MTV Flanders

MTV Flanders
Launched 16 February 2004[1]
Picture format 576i SDTV (16:9)
Timeshift service Nickelodeon (Netherlands & Flanders) (February 2004 - 3 October 2011)
Website MTV.BE
Availability
Cable
Telenet Digital TV Flanders 35
Telenet Digital TV Brussels 125
IPTV
Belgacom TV Flanders 162
Belgacom TV Brussels & Wallonia 189

MTV Flanders is the Flemish version of MTV. The channel's audience is somewhat older than that of The Music Factory (TMF) and focuses more on alternative music.

MTV Europe

MTV Europe began broadcasting in Flemish 1987. Prior to 1987, the network's programs featured European video jockeys (VJ) who presented in English. Belgian singer, writer and media personality, Marcel Vanthilt, was an MTV Europe VJ from 1987 to 1990,[2] and was well- known for the MTV programme, Cokes & Vanthilt.[3]

MTV Netherlands

In February 2004, MTV Europe was replaced by MTV Netherlands on Flemish cable television. Unlike its country of origin, MTV Netherlands did not broadcast 24 hours per day in Belgium, but presented Dutch content with intermittent Flemish advertising.

Audience

MTV Networks claims that MTV Flanders, together with TMF and Nickelodeon, reaches 2.3 million households daily. The company states that it aims to deliver "strong and relevant content" to its core audience via various multimedia platforms.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MTV Networks (2012). "MTV Networks: Our roots. Our commitment.". VIACOM International Media Networks - MTV Networks (in Dutch). MTV Networks ltd. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. Walter (5 January 2009). "Marcel Vanthilt - biography". Muzikum! (in Dutch). Muzikum!. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  3. Sputnik Media. "RAY COKES". Sputnik Media. Sparks Network. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

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