Q TV
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Q is a UK
music
channel based on Q Magazine, launched on 2 October 2000. It is operated by Box Television
, and specialises in indie
, rock
and alternative
.
It is available in the UK on Sky channel 364 and Virgin Media
channel 338. In Ireland
, it is available on UPC Ireland
channel 714. It is also available in South Africa
on TopTV
channel 503.
The channel is also called Q The Music (queue the music), because that is the slogan's name.
The channel plays a wide variety of music, predominantly bands like Snow Patrol
, Coldplay
, and Stereophonics
.
channel, where music video selections made were by the viewers using premium rate phone
lines; however this element was dropped in 2004.
, based on another magazine (also by EMAP), which specialises mainly on female R&B and pop
groups. However in October 2007, the FHM TV block on Q was dropped, and now Q broadcasts its full hours again.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
channel based on Q Magazine, launched on 2 October 2000. It is operated by Box Television
Box Television
Box Television is the content subsidiary of Channel 4 and Bauer. It is a British television company which is owned by Bauer Group and Channel 4 and acts as its music television programme production arm.- Location :The company is based in London...
, and specialises in indie
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
.
It is available in the UK on Sky channel 364 and 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...
channel 338. In Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, it is available on UPC Ireland
UPC Ireland
UPC Ireland is Liberty Global Europe's telecommunications operation in Ireland. UPC Ireland is the largest digital cable television provider within the Republic of Ireland. As of September 2010 the company offers broadband internet, digital television and digital telephony to over 531,000 customers...
channel 714. It is also available in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
on TopTV
TopTV
TopTV is a South African satellite TV service that began broadcasting on 1 May 2010. TopTV is owned by On Digital Media, who were granted a pay-TV license by ICASA in September 2007. On Digital Media is 20% owned by TV satellite operator, SES Astra...
channel 503.
The channel is also called Q The Music (queue the music), because that is the slogan's name.
The channel plays a wide variety of music, predominantly bands like Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in Glasgow...
, Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
, and Stereophonics
Stereophonics
The Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band now living in turners x that formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in Cynon Valley, Wales. The band currently comprises lead vocalist and guitarist Kelly Jones, bassist and backing vocalist Richard Jones, drummer Javier Weyler, guitarist and backing...
.
History
Q was launched on 2 October 2000. In common with other EMAP channels, Q was originally a jukeboxJukebox
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media...
channel, where music video selections made were by the viewers using premium rate phone
Premium-rate telephone number
Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers for telephone calls during which certain services are provided, and for which prices higher than normal are charged. Unlike a normal call, part of the call charge is paid to the service provider, thus enabling businesses to be funded via the calls...
lines; however this element was dropped in 2004.
FHM TV
For a few years, much of the prime time output of the channel was instead given over to FHM TVFHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...
, based on another magazine (also by EMAP), which specialises mainly on female R&B and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
groups. However in October 2007, the FHM TV block on Q was dropped, and now Q broadcasts its full hours again.