Music Channel (Romania)

Music Channel
CountryRomania
Ownership
OwnerRCS & RDS
Sister channelsDigi 24
Digi Animal World
Digi Life
Digi Sport
Digi World
Digi 4K
Film Now
H!T Music Channel
Hora TV
U TV
History
LaunchedMay 28, 2008 (2008-05-28)
Links
Website1music.ro

Music Channel is a Romanian music television channel, opened on May 28, 2008. On January 1, 2010 was launched a version in Hungary.[1] Music Channel came to prominence as the first Romanian TV station to host Live streaming on the internet.[2] The TV station is known for hosting the yearly Romanian Music Awards[3] Unlikely to MTV Romania and Kiss TV, the station is more genre-broadcasting, dividing its airplay into the four most prominent music genres — pop, rock, urban and dance, much in the likes of UTV. Noteworthy, Music Channel is known for also airing Latin pop, adult contemporary, J-pop and K-pop among other genres that don't receive significant airplay from other music stations. Compared by many to VH1, the TV station conceived many Top-Tens and Top-100s and starting late-November they start playing Christmas music.

Its sister channel, H!t Music Channel was launched on September 1, 2011.[4] Its closure in Hungary was announced on 27 June 2022, citing loss-making operations as the reason for the decision, along with its other sister channels.[5]

Since 2024, Music Channel broadcasts only Romanian music and adverts.

  1. ^ "Music Channel, prima televiziune romaneasca lansata si in Ungaria". www.beatfactor.ro.
  2. ^ "LIVE BLOGGING 2014 (Sfârșit)". 1music.ro.
  3. ^ "Music Channel transmite gala "Romanian Music Awards" - TVmania.ro". 13 September 2013.
  4. ^ "O nouă televiziune muzicală, H!T Music Channel, va fi lansată". Mediafax.ro.
  5. ^ Dániel, Szalay (2022-06-27). "A DIGI Sport mellett megszűnik a DIGI World, a DIGI Life, a Digi Animal World, a H!t Music Channel, a Music Channel és a FilmNow csatornák terjesztése is, de érkezik a MATCH4 és több más újdonság is". Media1 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-06-27.