Music channels on Sky TV

Vinnie Superstar · 26 Jul 2020 at 20:52

I've always loved pop videos and have always been a fan of the music video channels on Sky, it's one of the main reasons that I got it in the first place so am very disappointed in the diminishing number of channels that are now available on Sky.

This last week we lost three more (MTV OMG, MTV Rocks and Club MTV). Just a few years ago there were more than 30 channels and now there are less than half.

There seems to be a broad userbase here, does anyone have any experience in the industry that can explain why they keep going?

Vinnie Superstar · 26 Jul 2020 at 21:23

The reduction speaks for itself so yes, you must be right about popularity.

I do however wonder about the control and expenses though. Both Heart and Capital had channels which both shut at the same time. Vintage TV seemed to be totally independent yet was forced "online".

I miss them!

Vinnie Superstar · 30 Jul 2020 at 14:06

Have to see I was looking for more in depth knowledge than "streaming" and "youtube".

Vinnie Superstar · 31 Jul 2020 at 13:34

arknor said:
don't most people just watch music videos on youtube.

if you want them all in one channel then VEVO seems to have just about every artist or playlists linking to artists official channels

if you just want indie stuff then the "radio" channels on youtube exist for almost every genre, they tend to be mostly unknown songs they acquire the rights to for cheap but most of it is just as good as the big names anyway.

often have this on in the background when I'm doing housework or whatever

This is an interesting factor too, the dominance of certain record companies, the same old, same old stuff. Dua Lipa could have a video of her taking a particularly difficult dump and it would be shown once an hour whilst there are other artists like the girl, whose name escapes me was in the news the other day because she wasn't eligible for an award because she didn't hold a British passport despite living here since she was an infant. I had never heard of her and never seen any of her videos on any channels.

Channels like VEVO are good but i like the randomness of not picking the next song yourself.