Country Music Television is an American pay TV network owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global.
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10 Facts About CMT Music
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CMTV, an initialism for Country Music Television, was founded by Glenn D Daniels, the owner of Video World Productions in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
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In October 1992, CMT Music launched its first international channel, CMT Music Europe, as part of the Sky Multichannels package.
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In July 1995, CMT Music launched its Brazilian version in association with Grupo Abril's TVA.
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TNN would phase out country programming to avoid overlap with CMT Music, changing its name to "The National Network", and later relaunching altogether as Spike in 2003.
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In 2017, as part of Viacom's restructuring plans, CMT Music would begin a transition back to unscripted programming.
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In 2019, Viacom acquired Pluto TV, and launched several CMT Music-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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Specials seen on the network include the annual CMT Music Awards, featuring awards in various categories and performances by country music artists, and CMT Crossroads, which pairs country music artists with musicians from other music genres.
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CMT Music is an American pay television channel and a sister network to CMT.
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