VH1 (British and Irish TV channel)

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For VH1 in United States, see VH1. For VH1 on mainland Europe, see VH1 (European TV channel).

VH1
ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia
)
Sister channels
  • Club MTV
  • MTV
  • MTV Base
  • MTV Classic
  • MTV Hits
  • MTV Live
  • MTV Music
  • MTV OMG
  • MTV Rocks
History
Launched10 October 1994
Closed7 January 2020 (25 years, 89 days)
Replaced by
MTV Classic
(Virgin Media UK)

VH1 was a British and Irish pay television channel that was owned by

ViacomCBS. The channel was based on the original VH1 American channel of the same name
. On 24 November until 26 December 2017, VH1 was renamed temporarily as VH1 Christmas. The channel ceased broadcasting on Tuesday 7 January 2020.

History

VH1 UK was first launched on 10 October 1994

adult contemporary artists for an audience between 21-44, with a broad playlist involving music videos
from the 70s to the present day along with weekly countdowns, a format maintained until around 2008.

Besides the American network's features and programming (including programme marathons such as Pop-Up Video), a unique feature of the network was Ten of the Best, in which an artist's video is played, then the artist's personal top ten list being played with explanations from the artists for their choices. The same concept was also carried by VH2, but with their alternative artists.

Final format

On 1 May 2018, VH1 moved to Sky channel 174 and as a result, the channel took on a general entertainment focus, matching the American network, though due to the American VH1's programmes being licensed to other networks or broadcasters, it carried content from

MTV Rocks.[2]

In March 2019, VH1, along with sister channel

EPG numbers on Sky. VH1 moved to 160 and BET moved to 173, swapping places with PBS America and Together TV
respectively.

In December 2019,

BT TV announced that VH1 would be leaving the UK market along with Universal TV and that the channel would close on 7 January 2020, the same day as sister channel 5Spike.[3] The EPG channel slot was pulled from all platforms except Virgin Media UK, where MTV Classic
replaced it after a ten-year absence.

VH1 Christmas logo.

Final programming

Former sister channels

VH1 inspired two spin-off channels, both of which have since switched to MTV spin-offs:

  • MTV Classic
    .
  • VH2 (launched 16 December 2003; closed 1 August 2006) showed mainly music videos and live concerts. It focused on rock, indie and punk music and branded itself as "the alternative to manufactured pop". The channel was replaced by MTV Flux, which itself was replaced by MTV +1.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "VH1 UK & Ireland Idents & Presentation". 22 August 2014.
  2. ^ Szalai, Georg (25 September 2018). "Viacom's VH1 U.K. to Focus on Unscripted Shows in Repositioning miscellaneous". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ^ RXTV-log, 2019-12-22
  4. ^ "What's on VH1?".
  5. ^ "What's on VH1?".
  6. ^ "What's on VH1?".
  7. ^ https://tvepg.eu/en/united_kingdom/channel/vh1/review/20191228150500/cruising_with_jane_mcdonald [bare URL]
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