NickMusic
Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Network	Nickelodeon
Headquarters	One Astor Plaza New York City , New York , U.S.
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	480i 4:3 ( SDTV ) presented in 16:9 letterbox
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Media Networks
Sister channels	Nickelodeon Nick at Nite Nick Jr. Nicktoons TeenNick
History
Launched	May 1, 2002 ; 22 years ago  ( 2002-05-01 )
Former names	MTV Hits (2002?16)
Availability
Cable
Available on many cable systems	Consult local listings
Satellite
Dish Network	Channel 368
C-Band	AMC 18-Channel 232 (H2H 4DTV )
IPTV
U-verse TV	Channel 509 (exp. 8/2/22)
Verizon FiOS	Channel 214
FuboTV	IPTV
Vidgo	IPTV

NickMusic is an American pay television network . It is a spin-off of Nickelodeon . It mainly broadcasts music video and music-related programming from younger pop artists. Some videos are edited to meet a general TV-PG rating, or replaced with a lyric video instead.

History [ change | change source ]

The network was launched on May 1, 2002 as MTV Hits . The network was named for a daily program on MTV also called MTV Hits . It was MTV's main pop music video program. The network included current hit music videos, along with a few older videos from earlier in the year, as well as a few from the late 1990s. The network maintained a commercial-free format, other than internal promotions for MTV and MTV-branded properties.

In 2005, the network began airing a feature called "My Hitlist Month". It was based on viewer selected playlists that were submitted to a new network website. My Hitlist Month, along with artist-selected playlists, were broadcast occasionally on the network until 2006.

In 2016, MTV Hits was re-branded NickMusic.

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