Wednesday, 14 November 2007

Institutional Context - Music Channels Ownership

Channels & It's Owner

Classic FM TV - GCap Media
Flaunt - Chart Show Channels
The Hits - Emap
Kerrang - Emap
Kiss - Emap
Magic - Emap
MTV One - Viacom International
Q - Emap
Smash Hits - Emap

Other media companies that these conglomerates own:

GCap Media - Capital Fm, Essex FM, RedDragon
Chart Show Channels - Vault, Treu Movies, B4, Bliss
Emap - Zoo Magazine, FHM, Max Power, Q Magazine
Viacom International - Nickelodeon, MTV Base, VHI, TMF, Flux

Viacom is the overiding parent company - media conglomerate


Shares Of Total Viewing - August 2007

-Chart Show TV - 0.1%
-Kerrang - 0.1%
-MTV One - 0.2%
-The Hits - 0.4%
-VHI - 0.1%

Genre channels show a specific type of music while music video channels shows a variety of genres. (Narrowcasting)


Companies Websites:

http://www.viacom.com
http://www.emap.com/
http://www.chartshow.tv
http://www.gcapmedia.com


1 comment:

c_fernandez said...

Andy =- the idea was to post information about why channels are commercially viable, where your video might be shown.