4 Music
| 4Music | |
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| Launched | 15 August 2008 |
| Owned by |
The Box Plus Network (Bauer Media Group/Channel Four Television Corporation) |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.26% (April 2016, BARB) |
| Slogan | Music and Then Some! |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Replaced | The Hits |
| Sister channel(s) |
4seven Channel 4 Film4 E4 More4 Box Upfront The Box Box Hits Kerrang! Kiss Magic |
| Website | www.4music.com |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 18 |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat (UK) | Channel 509 |
| Sky (UK) | Channel 362 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 337 |
| Virgin Media (Ireland) | Channel 716 |
| Streaming media | |
| 4Music | Watch live |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
4Music is a music and entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and available on some digital television providers in the Republic of Ireland. The channel launched on 15 August 2008, replacing The Hits. It is the only Channel 4-branded channel within The Box Plus Network. It is available on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky. On 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4Music which went free-to-view. As a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland. However, 4Music went free-to-air on February 7, 2017 and launched on Freesat, replacing The Box.
Box Fresh launched at the beginning of 2017 as a replacement for the Box Upfront series of shows (excluding The Official Box Upfront Chart). Vick Hope presents all Box Fresh branded programming on TV. Box Fresh programmes include:
The channel is also well known for repeating some of Channel 4's best loved shows between 2008-2013, here's a list of comedies of dramas and comedies shown on from the channel.
4Music launched on 15 August 2008. The channel launched with an on-screen countdown counting down from ten minutes down to zero. During the countdown, clips from popular music videos were faded through the screen including clips from promotions for the channel. The channel then launched at 7 pm with a promotional advert for the channel then fading into "Davina (McCall) and Steve (Jones)'s 20 Big Ones"; the first song at number 20 being "The Pretender" by The Foo Fighters and Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" at number 1.
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