Research & Planning: Music video institutions.

Here is a list of current music video stations on TV:

• 4 Music - this station is branded under Channel 4. It plays all the current, mainstream music mainly in the pop genre with playing programmes like; UKHot40,  The UK Airplay top 20, Fresh Music top 20 and Today's 4Music top 10. Not only does this station play music, it shows programmes such as Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

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• BET - this station is more popular in America, hwoever it is broadcasted here but the quality of the shows are not as good as the ones shown in America, the main music video programmes on this station are 106 & Park and The Heat. 106 & Park show all the current music videos mainly in the R&B and Hip-Hop genre who bring in special guests from time to time such as Chris Brown and Trey Songz. The show is based in New York City therefore the videos being shown are the videos that are popular in America and also sometimes they tend to introduce people to new, upcoming artists to help promote their career. It is a countdown of the newest hits from 10 to 1 where the public can vote for the song and try to get it to number one. This show also includes performances from well-known artists as well as unknown artists to help promote them and also Hip-Hop freestyle friday rap battles.

• Channel AKA - on this station, mainly the UK music is being played in the Hip-Hop/Garrage music genre, however sometimse can show American hits in the Hip-Hop/R&B genre on shows such as Urban Classics. The most common programme shown on this station is Streetz, Grime & Life, which is mostly shows the UK artists and upcoming British artists coming into the Garrage/Hip-Hop genre. 

• Kerrang! - This station is based on Rock/Alternative music genre as well as being a popular magazine.

• Magic - Not only is Magic a popular radio station, it is also a popular music TV station commonly playing the music that you would hear on the radio, classics from the 70's/80's/90's as well as movie soundtrack songs such as The Bodyguard and Titanic.

• Kiss - This is similar to Magic as it is a popular radio station but also is a popular music TV station playing current hits that you would hear on their radios such as current Hip-Hop, classic Hip-Hop (90's), R&B, Pop etc... This station is particularly popular with the teenage/young adult ages.

• Chart Show TV - the name of this station is quite self explanitory as it plays all the common hits that are on the charts and sometimes do short interviews with popular artists and bands such as The Wanted and One Direction.
• The Vault - this station usually shows quite old songs but from the 00's era and the songs that my generation would hear from when they were kids such as songs from High School Musical, typical Boybands such as N'SYNC, Backstrteet Boys etc...
• Flava - this station is popular with the teenagers as it is similar to Kiss but shows more variety of songs within the genre of Hip-Hop/R&B, not only do they play the British music, they mostly play classic American hits as well as the current American hits. As well as showing programmes like Tim Westwood TV, a popular radio DJ who falls into the genre of playing current American/British Hip-Hop and bringing guests onto his show such as Nicki Minaj, Lil' Wayne, Drake, Tyga etc...

• Starz TV - this is mostly a station where you can request the songs you want to hear by texting in, they usually show current, new hits.
• Bliss TV - very similar to the station Magic by playing classic hits as well as some current hits but not necessarily the songs that you would commonly hear on all the other hit stations that play the mainstream pop music.
• MTV Music - playing current hits, pop/R&B genre, American and British music such as A-List Playlist.

• MTV Base - mostly showing R&B hits that are popular.
• MTV Dance - dance hits.
• MTV Classics - classic songs being played, programmes such as Class of... 80. 
• Smash hits - current hits programmes such as UK Airplay top 10 as well as older songs from 2000-2006 time
• The Box - similar to 4 Music playing current hits in the same pop, mainstream genre - UKHot40
• Q - this station falls mainly into the Indie music genre
• Greatest Hits TV - playing a block of songs from one artists for example Michael Jackson (usually for an hour) varies from all genres and different artists. 
• Massive R&B - old and current R&B hits.
• BuzMuzic - current hits
• VH1- the music shown on here varies, it plays classic songs from the 70's/80's/90's as well as current hits from time to time.
•  VIVA - does not play a lot of music but does show TV shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Vintage TV - very old songs being played on this station such as Tune into 1969.