6-502: VH2 was a sister channel to VH1 in the United Kingdom . It launched in 2003, and slowly became an Indie rock channel, aimed primarily at men in the 25-34 demographic. It mainly showed music videos, though it also aired documentaries about artists VH2 played. During its launch, the screen identity was created by Paul Wilkinson of Nuw Creative. VH2 also had many chart shows, including the "Indie 500" weekend, which counted down
12-610: The Top 500 Indie Songs with songs by artists such as The Stone Roses , Pixies , Oasis , Dinosaur Jr , The Cure , The Strokes , Blur and Radiohead . The winner of the Indie 500 was " There Is a Light That Never Goes Out " by The Smiths , whilst The Stone Roses' song " I Wanna Be Adored " was second (though on a condensed version of the counting listing just the top 50, the two tracks had switched place, leading "I Wanna Be Adored" to first place) VH2 closed at 6 a.m. on 1 August 2006 and
18-910: The channel took on a general entertainment focus, matching the American network, though due to the American VH1's programmes being licensed to other networks or broadcasters, it carried content from Channel 5 or MTV . VH1 completed its transition to a general entertainment format in October 2018 with VH1 US programs, including Love & Hip Hop: Miami and Ru Paul's Drag Race , though music programmes continued in non-prime timeslots. VH1 Christmas moved to MTV Rocks . In March 2019, VH1, along with sister channel BET moved EPG numbers on Sky. VH1 moved to 160 and BET moved to 173, swapping places with PBS America and Together TV respectively. In December 2019, BT TV announced that VH1 would be leaving
24-458: The network was Ten of the Best , in which an artist's video is played, then the artist's personal top ten list being played with explanations from the artists for their choices. The same concept was also carried by VH2, but with their alternative artists. On 24 November until 26 December 2017, VH1 was renamed temporarily as VH1 Christmas. On 1 May 2018, VH1 moved to Sky channel 174 and as a result,
30-418: The same focus at launch as the main American network of a focus on mainly adult contemporary artists for an audience between 21-44, with a broad playlist involving music videos from the 70s to the present day along with weekly countdowns, a format maintained until around 2008. Besides the American network's features and programming (including programme marathons such as Pop-Up Video ), a unique feature of
36-488: Was replaced by MTV Flux . Its last days saw it unspool older MTV idents of the past. VH1 UK VH1 was a British and Irish pay television channel that was owned by ViacomCBS . The channel was based on the American channel of the same name . The channel ceased broadcasting on 7 January 2020. VH1 UK was first launched on 30 September 1994 as a complementary network to the youth-orientated MTV . It originally took
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