Kiss TV is a commercial hip-hop and dance music television channel owned by

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, with permission to use the Kiss brand from Bauer Media Audio UK. The playlist predominantly consists of old skool and mainstream hip-hop,

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, EDM/ Dance and R&B. It is based on the format of the Bauer owned national radio station

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History

The original incarnation of Kiss TV was created by Guy Wingate, was bought back in to head up EMAP's fledgling TV division by then Kiss Chief Executive and the station's original founder, Gordon 'Mac' McNamee. The channel ran for one hour a night on the Mirror Group's

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cable circuit and after a year moved up to the Granada satellite and cable platform, taking a similar slot in the evening. Although the original idea for the channel was proposed in 1993 (three years after Kiss FM launched as a legal station). The channel's presenters included DJs such as

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's Judge Jules. By the time the channel was one year old, it had attracted major sponsorship from blue-chip brands such as Levi's,

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consumer products and ''

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''. The channel is available on digital television platforms and is part of a network of channels owned by

The Box Plus Network The Box Plus Network (formerly Video Jukebox Network International Ltd and Box Television Ltd) was a British television company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation, it specialised in music programming. On 2 April 2013, all The Box Pl ...

. On 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went

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on satellite, apart from

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which went

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. As a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland. However, Kiss TV launched on

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on 15 April 2013, alongside three other Box Television channels. Kiss TV and its sister channels returned to Freesat on 8 December 2021. Kiss TV also broadcasts in Sub-Saharan Africa as a

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channel, through various digital TV providers without commercials. Music videos are played in place of commercials.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiss Tv Channel 4 television channels Music video networks in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations established in 1998 Kiss Network

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