Flaunt (TV channel)
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| Launched | April 2003 |
| Owned by | CSC Media Group |
| Picture format | 16:9, 576i (SDTV) |
| Audience share | 0.2% (March 2008, [1]) |
| Sister channel(s) | Scuzz, Bliss, Chart Show TV, The Vault, Flava and NME TV |
| Website | www.loveflaunt.com |
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| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 366 |
| Eurobird 1 | 11642V 27500 2/3 |
Flaunt is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels). Originally, Flaunt was a female targeted music channel, which played pop and dance music. It also had its own chart-show shown on the terrestrial broadcaster, Five between 2003 and 2006. [2]. It then relaunched as a gay male-targeted music channel between 1 July 2006 and early 2007, playing many dance, trance, bubblegum and boy band music throughout that period[3]. It then relaunched as a dance music channel on the 2nd March 2007 to compete with MTV Dance and Rapture TV.The channel is mainly focusing on Vocal Trance, House , Electronica music it also has some older european dance music on its playlists from time to time .Flaunt dropped its NDS encryption in December 2006 , This means that it is available on Sky Digital, Freesat and on any FTA satellite box on Eurobird 1. On 29 April 2008 flaunt went through another revamp with a new logo and new graphics new themed programming is now part of its daily line up.
The channel was launched alongside sister channels Scuzz and The Amp, as part of a trio owned by Sky. However, they were sold to Chart Show Channels. The Amp has now been replaced by classic hits channel, Bliss. On Tuesday 6th May 2008, CSC Media launched a +1 timeshift channel called Flaunt +1. It was available 24 hours a day on Sky channel 367. However, after nearly 4 weeks on air, Flaunt +1 was replaced with Pop Girl +1 on 4th June 2008.
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[edit] Flaunt Past Logos
 Flaunt's very first logo (2003 - 17 October 2004) |
 2nd Flaunt Logo (18 October 2004 - 30 June 2006) |
 Previous Flaunt Logo (1st July 2006 - April 2008) |
 Current Flaunt Logo (29th April 2008 - Present) |
[edit] Current Programming
- Rise 'N' Shine
- Just Great Dance
- Interactive Chart
- Trashed
- Freak Le Chic
- Weekender
- Rave Nation
- Trashed
- Fresh N Wild
- Non Stop Party!
- Reach for the lasers
- Nothing But...
- Bass Beats
- Party Hard
- Back2Back
- Bass Beats
- Sexiest Beats
[edit] Former Programming
- Pump N Grind
- Stamp of Approval
- We Love....
- XXX Hot Videos
- Play/Stop/Rewind
- R.O.A.R
- Too Cool for School
- Twice As Nice
- Flaunt Anthems
- Flaunt Chart
- Flaunt Classics
- Flaunt Doubled Up
- Flaunt Extreme!
- Flaunt Fresh
- Flaunt Hard
- Flaunt Hot
- Flaunt It!
- Flaunt Lounge
- Flaunt Loves
- Flaunt Party
- Flaunt Sessions
- Flaunt Trance
- Flaunt Weekender
- Get Up Flaunt It!
[edit] New Website
Recently the channel relaunched its website, the site has facilities to air videos online and with a social networking site and to promote the channel's competitions. Also, the website, through its forums, has also been known to present competitions to users, allowing them to win merchandise and CDs.
[edit] Ofcom licences mix-up/Flava TV Channel
The problems started on Monday 18th February 2008, when the currently named "Flava" Ofcom Licence was renamed from its original name of Flaunt to Flava. This caused a major uproar about the fact that Flaunt, a 24/7 dance channel would be closed, in favour for Flava (a 24/7 Urban/R&B music channel, similar to Kiss & B4). This, however turned out to be an error on Ofcom's part and they accidentally changed Flaunt, when they were meant to change the B4 one. But, on the following Monday, Ofcom corrected the problem by removing the B4 licence, keeping the newly renamed Flava licence and adding a new Flaunt licence.
[edit] Virgin Media Removal
On 06 November 2007, Flaunt along with Bliss and Scuzz, 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 to their ex-Telewest platform.
[edit] External links
- Flaunt's New Official Website
- Flaunt TV Listings and Schedules
- Flaunt on MySpace
- Flaunt on Bebo
- Flaunt Revamp
- Ofcom License for Flaunt, permitting name change
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