TMF Netherlands

TMF Netherlands
Launched	1 May 1995
Closed	1 September 2011
Owned by	Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe
Picture format	16:9 576i SDTV (PAL)
Audience share	0.7% (2008, )
Slogan	"Maak 't mee op TMF" (Experience it on TMF)
Country	Netherlands
Broadcast area	Netherlands
Headquarters	Amsterdam
Formerly called	TMF6 (1995) TMF9 (1995-2002)
Replaced by	MTV Music 24
Sister channel(s)	TMF NL TMF Pure TMF Dance MTV MTV Brand New MTV Music 24 MTV Hits MTV Rocks MTV Dance VH1 Europe VH1 Classic Europe Comedy Central Comedy Central Family Comedy Central Extra Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Nicktoons Nick Hits Kindernet
Website	www.tmf.nl
Streaming media
TMF.nl	Watch live (closed)

TMF (abbreviation of The Music Factory) was a 24-hour music channel operated by Viacom International Media Networks in the Netherlands. The channel was previously in every standard TV package, but it is ceased operating on 1 September 2011. The channels operations were based in Amsterdam. The channel was previously known as TMF6 and TMF9 respectively.

TMF was launched on 1 May 1995 by Lex Harding (then director of Radio 538), producer Herman Braakman, director Ewart van der Horst and multimedia company Arcade. It was the first Dutch music station competing against MTV Europe within the region. Netherlands had not at that time own music station, in most municipalities could only English-language MTV Europe are received. In the beginning, TMF had a limited reach in the Netherlands, but was quickly increasing. The nascent channel featured Sylvana Simons, Bridget Maasland, Isabelle Brinkman, Fabienne de Vries, Ruud de Wild, Michael Pilarczyk, Wessel van Diepen and Erik de Zwart as its veejays. During the years the VJ line-up changed to include Tooske Breugem, Daphne Bunskoek and Mental Theo. The last VJs on the channel included: Miljuschka Witzenhausen and Nikkie Plessen.

The first clip that aired on TMF was Too Much Love Will Kill You by Brian May.

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