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| Launched | October 31, 2002 |
| Owned by | MTV Networks Europe |
| Audience share | 0. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. MTV Networks Europe is a division of MTV Networks International a subsidiary of Viacom. 3% (February 2008, [1]) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | British Isles |
| Website | www.mtv.co.uk/tmf |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 21 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 348 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 313/303 |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 709 |
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Upon launch, TMF UK's description was "TMF is designed to replicate the rhythms of the whole family, playing the best pop videos with the biggest pop stars to become the sound track to the British family life. " However, it has now broadened its content to show programmes from its sister channels MTV One, VH1, Nick Jr and Paramount Comedy, so no longer relies on just music videos. MTV One is part of MTV Networks Europe. The channel is broadcast in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. VH1 UK is a music television channel from MTV Networks Europe. For Nick Jr in United States, see Nick Jr. Nick Jr is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Paramount Comedy can refer to a number of different comedy television channels operated by Viacom under the Paramount brand Paramount Comedy 1
TMF UK's current Freeview channel is channel 21, and the channel broadcasts on Multiplex D. Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom is made up of over fifty primarily free-to-air television channels (including all the national analogue stations The channel also broadcasts on cable and satellite television, as well as in some Irish cable packages (it has 'text-in' numbers for both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). Digital cable is a type of Cable television distribution using Digital Video compression. Satellite television is Television delivered by the means of Communications satellites as compared to conventional Terrestrial television and Cable Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The channel shows a mixture of music videos and programmes, and is currently the most viewed music video related station in the UK, according to BARB ratings. The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or BARB, is the organisation that compiles television ratings in the United Kingdom.
TMF UK had a new look on screen graphics in March 2008 to match the other MTV UK channels. The previous on screen graphics were used since July 2005 and the original on screen graphics were used since October 2002. The original DOG was on the top right of the screen, it has been moved to the top left of the screen since July 2005. Interestingly enough, the new look TMF UK still uses the old pre-2007 TMF logo where as both the Dutch and Belgian TMF channels adapted the new logo.
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Shows on TMF UK
MTV One/VH1 programming
TMF initially launched as a non-stop music channel, though from early 2004 began to show various programmes from MTV One and VH1. These include Beavis and Butt-head, Made, MTV Cribs, Room Raiders and Date My Mom, Drawn Together from MTV, and The Fabulous Life of..., My Fair Brady, Hogan Knows Best and The Surreal Life from VH1. Beavis and Butt-head is an American Animated television series created by Mike Judge. MTV's MADE is a two-time Daytime Emmy Award -winning self-improvement reality television series broadcast on MTV. MTV Cribs is a Reality television program on MTV that features tours of the houses and Mansions of Celebrities. Room Raiders is a dating / reality series on MTV. Premise On the show three single men or women have their rooms inspected Date My Mom is a television dating show airing on the music channel MTV and produced by Kalissa Productions. Drawn Together is an American Animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November The Fabulous Life Of is a VH1 Television series detailing the places things and services various celebrities enjoy My Fair Brady is a celebrity Reality television show on VH1 that follows Christopher Knight, who played Peter Brady on Hogan Knows Best was an American Television show centered around the family life of Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan The Surreal Life is a Reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in a mansion in
Nick Jr programming
Nick Jr on TMF is a children's television slot broadcast on TMF from 7am to 9am daily. Children's television series are Television programs designed for and marketed to Children normally broadcast during the Morning and Afternoon It replaced the strand Noggin on 25 September 2006, but its programming has remained identical. For former name of the block on Nick Jr UK, see Nick Jr Classics. Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It uses the same ident and presentation package as its main sister, Nick Jr. The Ident Protocol, specified in RFC 1413 is an Internet protocol that helps identify the user of a particular TCP connection. For Nick Jr in United States, see Nick Jr. Nick Jr is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland The reason for the change is yet unknown, but could possibly due to the fact the brand Nick Jr is more well known in the United Kingdom than the brand Noggin. Programmes shown include LazyTown, Dora the Explorer and The Backyardigans amongst others. LazyTown is an Icelandic children's television program (where it is known as Latibær) that features a cast and crew from Iceland the United See also Dora the Female Explorer Dora the Explorer is an American Animated television series that is carried on the Nickelodeon The Backyardigans is a Canadian 3-D CGI -animated children's TV series, created by Janice Burgess.
Noggin was the first commercial children's television channel to air on the UK's DTT platform, Freeview, followed by CITV, then lastly Playhouse Disney on ABC1. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The CITV Channel is a British children's TV station from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney utilizing the branding of the Disney owned American network ABC.
Paramount Comedy programming
In January 2007 TMF began showing comedies broadcast on Paramount Comedy, in a strand entitled Comedy Classics. Paramount Comedy can refer to a number of different comedy television channels operated by Viacom under the Paramount brand Paramount Comedy 1 These have included the likes of The Wonder Years, Ally McBeal and Cheers, as well as various Paramount films. Ally McBeal is an American Television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 Cheers is an American Situation comedy television series that ran eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993 Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. During The Friday Movie strand, the channel's DOG changes to an enlarged version, with a re-arranged name displaying "TFM". A digital on-screen graphic (known in the UK and New Zealand by the acronym DOG; in the US and Canada as a bug; and in
Own Programming
In August 2005, TMF commissioned two new shows called Pop the Q and Game One. PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. Pop the Q was a British quiz programme that aired live every night on TMF from 12 midnight until 300am (100am to 400am on Thursday nights In early 2006 came The Loaded Hour (a male-orientated themed show named after the magazine sponsor, fronted by Kate Edmondson), and in the summer a new live show called TMF Live (presented again by Kate Edmondson, as well as TMF News anchor Carole Machin). Kate Edmondson is a British Television presenter from Portsmouth England and older sister of former CBBC presenter Matt Edmondson. Carole Machin (born 1978 is an English Television presenter who is currently seen on TMF as the channel's news anchor and also introduces programmes under With the exception of Pop the Q, none of the shows have had a second series.
External links
- TMF at MTV. co. uk
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