Magic (TV channel)
Magic is a British music television channel owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. It plays mainly easy listening music videos and is based on the Magic radio station owned by Bauer Media Audio UK. Magic mainly focuses on music from the 1970s to the present day. During throughout the Christmas of each year, The channel will only plays Christmas music under their block called "Christmas is Magic".
This article is about the British music television channel. For the radio station of the same name, see Magic (UK radio station).Programming
13 September 2001
Watch live (UK only)
Watch live (Ireland only)
Like other Box Television music television channels under Bauer's brand, Magic operated a jukebox service where viewers were able to request videos to be played via a premium-rate telephone number.
History[edit]
The channel was a part of a network of channels owned by The Box Plus Network (formerly Box Television) which included 4Music, Kerrang! TV, Box Hits, The Box, and Kiss. All of these channels including Magic TV are now in Channel 4's main business operations.[1]
On 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4Music which went free-to-view.[2] As a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland.[3] However, Magic was launched on Freesat on 29 April 2013, alongside Heat, following the addition of four other Box Television channels on 15 April.[4] Magic TV and its sister channels returned to Freesat on 8 December 2021.