NME TV was a British

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channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels), which carried the branding of the popular music publication ''

NME ''New Musical Express'' (''NME'') is a British music, film, gaming and culture website, bimonthly magazine, and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a "Rock music, rock inkie", the ''NME'' would be ...

'' under a

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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" by

The Libertines The Libertines are an English Rock music, rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât (vocals/guitar) and Pete Doherty (vocals/guitar). The band, centred on the songwriting partnership of Barât and Doherty, included John Hassall ...

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)" by

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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 music video networks Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012 New Musical Express 2007 establishments in the United Kingdom 2012 disestablishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-tv-channel-stub