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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
Affiliates | Bauer Media Audio UK |
Headquarters | London |
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Picture format | 576i 16:9 SDTV |
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Owner | Channel Four Television Corporation |
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Website | www.boxplus.com |
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Virgin TV Go | Watch live (UK only) Watch live (Ireland only) |
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Kiss TV is a soon to be defunct music television channel owned by Channel Four Television based on the format of the Bauer Media Audio UK-owned national radio station Kiss.
The channel's programming predominantly consists of classic and mainstream hip-hop, dance, grime, EDM and R&B music videos. The channel will close on 30 June 2024.
The original incarnation of Kiss TV was created by Guy Wingate, was bought back in to head up EMAP's fledgling TV division by then Kiss Chief Executive and the station's original founder, Gordon 'Mac' McNamee. Launched on 30 May 1996, the channel ran for one hour a night on the Mirror Group's L!VE TV cable circuit and in June 1997 moved to the Granada satellite and cable platform, taking a similar slot in the evening. The channel was closed in January 1998.
Although the original idea for the channel was proposed in 1993 (three years after Kiss FM launched as a legal station).
The channel's presenters included DJs such as BBC Radio 1's Judge Jules. By the time the channel was one year old, it had attracted major sponsorship from blue-chip brands such as Levi's, Sony consumer products and The Guardian.
The channel is available on digital television platforms and is part of a network of channels owned by The Box Plus Network. On 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4Music which went free-to-view. As a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland. However, Kiss TV launched on Freesat on 15 April 2013, alongside three other Box Television channels. Kiss TV and its sister channels returned to Freesat on 8 December 2021.
Kiss TV also broadcasts in Sub-Saharan Africa as a Pay-TV channel, through various digital TV providers without commercials. Music videos are played in place of commercials.
Bauer Media Audio UK | |
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Absolute Radio | Absolute Radio Absolute Radio Classic Rock Absolute Radio Country Absolute Radio 60s Absolute Radio 70s Absolute Radio 80s Absolute Radio 90s Absolute Radio 00s Absolute Radio 10s Absolute Radio 20s |
Hits | Greatest Hits Radio Hits Radio Hits Radio Pride |
Kiss | Kiss Kiss Fresh Kisstory |
Other Local Radio | Cool FM Downtown Radio |
Other National Radio | Heat Radio Jazz FM Kerrang! Radio Klassic Kerrang! Radio Kerrang! Radio Unleashed Magic Planet Rock Scala Radio |
Former Radio Stations | 3C Mojo Radio Q Radio Smash Hits Radio |
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