M6 Music is a French music video television channel owned and operated by
Groupe M6. Launched on 5 March 1998, it broadcasts mainly in France.
History
On 5 March 1998, M6 Music was launched by
Groupe M6 as its second musical channel after Fun TV the previous year, to enhance the offering of the
TPS satellite bouquet of which it had just increased his share to 25%, to counter
MCM which preferred to remain exclusive to its rival
Canalsatellite.
In 2003, the CSA granted M6 Music a license to be broadcast on the
DTT platform. M6 would rather launch its DTT channel as
W9, while M6 Music was spun off into two additional pay-TV channels for TPS with M6 Music Rock and
M6 Music Black on 10 January 2005. At the same time of W9's launch on 31 March 2005, M6 Music became M6 Music Hits.
Its sister channel Fun TV was closed on 31 December 2008, and M6 Music Rock was replaced by M6 Music Club dedicated to
dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance musi ...
on 20 January 2009.
On 1 June 2012, M6 Music Hits returned to M6 Music, after playing ''
La terre est ronde'' from
Orelsan.
In late 2012, its interactive service M6 Music Player was launched exclusively on
Canalsat, which launched an app early 2014.
On 4 January 2015, its deficitary sister channels were shut down. In December 2015, M6 Music Player was replaced by a M6 Music section of the 6play service available via different providers.
In 2018, M6 Music celebrated its 20 years with a concert and changed its logo. In 2020, Gédéon made a new branding for both M6 Music and
M6.
M6 Music is also the name of the musical programme airing during night time on
M6.
References
External links
Official Website
{{French television stations
Music television channels
Television stations in France
French-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in France
Music organizations based in France