The Amp was a satellite

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 and cable television

Cable television

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 channel, showing music video

Music video

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s, owned by British Sky Broadcasting

British Sky Broadcasting

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, and operated on their behalf by Chart Show Channels

Chart Show Channels

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. It was operated as part of a trio, with Scuzz

Scuzz

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 and Flaunt

Flaunt (TV channel)

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 as its sister stations.

The Amp was a channel that aired more 'Alternative' or 'Non Mainstream' music along with a selection of Trip Hop , Down-Tempo , Electronica , Ambient videos and programming from today and days gone by. Mainly old British 'indie' bands. It was an interactive channel in the early days but this was later dropped with the takeover and it was populated with specialist TV shows talking about the careers of famous 'Alternative' Rock bands. While playing music videos back to back during the day.

It was dropped and replaced by a classic pop 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...

 in March 2006 because although the channel had a loyal fan base, it simply failed to reach out to a wide enough audience and wasn't cost effective. The only original channel that still exists now is Scuzz which was also owned by BSkyB, Flaunt closed on March 17, 2010.

NME TV

NME TV

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, a similar channel also run by Chart Show has since filled in the void left by The Amp.