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Mushroom TV Limited
was an English
television company
and owner of several
satellite television
music channels. Mushroom operated
Channel AKA
,
Starz TV
and
Greatest Hits TV
. The company was launched in 2000 and, according to their website, were fully committed to supporting British acts and helping them to achieve success in the music industry.
On 22 June 2012, Mushroom TV entered
liquidation
.
[1]
[2]
Ofcom
's television broadcast licensing update for May 2012, indicates that
Channel AKA
was sold to
All Around the World Productions
,
Starz TV
to Cloud Television One Limited and
Greatest Hits TV
to UltimateHits Limited.
[3]
UltimateHits Limited was also a subsidiary of All Around the World Productions, hence
NOW Music
(Greatest Hits TV's replacement, now Now 80s) is an AATW channel.
In late 2013, Starz TV was bought by
CSC Media Group
. On 3 April 2014, CSC closed
BuzMuzik
for Starz TV to broadcast, due to the latter having a more popular audience share.
Channel AKA was renamed Massive R&B on 1 June 2018,
[4]
which itself was renamed as Total Country on 1 November 2018,
[5]
and later Now 70s on 27 December 2019. On 13 December 2018, Starz TV, along with its three sister music channels, were bought by
TRACE Group
.
[6]
The channel closed on 1 June 2020.
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