Starz TV
- Video Interactive Television (2005-2009)
- Mushroom TV (2009-2012)
- Cloud Television One Limited (2012-2014)
- Sony Pictures Television (2014-2018)
- TRACE Group (2018-2020)
Trace Urban
Trace Vault
Starz TV (formerly Fizz TV) was a British free-to-air music channel, owned by TRACE Group.[1]
History
Fizz TV was launched on 24 January 2005 on Sky, although the channel began test transmissions on 10 January.[2] The output of the station was music videos from a range of genres that were popular in the charts. The channel also had a heavy interactive texting element, through the viewers being able to send in text messages and pictures that were shown on screen.
The parent company of Channel U and Fizz TV, Video Interactive Television, went into voluntary liquidation at the beginning of February 2009, before being purchased by Mushroom TV. When purchasing the two channels, Mushroom TV agreed that Channel U and Fizz TV should be rebranded. The two channels were rebranded as Channel AKA and Starz TV on 16 March 2009.
On 22 June 2012, Mushroom TV entered liquidation.[3] Ofcom's television broadcast licensing update for May 2012, indicates that Starz TV was sold to Cloud Television One Limited.[4]
From 2014 to 2018, it was owned by Sony Pictures Television, before being acquired by TRACE Group on 13 December 2018 along with its three sister music channels.[5]
On 15 April 2014, Starz TV was launched on Freesat, replacing BuzMuzik, which was closed 12 days earlier. It was removed from there along with Chart Show TV, Scuzz and Tiny Pop +1 on 31 July 2018. On 21 October 2019, the channel returned to Freesat, replacing The Vault.
On 1 October 2019, the channel rebranded temporarily as Christmas Starz. At the same time, the channel also adopted a new logo, which continued on following the reversion to Starz TV on 7 January 2020.
The channel closed on 1 June 2020 along with Trace Latina, with its content moving to a block on Trace Urban in the mornings. The last song on the channel was "Barbie Girl" by Aqua, before cutting off partly through the video, similar to former sister channels Flava and Scuzz's closures.
Programming
- Breakfast Bangers!
- Hot New Beats & Party Anthems
- Super Fresh Fridays!
- Weekend Pre Party Jamz
- Massive Weekend Anthems
- 10 Hottest hits right now
References
- ^ "Trace Group". media.info.
- ^ "Channel U to launch new music channel". Digital Spy. January 10, 2005.
- ^ "Notice: 1618796 (Issue: 60193)". The London Gazette. 28 June 2012.
- ^ "Television Broadcast Licensing Update May 2012". Ofcom. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Trace acquires UK music channels from Sony Pictures Television". Broadband TV News. 13 December 2018.
External links
- StarzTV Twitter
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- MTV Hits
- MTV Live
- MTV Music
- That's Melody
- That's Fabulous
- Clubland TV
- That's Dance
- Trace Brazuca (Channelbox)
- Trace UK (Channelbox)
- Trace Latina (Channelbox)
- Trace Urban (Channelbox)
- Balle Balle (Channelbox)
- Music & Memories (Channelbox)
- Qwest TV Jazz & Beyond (Channelbox)
- Qwest TV Mix (Channelbox)
- Stingray CMusic (Channelbox)
- Stingray Karaoke (Channelbox)
- MTV 80s
- MTV 90s
- Now 70s
- Now 80s
- NOW 90s and 00s
- 4Music
- The Amp
- Bedroom TV
- Bliss
- The Box
- Box Hits
- Box Upfront
- Brit Hits
- Bubble Hits
- BuzMuzik
- Capital TV
- Club MTV
- Flaunt
- Flava
- Greatest Hits TV
- Heart TV
- The Hits
- Kerrang!
- Kiss
- Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox
- Magic
- MinX
- MTV Base
- MTV Classic
- MTV Dance
- MTV Extra
- MTV Flux
- MTV Love
- MTV OMG
- MTV Rocks
- Music Box
- NME TV
- oMusic TV
- P-Rock
- Play UK
- The Power Station
- Q TV
- Rock On TV
- Rockworld TV
- Scuzz
- Starz TV
- TMF
- Trace Hits
- Trace Vault
- VH1
- VH2
- Vintage TV
- Viva
- Channel Four Television Corporation
- Paramount Networks EMEAA
- Penny Street TV (a division of Universal Music Group, formally All Around the World Productions)
- Qwest TV
- Stingray Music
- That's Television Ltd
- TRACE Group