Capital TV
| Country | Global |
|---|---|
| Sister channels | Heart TV |
| History | |
| Launched | 11 October 2012 |
| Replaced | Ramp'd +2 |
| Closed | 11 October 2018 |
Capital TV was a British rolling-music television channel owned by
It reached 820,000 viewers on average every month on Sky alone.[citation needed]
Capital TV was only allowed to play two or three commercial breaks each hour, 5 minutes long each. This was also the format for Heart TV.
History
On 3 July 2012,
The channel was not related to the former Restricted Service Licence television channel of the same name, which ran in Cardiff between 2002 and 2009.
It was removed from Freesat on 10 October 2018, and on Sky the next day, along with Heart TV, and all mentions of it have disappeared from the Capital FM website. The first music video aired on the channel was “Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)” by Ne-Yo and the last music video was "Thunderclouds" by Labrinth, Sia and Diplo before showing a few minutes of "Havana" by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug before freezing halfway through the video making the channel cease transmission at 6am.[5]
References
- ^ Laughlin, Andrew (14 July 2012). "Global to launch Heart TV". Digital Spy.
- ^ "Heart and Capital TV have launched". a516digital. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ Laughlin, Andrew (12 October 2012). "Capital TV, Heart TV launched on Sky and Freesat". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- ^ McCabe, Masie (24 July 2012). "Global appoints Sky Media for Heart and Capital TV ad sales". Media Week. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Global pulls plug on TV stations". a516digital. 11 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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