VH1 Uno (or VHUno in some promotional materials and TV listings) was a digital cable and

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which was a sister channel of VH1. It featured a mix of Latin pop and ballads, tropical,

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, merengue, tejano,

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and urban hip hop, featuring top artists like Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Celia Cruz,

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and Luis Miguel. As with CMT's digital sister network

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(formerly VH1 Country), VH1 Uno could be thought of as an all-music video version of

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. On February 2, 2008, the channel was discontinued by what was then MTV Networks to expand distribution of the college-focused cable channel

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into normal cable homes.

References

External links

Official site
as archived March 6, 2009 by the

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Defunct music video networks Defunct television networks in the United States Television channels and stations disestablished in 2008 Television channels and stations established in 2001 VH1 {{US-bcast-stub