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| 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 | 0.24% (April 2017, BARB) |
| Slogan | We're Your Filter! |
| 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 | |
| Sky (UK only) | Channel 139 |
| Astra 2E | 10714 H 22000 5/6 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 337 |
| Virgin Media Ireland | Channel 716 |
| Streaming media | |
| The Box Plus Network | Watch live |
| 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. Eventually, 4Music also went free-to-air on 7 February 2017 and launched on Freesat, replacing The Box. On 25 September 2017, 4Music received an update to its on-screen graphics, revolving around four squares which extend to create the 4Music logo and animate to form the artist credit.
From 16 April 2018, the channel now shows more entertainment programmes as well as classic US drama to coincide with a change in the EPG numbers on Sky from 1 May 2018, moving from the music section into the entertainment section on Sky 139.
Box Fresh - A campaign 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.
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 and comedy-dramas shown on the channel.
4Music began its broadcast with an on-screen countdown which lasted for ten minutes. 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 before 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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