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CMT (American TV channel)

CMT (originally standing for Country Music Television) is an American pay TV network. Launched on March 5, 1983, as Country Music Television, CMT was the first nationally available channel devoted to country music and country music videos, with its programming also including concerts, specials, and biographies of country music stars. Over time, the network's programming expanded to incorporate original lifestyle/reality programming, and sitcoms aimed at audiences of all walks of life.

Country

United States

Nationwide

New York City

English
Spanish (via SAP audio track)

1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)

Paramount Media Networks
(Paramount Global)

MTV Entertainment Group

List

March 5, 1983 (1983-03-05)

CMTV (1983)[1]

CMT.com

Paramount+

DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo TV, Hulu with Live TV

As of November 2023, CMT is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 93,000,000 households.[2] The channel's headquarters are located in One Astor Plaza in New York City, and has additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee.

Country

United States

New York

English

480i (SDTV)

Paramount Media Networks

MTV Entertainment Group

CMT

August 1, 1998 (1998-08-01)

VH1 Country (1998–2006)
CMT Pure Country (2006–16)

Pure Vintage featured a mix of classic and vintage country music videos that were filmed and aired prior to 2000, including older performance video clips of songs. The block aired for 30 minutes, twice a day.

The Edge Bluegrass, neo-traditionalist country, and Americana music videos are featured. Originally branded as Wide Open Country

Studio 330 Sessions Live sessions recorded at CMT's studios in Nashville (330 refers to CMT's Nashville address of 330 Commerce Street). Segments from the sessions continue to air in the channel's current rotation.

Pure 12 Pack Countdown As with all of MTV's countdown shows, a limited pool of videos was voted on by fans online and sorted by popularity without industry or recording metrics.

- Launched in October 1992 and closed in March 1998.

CMT Europe

- Launched in July 1995 and closed in March 2001. Replaced by MusicCountry.[34][35]

CMT Brazil

- Launched on July 1, 2020, as a replacement for Country Music Channel. Dedicated to country music videos.

CMT Australia

- Canadian version majority-owned by Corus Entertainment with Viacom owning a 10% stake in the channel, though the channel has drifted further than even the American CMT, no longer providing any country-related programming for a generic focus on classic sitcoms.

CMT

- A former rival network. It became a sibling to CMT in 1997 and eventually shifted to a general entertainment format to prevent overlap. Its original incarnation was relaunched as Spike TV in 2003 and, later, Paramount Network in 2018.

The Nashville Network

Official website

CMT Founder's Site