Kerrang! TV

British free-to-air television channel

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Television channel

Kerrang! TV

Ownership
Owner| Channel Four Television Corporation
Sister channels|

* Channel 4
* 4seven
* E4
* E4 Extra
* Film4
* More4
* 4Music
* The Box
* Kiss
* Magic

History
Launched| 2 April 2001; 24 years ago (2001-04-02)
Closed| 30 June 2024; 12 months ago (2024-06-30)
Channel 4

Television channels

* Channel 4
* Programmes
* Idents and presentation
* 4seven
* E4
* E4 Extra
* Film4
* More4

Former channels

* 4Music
* The Box
* Box Hits
* Box Upfront
* The Hits
* Kerrang! TV
* Kiss TV
* Magic
* Q TV

Online services

* Channel 4
* Walter Presents
* Channel4.com

Other

* The Box Plus Network
* Channel 4 Radio
* 4 Digital Group
* Film4 Productions
* ITV Schools
* Channel 4 Learning
* UKIB
* Timeline
* Sport

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Kerrang! TV was a British music television channel owned by Channel Four Television Corporation. The network used the branding of the music magazine Kerrang! under a brand licensing agreement with Bauer Media Group. The channel primarily broadcast music videos without set scheduling to allow text requests for their playlists.

## Background

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The first broadcast of Kerrang! TV had a countdown of voters' most-desired videos. The most popular choice and the first video shown on Kerrang! TV was Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" and Everlast's "Black Jesus" were also in the first three videos played. The last song ever played was Fall Out Boy's "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs".

Kerrang mainly aired nu metal, pop punk/skate punk and indie rock genre videos. Certain acts such as Tenacious D and Limp Bizkit got higher-than-average play rates, due to higher rates of text requests.[citation needed] Themed 30-minute segments often covered artists who were on the playlist, with large numbers of videos, most noticeably Green Day, Panic! at the Disco, Paramore and You Me at Six.[citation needed]

The station had an annual video countdown called the Rock 100, which covered the 100 most requested videos on the station (Rock or otherwise) in the previous year, and with links between blocks of tracks given by one of the featured bands. In 2005 Good Charlotte presented the Rock 100 from a strip club in Manchester. In 2009 Charlie Simpson made a voice-over for the show with clips from people's votes in the Download Festival.

## Availability

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The channel was available on many platforms including Sky and Virgin Media. It was part of a network of channels owned by The Box Plus Network, which included 4Music, Box Hits, Kiss, The Box and Magic. On 2 April 2013, all Box Television channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4Music which went free-to-view.[1] As a result, the channels were removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland.[2] However, Kerrang! TV launched on Freesat on 15 April 2013, alongside three other Box Television channels, but was removed on 24 March 2015.[3] Kerrang! and its sister channels returned to Freesat on 8 December 2021 alongside Channel 4 HD.

From 27 September to 17 November 2021,[4] Kerrang! instead simulcast The Box, due to cleanup and restoration from the fire suppression system activating during a false alarm situation at Red Bee Media's playout facility.

## Closure

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On 29 January 2024, Channel 4 announced that Kerrang! TV and its sister channels would be closing as part of the future plans of the company leading up to 2030. In the press release, it is stated that Channel 4 are "Proposing to close small linear channels that no longer deliver revenues or public value at scale, including the Box channels in 2024 and others at the right time".[5] At 23:59 on 30 June 2024, Kerrang! TV closed, with its final music video being "Thnks fr th Mmrs" by Fall Out Boy.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Bauer's Box channels appear free-to-air on satellite". a516digital. 2 April 2013.
2. ^ "YouTube video showing the channels removed from the Sky EPG in Ireland". YouTube. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
3. ^ "Freesat turn up the volume with 4 new music channels". Join Freesat. 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
4. ^ "Red Bee fire alarm triggers tx crash". Televisual. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
5. ^ "Channel 4 shares plans to become digital-first public service streamer by 2030 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
6. ^ Herbert, Charlie (1 July 2024). "Fans devastated as popular music TV channel Kerrang! shuts down after 23 years". Joe. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

## External links

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* The Box Plus Network

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Kerrang!

* Geoff Barton
* Bauer Media Group

Sub divisions|

* Kerrang! Radio
* Kerrang! TV
* Kerrang! Tour

Compilation albums|

* Maiden Heaven

Kerrang! Awards|

| Ceremonies|

* 2007
* 2008
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2019

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Articles|

* Kerrang! Award for Best Single
* List of Kerrang! Award winners

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Channel Four Television Corporation

Television channels|

* Channel 4
* Programmes
* Idents and presentation
* 4seven
* E4
* E4 Extra
* Film4
* More4

Former channels|

* 4Music
* The Box
* Box Hits
* Box Upfront
* The Hits
* Kerrang! TV
* Kiss TV
* Magic
* Q TV

Online services|

* Channel 4
* Walter Presents
* Channel4.com

Other|

* The Box Plus Network
* Channel 4 Radio
* 4 Digital Group
* Film4 Productions
* ITV Schools
* Channel 4 Learning
* UKIB
* Timeline
* Sport

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Music television in the United Kingdom

Pop/mixed hits|

* MTV Live
* MTV Music
* That's Melody

Hip hop/R&B/dance/club|

* Clubland TV
* Club MTV
* That's Dance
* Trace UK (Channelbox)
* Trace Latina (Channelbox)
* Trace Urban (Channelbox)

Rock/alternative|

* GIGS
* Now Rock
* Qello (Channelbox)

Country/Folk/specialist|

* Brit Asia TV (Channelbox)
* Music & Memories (Channelbox)
* Qwest TV Jazz & Beyond (Channelbox)
* Qwest TV Mix (Channelbox)
* Stingray CMusic (Channelbox)
* Stingray Karaoke (Channelbox)

Oldies/melodic|

* MTV 80s
* MTV 90s
* Now 70s
* Now 80s
* Now 90s & 00s
* That's Oldies

Former channels|

* 4Music
* The Amp
* Bedroom TV
* Bliss
* The Box
* Box Hits
* Box Upfront
* Brit Hits
* Bubble Hits
* BuzMuzik
* Capital TV
* Channel U
* Flaunt
* Flava
* Greatest Hits TV
* Heart TV
* The Hits
* Kerrang!
* Kiss
* Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox
* Magic
* MinX
* MTV Base
* MTV Classic
* MTV Dance
* MTV Extra
* MTV Flux
* MTV Hits
* MTV OMG
* MTV Rocks
* Music Box
* NME TV
* oMusic TV
* P-Rock
* Play UK
* The Power Station
* Q TV
* Rock On TV
* Rockworld TV
* Scuzz
* Starz TV
* TMF
* Trace Hits
* Trace Vault
* VH1
* VH2
* Vintage TV
* Viva

Channel operators|

* Channel Four Television Corporation
* Paramount Networks EMEAA
* List of MTV channels
* Mercury Studios
* Qwest TV
* Stingray Music
* That's Television Ltd
* TRACE Group

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