NickMusic
NickMusic | |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Network | Nickelodeon |
Headquarters | One Astor Plaza New York City, New York, U.S. |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 480i 4:3 (SDTV) presented in 16:9 letterbox |
Ownership | |
Owner | Paramount Media Networks |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | May 1, 2002 |
Former names | MTV Hits (2002–16) |
Availability | |
Cable | |
Available on many cable systems | Consult local listings |
Satellite | |
Dish Network | Channel 368 |
C-Band | AMC 18-Channel 232 (H2H 4DTV) |
IPTV | |
U-verse TV | Channel 509 (exp. 8/2/22) |
Verizon FiOS | Channel 214 |
FuboTV | IPTV |
Vidgo | IPTV |
NickMusic is an American pay television network. It is a spin-off of Nickelodeon. It mainly broadcasts music video and music-related programming from younger pop artists. Some videos are edited to meet a general TV-PG rating, or replaced with a lyric video instead.
History
[change | change source]The network was launched on May 1, 2002 as MTV Hits. The network was named for a daily program on MTV also called MTV Hits. It was MTV's main pop music video program. The network included current hit music videos, along with a few older videos from earlier in the year, as well as a few from the late 1990s. The network maintained a commercial-free format, other than internal promotions for MTV and MTV-branded properties.
In 2005, the network began airing a feature called "My Hitlist Month". It was based on viewer selected playlists that were submitted to a new network website. My Hitlist Month, along with artist-selected playlists, were broadcast occasionally on the network until 2006.
In 2016, MTV Hits was re-branded NickMusic.