Classic FM TV was a television channel owned by British radio station Classic FM. Until 14 December 2007 it was available as a television channel on the Sky Digital satellite and

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cable TV services. After that, Classic FM TV only broadcast online in the

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via the Internet. It claimed itself as the world’s first classical music television channel with programming consisting of soft and relaxing classical music videos 24-hours a day. The channel was removed from Sky and Virgin Media on 14 December 2007. It also become online-only. On 17 December 2007 a new channel called oMusic TV launched on Sky in Classic FM TV's slot.

Other media

Classic FM TV was the sister station of UK

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Classic FM.

Ownership

The satellite channel was owned by

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* * {{GCap Media GCap Media Classical music in the United Kingdom Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations disestablished in 2007 Classic FM (UK)