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Vintage TV was a music television channel from the
United Kingdom
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which launched on 1 September 2010 on Sky and Freesat.
The channel was available throughout the UK, and with limited availability in Ireland. Broadcast transmissions on satellite, cable and Freeview ceased during August 2018. Its name and programming were previously licensed to
Vintage TV in Canada.
Development
Vintage TV broadcast a selection of music-related programming including
music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing devic ...
s and
concert
A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide var ...
s from an array of popular music artists primarily dating from the 1940s to 1990s. About 40% of its programming was original, including entertainment series and more than 500 specially created music videos featuring archive footage from the
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,
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Getty Images
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. Following a public vote from a list of 50 possible tracks, the first music video played on the channel was
The Beach Boys
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' '
Good Vibrations'.
In September 2010, Vintage TV replaced
oMusic TV on Sky.
In April 2011, Vintage TV appointed 3Vision on a multi-year contract to help negotiate carriage deals for Vintage TV in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as well as assist in the channel's aim of serving as many markets as possible by the end of 2012.
In July 2011, Vintage TV won the
Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Digital UK. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Free ...
Award for Best Themed Channel. In April 2012, Vintage TV was shortlisted for two Freesat awards, Best Niche TV Channel and Breakout Channel of the Year, by Freesat's panel of media industry judges.
In April 2013, Vintage TV launched on
Virgin Media
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on channel number 343.
In June 2014, Vintage TV became available on Internet connected Freeview boxes on channel 242.
From 1 July 2016, Vintage TV was on Freeview channel 86. It moved to channel 82 on 3 August 2016.
On 14 October 2016, Vintage TV launched a
localized version of the channel in
Canada
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on
Shaw Direct
Shaw Direct is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada and a subsidiary of the telecommunications company Shaw Communications. As of 2010, Shaw Direct had over 900,000 subscribers. It broadcasts on Ku band from two commu ...
satellite and
Shaw Cable
Shaw Communications Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications company which provides telephone, Internet, television, and mobile services. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw provides home telecommunications services primarily in Alberta and Br ...
.
On 17 May 2018, Vintage TV was removed from Freesat, with the channel blaming "carriage costs" for the removal. Vintage TV was then removed from Freeview on 2 August 2018. Lastly, the channel was removed on Virgin Media and Sky on 7 August 2018. The channel later claimed that following talks with Sky it had been "offered a new deal to return to the platform" but eventually on 17 October 2018, it was confirmed that the channel had gone into administration.
References
External links
Official website UK/Ireland
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Television channels and stations established in 2010
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2018
Music video networks in the United Kingdom
Music television channels