VH1 Poland was a Polish
pay television
Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...
music channel from
VIMN Polska. It was launched on December 1, 2005, replacing
MTV Classic MTV Classic may refer to:
*MTV Classic (American TV channel), a television channel that replaced VH1 Classic on August 1, 2016
*MTV Classic (Australian TV channel), a television channel previously named VH1 Australia until May 2010, and shut down i ...
, another Polish MTV channel which used to broadcast mainly classic videos. VH1 Poland shows almost only music-based programs and plays a much broader range of videos than its predecessor. Many themed music programs were broadcast on a daily or weekly basis.
History
As VH1 Poland
VH1 Poland was launched on December 1, 2005, replacing MTV Classic Poland.
From April 24, 2010, VH1 Poland ceased to operate as a 24-hour music channel and instead share space with the new
Comedy Central
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branded channel Comedy Central Family. The new channel lined-up is more skewed towards female audiences.
On April 24, 2012, VH1 Poland started broadcasting again replacing VH1 Europe (in Poland). On June 12, 2012, VH1 Poland started broadcasting in
16:9 picture format.
On September 30, 2015, VH1 Poland began to use the current branding from VH1 Europe and UK. However, the music on those idents were changed, plus, a title of each programme were added at the start of each programme.
As a Polish subfeed of VH1 Europe
On February 1, 2017 (at 6:00 am CET), the localised Polish feed of VH1 has been merged operations with VH1 Europe from
Camden Town
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, London, United Kingdom, due to the programming change and informing viewers on the upper-left corner showing that ''Rise And Shine With VH1'' will be next after the last programme on the localised Polish feed (''100% Music''). The last music video to be played on the localised Polish feed is "
Can't Hold Us
"Can't Hold Us" is a song written and performed by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring American singer Ray Dalton, originally released on August 16, 2011 as the second single from the duo's debut studio album '' The Heist'' ...
" by
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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featuring
Ray Dalton
Raymond A. Dalton (born May 10, 1991) is an American singer and songwriter based in Seattle, Washington. He began his career as a gospel and R&B singer. Dalton gained prominence as the featured artist on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 2011 song "Can ...
at 5:59 am CET. The first music video to be played when the localised Polish feed of VH1 switched its own programming to VH1 Europe's programming is "
Million Reasons
"Million Reasons" is a song recorded by American singer Lady Gaga for her fifth studio album, '' Joanne'' (2016). Initially released as a promotional single, it was released to radio stations on October 29, 2016, as the album's second single. Th ...
" by
Lady Gaga
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. While the playlist and the on-air identity (except for the advertising bumpers) has been largely changed, the on-screen graphics are still intact. Unlike the main feed of VH1 Europe (which is commercial-free), the Polish subfeed has advertisements. The channel ended its broadcast on March 3, 2020 at 6:00 am when it was replaced with VH1 Europe.
Former Programming
Last Programming Before the Shut Down
* ''Guess The Year''
* ''Rise And Shine With VH1''
* ''Feelgood Friday''
* ''Late Night Love''
* ''Huge Hits''
* ''Total Pop Party''
* ''Keep Calm & Wind Down''
* ''Saturday Soundtrack''
* ''Lazy Sunday Tunes''
* ''We Love The: 00's''
* ''We Love The: 10's''
* ''It Takes Two''
* ''The Ultimate Movie Soundtracks''
* ''Perfect Pop From The 00's''
Former (as VH1 Poland, VH1 Europe)
*''100% Music''(2015-2017)
*''A–Z''
*''Aerobic''
*''
Beavis and Butt-Head
''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American adult animated series created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, lack of intelligence, lowbrow humor, ...
''
*''European Chart''
*''Final Countdown''
*''Party Starter''
*''Pop Chart''
*''Rock Your Baby'' (2005-2017)
*''
South Park
''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...
'' (2012-2019)
*''US Chart''
*''VH1 Weekend''
*''VH1 Shuffle''
*''VH1 Pop Chart''
*''VH1 Hits''(2005-2015)
*''
Włatcy móch
''Włatcy móch'' () (English: ''The Lordz o' Flys'') is a Polish adult animated series, which had been on the Polish TV channel TV4 between November 2006 and December 2011. The title is a misspelled version of "Władcy much" meaning "The Lords ...
''
References
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Defunct television channels in Poland
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Television channels and stations established in 2005
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
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