CMT Music

CMT Music
Launched August 1, 1998 (August 1, 1998)
Owned by Viacom Media Networks
(Viacom)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Slogan All Music, All the Time.
Country  United States
Formerly called VH1 Country (1998–2006)
CMT Pure Country (2006–16)
Sister channel(s) CMT
Website CMT Music
Availability
C-Band AMC 18-Channel 235 (H2H 4DTV)
Cable
Available on most cable systems Check local listings
IPTV
Verizon FiOS Channel 222
AT&T U-verse Channel 527

CMT Music (formerly CMT Pure Country) is a digital cable television channel which is the sister network to CMT that is run as part of the Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom. It showcases country music videos for its full broadcast day from the 1980s to the current day, using the same 8-hour programming wheel schedule repeated three times daily as sister networks MTV Hits and BET Jams. Unlike CMT, CMT Music focuses entirely on music videos, with no entertainment programming.

The network was called VH1 Country until May 27, 2006 (launching on August 1, 1998 and predating the merger of CBS Cable networks TNN and CMT into Viacom), complementing that network until Viacom shifted VH1 towards more pop culture programming while using the CMT brand for all of their country music programming.

On January 4, 2016, the network's name was changed from CMT Pure Country to CMT Music, continuing a period of time with little publicity where Viacom's smaller video-only networks have undergone branding and editorial control changes, including the respective rebrands of MTV Jams and VH1 Soul to BET Jams and BET Soul.[1] Outside of the addition of full-length video tags throughout videos and new imaging, no major changes came with the rename to CMT Music, though 2015 saw the network ending specific video blocks due to that year's cutbacks throughout Viacom, including music video programmers. The channel is now available nationwide on Sony's PlayStation Vue lineup of streaming channels.

Former programming

Currently, the network offers an eight-hour wheel of videos, all under the EPG-only title of CMT Music with programming varying. As Pure Country, the network featured branded blocks of programming sub-divided by genres and periods of time.

Logo as CMT Pure Country, 2006-2016

References

  1. "CMT Pure Country will rebrand as CMT Music 1/4/16". Comcast Cable forum notification. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

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