Bliss (TV channel)
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Bliss is a British
music television
channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels
). It launched in March 2006 and has been advertised as Total Chill-out Classics. The channel plays classic pop song
s and music from the 70's, 80's and 90's, along with hours dedicated to love song
s and power ballads. Everyday for three hours at 9am and 7pm, there is a weekly themed slot, such as Blissful Divas, music from female artists, or Bliss at The Movies, music from films. These themed slots change every Monday.
Throughout the year the channel has days dedicated to boy bands, love songs and other types of music depending on dates such as Valentines Day. The channel also shows some newer music videos which fit in with its chill-out theme.
For the channels' original on-screen look the Bliss logo was a gold colour with a shine moving across it every few seconds. The logo was placed in the bottom left-hand corner during music videos and the song information was shown in a gold coloured bar at the start and near the end of each music video. The channels' identity was also seen before and after advert breaks when the Bliss logo slowly came out of an opening flower.
During 2008 Bliss received a new look, with its logo changing to plain white lettering with 'BLISS' in capitals. The song information now appears in a cloud type graphic which forms in the middle of the screen. As of May 2010, the song information appeared at the bottom of the screen. The logo is also seen before and after advert breaks when a growing flower or flying butterfly goes across the screen, revealing the Bliss logo behind it.
The channel replaced another music channel called The Amp
because it failed to reach a wide enough audience.
Bliss is available 24 hours a day on Sky channel 362 and is part of a bouquet of music channels owned by CSC Media.
On 12 May 2008, a +1 timeshift channel called Bliss +1 was launched. It was available 24 hours a day on Sky channel 363. On 2 June 2008, Bliss +1 was closed to make way for a 24 hour stream for AnimeCentral
, a channel also owned by CSC Media Group. This allowed Pop Girl
, which used to time-share with AnimeCentral, to extend its hours to 24 hours a day.
On 3 March 2008 the Bliss website was launched. The website includes TV listings, music videos, news, competitions and an online community area. Several programmes on Bliss make use of the website, for example welovebliss.com is a programme which plays the most requested songs, as voted for on the Bliss website. Throughout November and December, Bliss is a great christmas music channel and it plays mostly christmas music 24/7.
On 1 February 2011, Bliss launched on the free-to-air satellite platform Freesat
on channel 517.
and Flaunt
, were removed from Virgin Media
's ex-NTL platform as a deal with Chart Show Channels
could not be made to make the channels available on the ex-Telewest platform as well. For this reason, the channels were dropped.
United Kingdom
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music television
Music television
Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from bands, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite or cable. Music TVs may host their own shows charts, award prizes. Examples are VIVA, Scuzz, MTV, JBTV, MuchMusic,...
channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels
Chart Show Channels
CSC Media Group are a UK-based satellite television channel provider, named after the defunct The Chart Show. CSC evolved from the original Chart Show production company Video Visuals. They own 16 channels all of which are advertising funded and FTA...
). It launched in March 2006 and has been advertised as Total Chill-out Classics. The channel plays classic pop song
Pop Song
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s and music from the 70's, 80's and 90's, along with hours dedicated to love song
Love song
A love song is about falling in love and the feelings it brings. Anthologies of love songs often contain a mixture of both of these types of song. A bawdy song is both humorous and saucy, emphasizing the physical pleasure of love rather than the emotional joy...
s and power ballads. Everyday for three hours at 9am and 7pm, there is a weekly themed slot, such as Blissful Divas, music from female artists, or Bliss at The Movies, music from films. These themed slots change every Monday.
Throughout the year the channel has days dedicated to boy bands, love songs and other types of music depending on dates such as Valentines Day. The channel also shows some newer music videos which fit in with its chill-out theme.
For the channels' original on-screen look the Bliss logo was a gold colour with a shine moving across it every few seconds. The logo was placed in the bottom left-hand corner during music videos and the song information was shown in a gold coloured bar at the start and near the end of each music video. The channels' identity was also seen before and after advert breaks when the Bliss logo slowly came out of an opening flower.
During 2008 Bliss received a new look, with its logo changing to plain white lettering with 'BLISS' in capitals. The song information now appears in a cloud type graphic which forms in the middle of the screen. As of May 2010, the song information appeared at the bottom of the screen. The logo is also seen before and after advert breaks when a growing flower or flying butterfly goes across the screen, revealing the Bliss logo behind it.
The channel replaced another music channel called The Amp
The Amp
The Amp was a satellite and cable television channel, showing music videos, owned by British Sky Broadcasting, and operated on their behalf by Chart Show Channels...
because it failed to reach a wide enough audience.
Bliss is available 24 hours a day on Sky channel 362 and is part of a bouquet of music channels owned by CSC Media.
On 12 May 2008, a +1 timeshift channel called Bliss +1 was launched. It was available 24 hours a day on Sky channel 363. On 2 June 2008, Bliss +1 was closed to make way for a 24 hour stream for AnimeCentral
AnimeCentral
Anime Central was a British television channel owned by CSC Media Group. The channel launched on 13 September 2007. It was first announced on 5 August 2007 though its licence first appeared on the Ofcom website in January...
, a channel also owned by CSC Media Group. This allowed Pop Girl
Pop Girl
Pop Girl is a free-to-air television channel owned by CSC Media Group, showing cartoons, live action and pop music videos for girls aged 6 to 16...
, which used to time-share with AnimeCentral, to extend its hours to 24 hours a day.
On 3 March 2008 the Bliss website was launched. The website includes TV listings, music videos, news, competitions and an online community area. Several programmes on Bliss make use of the website, for example welovebliss.com is a programme which plays the most requested songs, as voted for on the Bliss website. Throughout November and December, Bliss is a great christmas music channel and it plays mostly christmas music 24/7.
On 1 February 2011, Bliss launched on the free-to-air satellite platform Freesat
Freesat
Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc, serving the United Kingdom. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008...
on channel 517.
Bliss Removals
On 6 November 2007, Bliss along with sister music channels ScuzzScuzz
Scuzz is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It launched on 17 April 2003 and has gone on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on UK satellite. The channel plays a broad range of rock and all its subgenres...
and Flaunt
Flaunt (TV channel)
Flaunt was a British Electronic Dance Music TV channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group .-Flaunt Throughout the Years:...
, were removed from Virgin Media
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
's ex-NTL platform as a deal with Chart Show Channels
Chart Show Channels
CSC Media Group are a UK-based satellite television channel provider, named after the defunct The Chart Show. CSC evolved from the original Chart Show production company Video Visuals. They own 16 channels all of which are advertising funded and FTA...
could not be made to make the channels available on the ex-Telewest platform as well. For this reason, the channels were dropped.
Normal Bliss Music
- 21st Century Bliss - The newest blissful songs.
- Best of Bliss - A selection of songs from all over the world.
- Best Top 20 Acts of The 80's - Top 20 artists and groups from the 1980s.
- Bliss Country - New and classic country music.
- Blissful 80's - Classic songs from the 1980s.
- Blissful 90's - Feel good music videos from the 1990s.
- Bliss Loves... - A mix of feel good classic tracks and new songs.
- Bliss Loves the 80's - Hits from the 1980s.
- Bliss Loves the 90's - Music videos from the 1990s.
- Bliss On Demand - The most requested music videos from the Bliss website.
- Bliss Rocks - The biggest power ballads of all time.
- Breakfast Bliss - Selection of hits from the 80's and 90's.
- Forbidden Love - The best blissful music.
- Here Come The Boys! - The best music from classic boybands and solo artists.
- Here Come The Girls! - Great music from the best female artists and bands.
- Late Night Love - A selection of slow romantic love songs.
- Love in the Afternoon - Great love songs from the biggest artists.
- Love is all Around - The best love songs of all time.
- Morning Bliss - Classic songs from the last 20 years.
- My Idea of Bliss - A collection of songs selected by different artists.
- Sheer Bliss - Selection of hits from the last two decades.
- The Greatest Love of All - Romantic love songs.
- The Power of Love - Selection of love songs.
- Under the Covers - The smoothest classic tracks.
- welovebliss.com - The most requested songs from the Bliss TV website.
- Best of British - A collection of classic songs from UK artists.
- Bliss at The Movies - Selections from movie soundtracks.
- Bliss Heartthrobs - Songs from popular male artists.
- Blissful Boybands - Hits by popular boybands.
- Blissful Breaks - Well known music that has been used in adverts.
- Blissful Divas - Songs by popular female artists.
- Blissful Megastars - Classic songs from some of the biggest artists.
- Blissful Weepies - A selection of classic songs.
- Heroes and Heroines - A selection of music from the greatest artists and bands.
- Summer of Love - A selection of love songs for the summer.
- Top 100 Blissful Weepies - A countdown of the top 100 saddest songs.
- Wizards From Oz! - The best classic music from Australian artists and groups.
Christmas Music
- Christmas Bliss
- Merry Blissmas
- The Greatest Xmas Of All
- Christmas No. 1s
- 70s Xmas Party
- 80s Xmas Party
- 90s Xmas Party
- 00s Xmas Party
- Andy Abrahams Top 50 Christmas crackers
- Paloma Faiths top 20 Christmas Party
- Christmas Belles
- Guess The Year Christmas Special
- Jason Donovans Christmas....
- Greatest 70s Xmas Hits
- Greatest 80s Xmas Hits
- Greatest 90s Xmas Hits