TMF UK
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The Music Factory, TMF for short, is a music video channel in the United Kingdom owned by MTV Networks Europe. Formed after the two other TMF stations, which are based in mainland Europe, the channel was created to counter against Emap's The Hits channel on the new free-to-air digital television service Freeview in 2002. It's description is: TMF is designed to replicate the rhythms of the whole family, it plays the best pop videos with the biggest pop stars to become the sound track to the British family life.(see [here])
TMF's current Freeview channel is channel 21, and the channel broadcasts on Multiplex D. The channel also broadcasts on cable and satellite television, as well as in some Irish cable packages (it has 'text-in' numbers for both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). The channel shows a lot of music videos, meaning on all platforms it is a popular choice, resulting in it currently being the most viewed music video station in the UK.
Along with videos, evening programming on TMF frequently includes programming from another MTV station, VH1, as well as MTV programming such as Cribs and Newlyweds. TMF is also heavily connected to the large European music awards show, the TMF Awards.
In August 2005, TMF commissioned its first live show called 'Pop the Q' and got a 'new look'; the first one since the channels launch in October 2002 (though these graphics were borrowed from MTV2 Pop). Later that month TMF began showing a computer game programme, called Game One, presented by Louise Ekland, shown on Sundays at 3:30pm GMT [link]. The shows shares the same logo and name as the Viacom-owned, French channel, Game One. In February 2006, TMF launched 'The Loaded Hour', fronted by Kate Edmondson which is a male-orientated themed show named after the magazine sponsor. In July 2006, a new live show simply titled 'TMF Live' will be launching, it will air on weekday afternoons from 4:00pm-5:00pm also presented by Kate Edmondson and TMF News anchor Carole Machin.
From the 30th January 2006, to compete against CBeebies, and the new CITV channel, between 0700 and 0900 is showing Nick Jr.'s Noggin, which has shows like Dora the Explorer and Thomas the Tank Engine.
Shows on TMF UK
Own Programming
- Game One
- The Loaded Hour (In association with the magazine Loaded)
- TMF Live - starts July 24th 2006
MTV programming
- MTV Cribs
- Newlyweds
- Wade Robson Showdown
- The Osbournes
- Daria
- Celebrity Deathmatch
- Dismissed
- True Life
- Pimp my Ride
- Wildboyz
- PoweR Girls
- Made
- The 70s House
- The Ashlee Simpson Show
VH1 programming
- The Fabulous Life Of
- The Rise and Rise Of
- The Surreal Life
- Secret Movie Rules
- From Flab to Fab
- All Access
- Hogan Knows Best (actually premiered the show before VH1 in the UK)
- Bands Reunited
- Jerry Hall's Kept
See also
External links
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