10 Facts About CMT Films

1.

In October 1992, CMT Films launched its first international channel, CMT Films Europe, as part of the Sky Multichannels package.

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2.

In July 1995, CMT Films launched its Brazilian version in association with Grupo Abril's TVA.

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3.

On October 1,1994, CMT Films made its first major format change by adding several new music-oriented programs.

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4.

In 1995, CMT Films dropped all videos by Canadian artists without US record contracts in response to the network being replaced in Canada by Calgary, Alberta-based New Country Network.

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5.

TNN would phase out country programming to avoid overlap with CMT Films, changing its name to "The National Network", and later relaunching altogether as Spike in 2003.

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6.

CMT Films was separated from its sister channels on February 23,2009; Noggin closed and replaced by a 24-hour version of Nick Jr.

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7.

On June 10,2016, CMT Films announced that they would pick up the ABC series Nashville following its original cancellation of the series.

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8.

In 2017, as part of Viacom's restructuring plans, CMT Films would begin a transition back to unscripted programming.

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9.

In 2019, Viacom acquired Pluto TV, and launched several CMT Films-branded channels, including a channel focused on Western genre movies and a channel dedicated to Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team.

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10.

CMT Films Music is an American pay television channel and a sister network to CMT Films.

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