VIVA Interaktiv

Viva Media GmbH
Logo from 1 January 2011
Launched	1 December 1993
Owned by	Viacom (since 2004)
Picture format	16:9 (Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom, Austria, Swizterland)
Country	Austria Germany Ireland Switzerland United Kingdom
Language	German English
Sister channel(s)	MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon
Website	Homepage
Availability
Satellite
Astra 19.2 (Germany)	11.973Ghz Vertical
Astra 19.2 (Austria)	12.148Ghz Horizontal
Canal+ (Spain)	Channel 361
Cable
DVB-C	Channel 11

VIVA Media GmbH (until 2004 VIVA Media AG) is a music television network originating from Germany. It was founded as an alternative to MTV by Time Warner executives Tom McGrath and Peter Bogner with Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher from DoRo Productions, which created music videos. The channel was a broadcast of VIVA Germany as VIVA Media AG in 1993 and has been owned by their original concurrent Viacom, the parent company of MTV, since 2004. Viva channels exist in some European countries; the first spin-offs were launched in Poland and Switzerland in 2000.

Viva logo used in Germany, Hungary, and Poland.

The current logo of Viva in the UK and Ireland.

The logo used in Germany and Hungary from 2004-2011, and in Poland from 2009-2012.

The logo used from 2002 to 2004.