TV Channels of France
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AB1
AB1 is a French television channel aimed at young adults.Action
Action is a French television channel which shows action films and TV movies.Animaux
Animaux is a French television channel themed on the animal world.ART Hikayat
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- BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel, with an estimated 76 million viewers weekly in 2014. Launched on 11 March 1991 as BBC World Service Television outside Europe, its name was changed to BBC World on 16 January 1995 and to BBC World News on 21 April 2008. It broadcasts television programming including BBC News bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. It employs more correspondents and reporters and has more international bureaux than any other news channel. Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, BBC World News is owned and operated by BBC Global News Ltd., part of the BBC's commercial group of companies and is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the United Kingdom television licence. It is not owned by BBC Worldwide.
BFM TV
BFM TV is a TV news channel based in France and available globally via digital, cable and satellite television. As the country's most-watched news network with 10 million daily viewers, BFMTV "boasts a market share in France that is greater than any equivalent news channel around the world". Its economic coverage is "clearly pro-business, pro-reform, and anti the old consensus", which is noteworthy because in France, "economic coverage tends to come from the opposite perspective—the state sector and workers taking precedence over private enterprise".Bloomberg TV
- Boomerang is a 24-hour cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a unit of Time Warner broadcasting in all Latin America. Initially it was focused on classical series and shows, as the Latin American version of Boomerang from the United States. In 2006, it relaunched as the Latin American and Brazilian version of POGO from India, marketed mainly on children. In 2008 it relaunched again with its own original identity and programming, focused on teen-oriented programming with original and syndicated series and movies. It also aired music videos and concert specials, under the brand "Boombox". The channel currently focuses on family programming, and rebranded on September 28, 2014 with a new logo and programming.
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Canal J
Canal J is a French television network dedicated to children's programming. It is available through digital terrestrial television service 'TNT' and is aimed at children aged between 4 and 16 years old.Canal+ Sport
Cap 24
Cap 24 is a French regional television channel, available in Paris and Île-de-France region, broadcasting from the Eiffel Tower. It began broadcasting on 20 March 2008.Chasse et Pêche
Ciné First
Ciné First is a French television channel, part of the AB Groupe which shows exclusive films, oriented towards an adult audience. The channel is broadcast on satellite networks Bis Télévisions and AB Groupe. It is also available via ADSL operator Free. The channel occupies the same position as the defunct Cinébox, which broadcast between September 2002 and August 2004.Ciné Fx
Ciné FX is a French television channel, owned by AB Groupe. The channel was originally only available via AB Sat and as an option on CanalSat, but is now available through contract on the cinema option from AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital television packages. At its start, in 1996, the cinema package of the AB group comprised five channels, but none which dealt with science fiction films. When the cinema package was reformatted on 15 September 2002, the channel created three others: Ciné Comic, Ciné Polar, and Ciné Box to replace the former CINEBOX. Today, the package is named CINERAMA and comprises this channel, as well as Ciné Polar, Ciné First, and Ciné Pop. The programming comprises science fiction films from the 1950s to today, covering every subgenre, including programming the classics, Forbidden Planet, the films of Roger Corman, the studio Troma, and films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey.Ciné Polar
Ciné Polar is a French television channel owned by AB Groupe. The channel was originally only available on AB Sat and as an option on CanalSat, but is now available through a cinema contract with AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital television packages. Change in cinema package : At its launch in 1996, the cinema package of AB Groupe comprised five channels: Ciné Palace, Rire, Romance, Polar and Action Due to the repackaging of the cinema package in September 2002, the cinema package formerly known as CINEBOX now has new channels named Ciné Box, Ciné comic, Ciné Polar and Ciné Fx. Today, Ciné Fx and Ciné Polar are no longer available. At the same time as this was taking place, the group purchased the cinema channel Action in 1996. At the heart of the programming are the big names in classic films noirs, notably the first works of Alfred Hitchcock.CinéCinéma Classic
- CNBC Europe is a business and financial news television channel which airs across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The station is based in London, where it shares the Adrian Smith-designed 10 Fleet Place building with Dow Jones & Company. Along with CNBC Asia, the channel is operated by the Singapore-headquartered CNBC subsidiary company CNBC International, which is in turn wholly owned by NBCUniversal. As the most viewed pan-European financial TV channel according to the 2010 EMS survey, the broadcaster reaches over 100 million households across the continent. CNBC Europe produces or co-produces 7 hours of live programming each weekday, along with reports and content for its global sister stations and the outlets of NBC News.
- The Cable News Network is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. The 24-hour cable news channel was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage, and was the first all-news television channel in the United States. While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from the Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta is only used for weekend programming. CNN is sometimes referred to as CNN/U.S. to distinguish the American channel from its international sister network, CNN International. As of August 2010, CNN is available in over 100 million U.S. households. Broadcast coverage of the U.S. channel extends to over 890,000 American hotel rooms, as well as carriage on cable and satellite providers throughout Canada. Globally, CNN programming airs through CNN International, which can be seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories.
Comédie+
Comédie+ is a French cable network showing humorous programs since 1996. It bears some resemblance to Comedy Central; even the comédie word in the name is used in the very broad American meaning. It is directed by Dominique Farrugia, a former member of the Les Nuls comedy team. An often-shown program is La Grosse Emission which helped popularize the comedians troupe named Les Robins des Bois.Direct 8
Direct 8 was a national French TV channel, owned by Vincent Bolloré. It is available through digital terrestrial television network "TNT" and the Astra 1H satellite position. As the name suggests, Direct 8 was originally intended to broadcast live shows only. This is no longer the case. Following its purchase by Canal Group, the channel closed down on 7 October 2012 and relaunched as D8.Direct Star
Direct Star is a French music channel owned by Vincent Bolloré, that launched and replaced Virgin 17 on September 1st, 2010. The channel has been replaced on October 7th, 2012 by D17 after being bought by the French group Canal+.Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time was a factual television channel owned by Discovery Networks Western Europe.Disey XD
- Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Worldwide, a unit of the Disney–ABC Television Group, itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. The channel's programming consists of original first-run television series, theatrically-released and original made-for-cable movies and select other third-party programming. Disney Channel – which formerly operated as a premium service – originally marketed its programs towards families, and then at younger children by the late 1990s. Most of its original programming is aimed at children ages 6–14, while its Disney Junior programs are targeted at younger children ages 2–7. As of February 2015, Disney Channel is available to approximately 96.2 million pay television households in the United States.
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- E! Entertainment Television, LLC is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Cable division of NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry. As of February 2015, E! has an audience reach of approximately 94,296,000 American households. The channel is also available in Canada, which broadcasts original programming at the same as the United States and localized versions across Europe, Asia and Australia.
Encyclo
Encyclopédia is a French television channel dedicated to encyclopedic knowledge.Escales
Escales is a French television channel in the travelogue and world discovery genre. Currently, the TV station is owned by AB Sat SA and has a budget of 24 million euros, 100% from AB Groupe.ESPN America
ESPN America was a British based European sports network, focusing on professional and collegiate sports of the United States and Canada. Originally launched on 5 December 2002 as NASN, ESPN America broadcast a selection of top North American professional and collegiate sports leagues including Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association and Canadian Football League, 24 hours a day on digital cable and digital satellite television. Formerly operated by Setanta Sports with backing from Benchmark Capital Europe, it was acquired by the American sports media company ESPN in March 2007. It was subsequently re-branded as ESPN America on 1 February 2009 before closing on 1 August 2013.- ESPN Classic is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation. The channel features rebroadcasts of famous sporting events, sports documentaries and sports-themed movies. Such programs include biographies of famous sports figures or a rerun of a marquee World Series or Super Bowl game, often with added commentary on the event. As of February 2015, ESPN Classic is available to approximately 25,516,000 television households in the United States. On October 1, 2014, ESPN Classic began a gradual transition into a video on demand-only service, with Dish Network becoming the first to discontinue carriage of the linear channel and carry it as a VOD service on that date. Other providers will follow suit on an unknown timetable.
- Euronews is a multilingual news television channel, headquartered in Lyon-Écully, France. Created in 1993, it aims to cover world news from a pan-European perspective.
- Eurosport is a pan-European television sports network co-operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group, and Discovery Communications Incorporated taking a 20% minority interest share in December 2012. On 21 January 2014, Discovery then became majority shareholder in the Eurosport venture with TF1, taking a 51% share of the company. Eurosport owns a wide range of rights across many sports but generally does not bid for premium priced rights such as those to major football leagues. It transmits much of the same footage across many markets, using unseen commentators rather than on screen presenters so that the same visual feed may be broadcast in multiple languages while holding down production costs. The network of channels is available in 54 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events. Eurosport first launched on European satellites on 5 February 1989.
- Eurosport 2 is a European sports television network. It is a sister channel to Eurosport and Eurosport News. Several different versions of the channel exist across Europe, where television rights for sport differ.
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France 2
France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô. France Télévisions also participates in ARTE, EuroNews, several cable/satellite thematic channels, and Mediamétrie. Since 03:20 CET on 7 April 2008, all France 2 programming has been broadcast in 16:9 widescreen format over the analog SECAM air frequencies and the French DVB-T multiplex frequencies. A HD version of France 2 has been broadcasting via DVB-S Service CanalSat since 1 July 2008 and on DVB-T since 30 October 2008.France 24
Note: SeriesFrance 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel based in Paris. Its stated mission is to "cover international current events from a French perspective and to convey French values throughout the world." It started broadcasting on 6 December 2006. The service is aimed at the overseas market and is broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the France 24 channel started broadcasting through its own iPhone app. Based in Issy-les-Moulineaux in the suburbs of Paris, the channel broadcasts world news. Currently it offers variants in English and Arabic in addition to French. The channel has since 2008 been wholly owned by the French government, having acquired the remaining shares held by its former partners Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions. Its budget is approximately €100 million per year.France 3
Note: CinemaFrance 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô. It is made up of a network of regional television services providing daily news programming and around ten hours of entertainment and cultural programming produced for and about the regions each week. The channel also broadcasts various national programming and national and international news from Paris. The channel was known as FR3 or France Régions 3 until its official replacement by France 3 in September 1992. Prior to the establishment of Outre-Mer 1ère, it also broadcast to the various French overseas territories.France 4
France 4 is a French public channel owned by France Télévisions, dedicated to entertainment. Originally launched as Festival, the channel took its current name in 2005, to match that of the other France Télévisions channels. The colour of France 4 is purple. It is accessible on French DTT, on cable, on satellite and on IPTV.France 5
France 5 is a public television network in France, part of the France Télévisions group. Principally featuring educational programming, the channel's motto is la chaîne de la connaissance et du savoir. In contrast to the group's two main channels, France 2 and France 3, France 5 concentrates almost exclusively on factual programming, documentaries, and discussions – 3925 hours of documentaries were broadcast in 2003 – with fiction confined to one primetime slot of around two hours' duration on Monday evenings. France 5 is today available around the clock. Earlier – before completion of the switchover to digital broadcasting on 29 November 2011 – the channel's analogue frequencies had carried the programmes of the Franco-German cultural channel Arte between 19.00 each evening and 3.00 the following morning.France Ô
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Gulli
Gulli is a French television network dedicated to children's programming. It is available through digital terrestrial television "TNT" in partnership with Lagardère Active, and France Télévisions with children's programmes from France 3. Gulli is also known as Cyperbot.Histoire
i>Télé
i>Télé is a French digital channel launched on 4 November 1999. i>Télé is a French-speaking free-to-air news channel. It provides 24-hour national and global news coverage. It is the second most watched news network in France, after BFM TV and before LCI (premium channel).IDF1
IDF1 is a French family oriented, local television channel. Broadcasting on the TNT service to the Île-de-France region from the Eiffel Tower. It is owned by Groupe JLA.- Jetix, formerly Fox Kids in Europe, Latin America and North America, was a worldwide children's television programming brand owned by Jetix Europe, Jetix Latin America and ABC Cable Networks Group. The Jetix brand was used for children's blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming, most of which aired on Fox Kids. Disney started to retire the Jetix brand in 2009 and replaced it with Disney XD an accordance to the company's focus on its Disney, ABC, and ESPN brands. The last remaining Jetix in the world in Russia, was replaced by Disney Channel in 10 August 2010.
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La Chaîne parlementaire
La Chaîne parlementaire is a French television network responsible for broadcasting activity from the National Assembly of France and the Senate of France. It is available through digital terrestrial television "TNT". It was created in 1999 on the request of the National Assembly of France to broadcast in a way comparable to BBC Parliament. It started by broadcasting twice a week, Tuesday and Wednesday, in the afternoons on France 3. On 8 February 2000, the channel started broadcasting activity from the Senate of France. The channel broadcasts 24h from the Assembly followed by 24h from the Senate in a pre-arranged order. On 31 March 2005, the channel obtained its own TNT frequency.LCI
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M6
M6, also known as Metropole television, is the most profitable private national French TV channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world. M6 is the head channel of the M6 group media empire that owns several TV channels, magazines, publications, movie production and media-related firms etc. It is owned by RTL Group. Other TV channels in the M6 portfolio include digital terrestrial channels W9, 6ter, Paris Première, and digital cable channels Téva, TF6, Série Club, M6 Music, M6 Music Black, M6 Music Club, Girondins TV and M6 Boutique & Co.M6 Boutique
M6 Music Black
M6 Music Black is a French television own and operated by M6, devoted to play Contemporary R&B and Hip hop music.M6 Music
M6 Music is a French music video television channel owned and operated by the M6 group.Mangas
Mosaique
Motors TV
- History is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by A+E Networks, a joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and the Disney–ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It originally broadcast documentary programs and historical fiction series. However since 2008, it has mostly broadcast a variety of reality television series such as Pawn Stars, Ax Men, and other non-history related content. Additionally, the network is frequently criticized by scientists, historians, and skeptics for broadcasting pseudo-documentaries, unsubstantiated and sensational investigative programming, such as Ancient Aliens, UFO Hunters, Brad Meltzer's Decoded and the Nostradamus Effect. As of February 2015, approximately 96,149,000 American households receive History. International localized versions of History are available, in various forms, in India, Canada, Europe, Australia, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The first European version was launched in Scandinavia in 1997 by Viasat which now operates their own channel, Viasat History.
MTV Hits
MTV Hits is a 24-hour non-stop pop music video channel from Viacom International Media Networks Europe launched on 1 May 2001. The channel is widely available in the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Republic of Ireland, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Romania, Israel, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Iceland, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. MTV Hits began broadcasting in widescreen on 28 March 2012.MTV Pulse
MTV Pulse was an Italian television channel and like MTV Hits broadcast chart hits non-stop with many music-related themed zones and a lot of programming from MTV and MTV Italy. Broadcast only on SKY Italia channel 707. On January 10, 2011 MTV Pulse was replaced by the pan-European music channel MTV Dance.MTV2
MTV2 is an American digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the MTV Networks Music & Logo Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom. The channel is also broadcast over-the-air in selected markets where the former all-request music channel known as The Box was broadcast, though these stations have been sold off in recent years. When it launched in 1996, the original purpose of the channel was to give music fans a place to see constant, commercial-free music videos, once the original MTV had started to change its direction from music and concentrate on reality television and soap operas. Today, the network carries mainly music-focused reality television programming, game shows, archived MTV reality programming, and some older sitcoms and dramas, with music programming limited to weekend and graveyard slots. The network has a mainly young male focus to its main original programming. As of February 2015, approximately 79,416,000 American households receive MTV2.- Nat Geo Wild is a cable/satellite TV channel focused on animal-related programs. It is a sister network to National Geographic Channel and it is the latest channel to be jointly launched by the National Geographic Society and Fox Cable Networks. It first launched in Hong Kong on January 1, 2006, focusing primarily on wildlife and natural history programming. The channel later launched in the United Kingdom, Turkey, Ireland, Romania, India, Vietnam, and Poland replacing the now defunct Adventure One. The channel remains the world's first bilingual wildlife service, available in English and Cantonese in the Hong Kong market as well as Tagalog in The Philippines. The channel launched in Latin America on November 1, 2009 as a high definition channel. In 2010, it launched in the United States. As of August 2013, approximately 57,833,000 American households receive Nat Geo Wild.
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NRJ 12
NRJ 12 is a French television network established in 2005. It is available through digital terrestrial television "TNT". Besides TNT, it is also available on cable, satellite, la xDSL television and online on the internet. NRJ 12 was not the first venture of NRJ group in television. NRJ Group had invested alongside Gilbert Gross, Gaumont and Publicis in the French musical channel TV6, in February 1986. The station had to stop broadcasting on 28 February 1987 after the French government headed by Jacques Chirac gave the licence to another station called M6. The new venture was originally called NRJ TV. Marc Pallain, president of NRJ 12 and Jean-Paul Baudecroux president of the "conseil de surveillance" at NRJ Group inaugurated the channel on 31 March 2005 as a TV affiliate of NRJ Radio that existed since 1981. NRJ has developed NRJ 12 brand further by launching HD and 3D versions of the channel.NT1
NT1 is a French television network. It is available through digital terrestrial television in France. It is a subsidiary of TF1 Group.Odyssée
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Paris Première
Paris Première is a French TV channel, available on cable, satellite and the digital terrestrial service, Télévision Numérique Terrestre. It was launched on 15 December 1986 and is now wholly owned by M6.Pink TV
Pink TV is Europe's second gay satellite channel, started in France on 25 October 2004, it costs €9 per month, and is mostly funded by TF1 and Canal Plus, terrestrial channels in France. It is now possible to access Pink TV via satellite, cable and DSL providers. Highlights include Queer as Folk, as well as talkshows. There is an X-rated film four times a week after midnight, and the channel broadcasts 24 hours per day. From fall 2007, due to financial problems, Pink TV only airs two hours of free and unscrambled programmes a day and then switches to Pink X, its premium X-rated counterpart from 12 midnight.Piwi
Planète+
Planète+ is a French television network that primarily broadcasts documentaries. It is owned by the Canal+ Group. It is available through digital terrestrial television "TNT". In France it also operates the following spin-off channels: Planète+ Justice Planète+ No-Limit Planète+ Thalassa In Canada, a local version entitled Planète Canada is distributed by Terra Terra Communications, a Canadian distribution company.Playboy TV
Disney Junior
Disney Junior is a British television channel owned by Disney–ABC Television Group.PMU
RTL9
RTL9 is a Luxembourgish television channel shown internationally to viewers in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and francophone Switzerland.Sailing Channel
Syfy Universal
Syfy Universal is a Spanish digital satellite/cable television channel that launched on June 1, 2006, and specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror shows and movies. Syfy Universal is available on satellite and cable platforms such as Canal+ and on Movistar TV. Owned by Universal Networks International, it is the fifth extension of the Sci Fi brand. The programming consists of a mixture of both archive shows such as Andromeda, American Gothic, Earth 2, The Sentinel, Seven Days, Star Trek: Enterprise and Tremors, and current shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Eureka, Stargate Atlantis and Heroes. Some of these shows where formerly shown by sister channel Calle 13.Seasons
Sport+
Sport+ is a French pay television channel on cable and satellite which is owned by Canal+ and which is devoted to live sport. The channel was launched in 1996 by AB Groupe under the name AB Sports. it featured French ice hockey, Welsh rugby, South American football, North American sports, golf and women's basketball and handball. In 1998 it was sold to Pathé and renamed Pathé Sport. In 2002, Groupe Canal+ bought the channel and relaunched it under the current name Sport+. Sport+ currently broadcasts the German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A, Major League Soccer, Brazilian Serie A, UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, Davis Cup, Fed Cup and French ATP 250 tournaments, French Pro D2, Super Rugby, The Rugby Championship, Currie Cup and ITM Cup, LNB Pro A and Liga ACB, GP2 Series, World Rally Championship and Formula E, PGA Tour, European Tour and Ryder Cup, French women's handball championship, National Hockey League, and UCI cycli-cross, BMX, track cycling and women's road cycling.Star Academy
Télétoon+
Télétoon+ is a French television channel operated by CanalSat, focusing its programming on animation. It was launched on December 17, 1996.Télétoon +1
TF1
TF1 is a private national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network. It's also considered to be the most viewed television channel in Europe. Flagship series include CSI, The Voice and House M.D. The channel is part of the TF1 Group of mass media companies, which also includes the news channel LCI and a 49% stake in pan-European sports network Eurosport. Together with France Télévisions, TF1 co-managed the international French news channel France 24 but has since sold its share. TF1 had possessed the satellite-network TPS, which have been sold to the Canal+ Group. TF1 is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV initiative that is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface.TF6
Note: TV channelTF6 is a French television channel broadcasting entertainment intended for young adults.TMC
Toute l'Histoire
Toute l'Histoire is a French television channel based on historical documentaries.TPS Star
Trace TV
TV Breizh
TV5 Monde
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TV7 Bordeaux
TV7 Bordeaux is a local television channel in Bordeaux.TV8 Mont-Blanc
- VH1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. It launched on January 1, 1985, in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel. The original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music. The channel was originally created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owner of MTV. Both VH1 and its sister channel MTV are part of the MTV Networks division of corporate parent Viacom Media Networks. While VH1 occasionally plays music videos and the Top 20 Video Countdown, its recent claim to fame has been in the area of music-related reality programming, such as Behind the Music, the I Love… series, the Celebreality block of programming, and the channel's overall focus on popular culture. As of February 2015, approximately 92.6 million American households receive VH1. The channel ceased to display original content only in Brazil, changing its name to Paramount Channel Brazil.
VH1 Classic
VH1 Classic is a television network, launched on July 1, 1999. It is operated as part of MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom and primarily features music videos and concert footage from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, though it formerly included a wider range of genres and time periods. This channel is a sister channel to VH1. The network originally played only videos but currently has a more varied line-up of music-themed programs. This includes themed compilation shows of music videos and concert footage, such as music videos focused on Heavy Metal music or on music of the 1980s, music documentaries such as the Classic Albums series, music themed movies, and full length concerts. They also rebroadcast programs first shown on the main VH1 channel, including Pop-Up Video and I Love the '80s. Hosts of the network include Amy Scott, Eddie Trunk, Lynn Hoffman, and Mark Goodman. As of August 2013, approximately 61,717,000 American households receive VH1 Classic.Vidéoclick
Virgin 17
Virgin 17 was a French music video and TV show television network owned by the MCM Group, a subsidiary of Lagardère Active. It was available through digital terrestrial television in France, "TNT". The channel was created for the launch of TNT and modelled after MCM, another channel owned by Lagardère Active. It initially had the working title "iMCM", but before launch it was named after the radio station Europe 2, and was then renamed Virgin 17 in 1 January 2008 From 1 September 2010, Virgin 17 changed its name to Direct Star. This change was intended by the Bolloré Group "for the sake of the uniform group" . The TV channel has been broadcast free to air via satellite Hot Bird 8 up to 2007-11-21. Now it's Viaccess encrypted and available to TPS subscribers as well as on Internet television. On 1 September 2010 Direct Star replaced Virgin 17.Voyage
W9
W9 is a French television network which is available through digital terrestrial television TNT, satellite and ADSL. It is a subsidiary of the M6 Group; the name W9 has been selected for the channel because "W9" is the mirror image of "M6", and also because M6 was chosen as the ninth broadcaster to make a channel. The third M6 channel was named 6ter as the M6's little sister.XXL
