television channels in the Netherlands Television channels in Flanders Television channels in Belgium Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011 Music organisations based in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-tv-stub