| General info : | | TMF was a Belgian pay television channel whose programming was centred towards pop music videoclips. TMF was operated by Viacom International Media Networks.
Originally an abbreviation of "The Music Factory", the channel was launched as TMF Vlaanderen in 1998, mainly due to the success of the eponymous Dutch music television channel. The station began broadcasting on 3 October 1998.
The recordings of TMF Flanders occurred mainly in the Eurocam Media Center in Lint, there was until mid-2013 also established the parent company.
On 5 October 2015 Viacom announced that TMF would stop broadcasting om 1 November 2015. Thereby two Flemish youth channels (TMF and competitor JIM) disappeared in a short time. From 1 November 2015 Comedy Central took over the whole channel. Thereby the last TMF stopped and the brand completely disappeared. | |
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| General info : | TMF was a Belgian pay television channel whose programming was centred towards pop music videoclips. TMF was operated by Viacom International Media Networks.
Originally an abbreviation of "The Music Factory", the channel was launched as TMF Vlaanderen in 1998, mainly due to the success of the eponymous Dutch music television channel. The station began broadcasting on 3 October 1998.
The recordings of TMF Flanders occurred mainly in the Eurocam Media Center in Lint, there was until mid-2013 also established the parent company.
On 5 October 2015 Viacom announced that TMF would stop broadcasting om 1 November 2015. Thereby two Flemish youth channels (TMF and competitor JIM) disappeared in a short time. From 1 November 2015 Comedy Central took over the whole channel. Thereby the last TMF stopped and the brand completely disappeared. | The Music Factory (TMF) was originally a Dutch brand of television and radio channels, which focused on pop music. It was similar to the American MTV which took over TMF in 2002.
TMF operated channels in the Netherlands (TMF Nederland) as well as in the UK with TMF UK and Australia with TMF Australia. The brand is owned by MTV Networks International (part of the Viacom conglomerate). It shows only pop videos and locally produced live programming in Belgium. Likewise, with TMF Netherlands before its closure, the British TMF aired some of MTV's and VH1's programmes like Cribs, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, Hogan Knows Best and Run's House.
The channel organized an annual music award show, the TMF Awards, in the Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, there were the TMF Game Awards, an annual awards show for games.
The channel operated until 26 October 2009 in the UK and Ireland, 1 September 2011 in the Netherlands and 1 November 2015 in Belgium. Viacom International Media Networks, the international arm of Viacom, owns the brand.
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