Fuse (TV channel)

Fuse
CountryUnited States
Canada (from 1994 to 2003)
Broadcast areaNationwide
Worldwide
HeadquartersNew York, New York, U.S.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (from 1994 to 2003)
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture formatNTSC
HDTV 1080i
(HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SD feed)
Ownership
OwnerFuse Media, LLC (Branding licensed from CHUM Limited as MuchMusic USA, and MMUSA from 1994 to 2003)
Key peopleMiguel Roggero
(Chairman and CEO)
Sister channelsFM
MuchMusic (1994–2003)
Citytv (1994–2003)
History
LaunchedJuly 1, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-07-01)
ReplacedNuvoTV
(merged into Fuse on September 30, 2015)
Former namesMuchMusic USA (1994–2001)
MMUSA (2001–2003)
Links
Websitewww.fuse.tv
Availability
Streaming media
DirecTV StreamInternet Protocol television
Fubo TVInternet Protocol television
Sling TVInternet Protocol television

Fuse is an American television channel owned by Fuse Media, LLC, that launched in 1994.

It was originally known as MuchMusic USA, a localized version of the Canadian cable channel MuchMusic, owned by CHUM Limited which was also the parent company of Citytv in Toronto and was dedicated to music-based programming; the channel relaunched under its current branding in 2003. Fuse was acquired by SiTV Media in 2014 and, after merging with the Latino-oriented NuvoTV in 2015, would shift its focus to general entertainment and lifestyle programming targeting multicultural young adults.

By February 2015, Fuse was available to approximately 71,491,000 pay television households (61.4% of households with television) in the United States.[1] With a number of cable operators discontinuing their carriage in the years since, the channel currently has an availability of around 34 million pay television households as of 2022.[2]

  1. ^ Seidman, Robert (February 22, 2015). "List of how many homes each cable network is in as of February 2015". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "U.S. cable network households (universe), 1990 – 2023". wrestlenomics.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.