Cable Music Channel
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The Cable Music Channel (CMC) was an American basic cable channel that was owned by the Turner Broadcasting System. The all-music video channel was created by Ted Turner and launched in 1984, providing the first national competition to MTV. Turner later stated that the channel existed at the behest of the cable industry as a defense mechanism against MTV's unsuccessful attempts to increase the fees that cable providers paid to carry the channel by twofold; Turner offered the channel without any carriage fees.[1]
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Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Turner Broadcasting System (1984) Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (1984—1985) |
History | |
Launched | October 26, 1984 (1984-10-26) |
Closed | November 30, 1984 (1984-11-30) (1 month and 4 days) |
Replaced by | VH1 |
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