Chart Show TV is a British

United Kingdom

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 music television

Music television

Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from bands, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite or cable. Music TVs may host their own shows charts, award prizes. Examples are VIVA, Scuzz, MTV, JBTV, MuchMusic,...

 channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels

Chart Show Channels

CSC Media Group are a UK-based satellite television channel provider, named after the defunct The Chart Show. CSC evolved from the original Chart Show production company Video Visuals. They own 16 channels all of which are advertising funded and FTA...

). The same people behind The Chart Show

The Chart Show

The Chart Show is a music video programme which ran in the UK on Channel 4 between 1986 and 1988, then on ITV between 1989 and 1998. The production company was Video Visuals, and was credited as "A Yorkshire Television Presentation" from 1993 and 1998...

, a television programme that had previously been on Channel 4

Channel 4

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 and ITV

ITV

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, before relaunching it themselves in 2008. It launched in 16 September 2002 and initially consisted of several different charts, mimicking the format of the television show upon which is was based, however, many of these were dropped and the channel started showing mainly just videos. Recently, chart format shows have been brought back based on different genres such as the rock chart, urban chart and download chart.

The channel plays a mixture of the chart format shows along with the latest music from artists and bands, plus chart topping videos from most song genres. It also shows programmes dedicated to particular artists and allows viewers to vote for their most wanted videos each week. Recently, special programmes featuring interviews with artists and bands about up coming singles and albums, plus music related chat, are now being shown on Chart Show TV.

The operators of the channel, CSC Media Group, subsequently launched a number of new channels, mostly music based, both independently and in partnership with British Sky Broadcasting

British Sky Broadcasting

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.

Chart Show TV is available 24 hours a day on Sky Digital channel 365 and is part of a boquet of music channels owned by CSC Media Group, including classic hits channel The Vault

The Vault

The Vault is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group. It launched in Summer 2003 and shows classic music videos from yesteryear and songs which are between one and five years old. It also plays some music from the eighties and nineties...

, urban music channel Flava

Flava (TV channel)

Flava is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group it launched on Wednesday 26 March 2008 and replaced B4 TV, a previous pre-launch music channel from CSC Media Group...

, chill-out music channel Bliss

Bliss (TV channel)

Bliss is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It launched in March 2006 and has been advertised as Total Chill-out Classics. The channel plays classic pop songs and music from the 70's, 80's and 90's, along with hours dedicated to love songs and power ballads...

, rock music channel Scuzz

Scuzz

Scuzz is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It launched on 17 April 2003 and has gone on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on UK satellite. The channel plays a broad range of rock and all its subgenres...

, dance music channel Dance Nation

Dance Nation (TV channel)

Dance Nation TV is a British music TV channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It replaced Flaunt from 17 March 2010.-Programming:*Dance Nation Presents - Scandipop*Pump It Up*Big Tunes!...

 and indie music channel NME TV

NME TV

NME TV is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . This is a similar arrnagement to its radio station, NME Radio, which is operated by DX Media. The channel replaced Minx on 22 November 2007...

. Chart show TV is also available on Freesat

Freesat

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channel 500.

The channel broadcast in 4:3 from its launch but switched to 16:9 on 4 February 2008. All of CSC Media Group's other music channels have also recently switched to 16:9 broadcasting. A new website for Chart Show TV is also under development since its sister channels have recently had new websites launched.

In July 2008, the logo of Chart Show TV changed from the "face" logo, to now having the words "CHART SHOW" displayed in a set of headphones. Whilst the font, positioning, and headphone logo differ to the original logo used on The Chart Show, it is seen to be a better reference, or a "nod" to its predecessor. In August 2008, Chart Show TV relaunched The Chart Show, using the channels logo as the shows' logo.

On 5 January 2012, Chart Show TV +1 will launch.

Programming

• A-List Playlist - The ultimate mixture of hits from your favourite chart toppers.
• Airplay Chart - A weekly countdown of the 10 most played tracks.
• Breakfast Hits - A selection of the latest music videos.
• Chart Show Meets: - Music and interviews with artists and groups.
• Chart Show Singles Chart - A weekly countdown of the top 20 singles.
• The Daily Fix - A brand new music show featuring fresh new videos, interviews, music news and gig guides fronted by Stefanie Faleo.
• Doubled Up - One past and one present video from a selection of artists and groups.
• Download Chart - A countdown of the top 10 most downloaded tracks.
• First Play Friday - The latest songs added to the playlist every Friday.
• Freshly Squeezed Tunes - Fresh new music squeezed to perfection.
• Most Wanted - A chance for viewers to select their favourite music videos.
• New Music - The latest music videos added to the Chart Show TV playlist.
• R&B Download Chart - Top 10 R&B singles of the week.
• Top 10 - The top 10 videos from a certain artist or group.
• Top 10 Hip-Hop Download Chart - Top 10 Hip-Hop singles of the week.
• Top 20 Hip-Hop Download Chart - Top 20 Hip-Hop singles of the week.
• Urban Download Chart - A countdown of the week's top 10 downloaded RnB tracks.
• Viewers Interactive Chart - A chance for viewers to vote for music videos.

On-Screen Identity

The Chart Show TV logo is on screen in the top left-hand corner during music videos. The song information appears in a moving equalizer type graphic at the start and near the end of each music video. The same graphics are also used for the new Singles, Urban, Dance and Download Charts. The channel's identity is also seen before and after advert breaks when the Chart Show TV logo spins in the centre of the screen.

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