Channel U TV is a digital satellite TV channel, owned by Video Interactive Television. It is available through Sky Digital within the UK on channel 360. It is also trying to add its programming to the Virgin Media cable service. Image File history File links Channel-u. ... Fizz is a digital satellite TV channel, owned by Video Interactive Television. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Eurobird 1 is a Eutelsat operated satellite, used for digital television. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of orbiting communications satellites located 37,000 km (22,300 miles) above the earths surface. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Virgin Media Inc. ...

The station is known for being the starting point for many UK urban acts as it plays lower budget videos from lesser known artists, and in their own words, 'Don't play the same American stuff over and over again' (compare MTV Base) That said, the channel does play US hip hop, rap and R'n'B videos. The channel's main focus is the genre of Grime music and also UK hip hop. Urban culture is the culture of cities. ... The MTV logotype, often used in different, less stylized, forms. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... R&B redirects here. ... Grime(also known as hip house) is a sub-genre of urban music which first emerged in London in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, drum and bass, dancehall and hip hop. ...

Channel U is a significant outlet not only for established artists, but also for those who are just starting out. Its material "includ[es] crude productions shot with handheld digital video cameras,"^[2] and helps new musicians attract attention and build a fan base.^[3] According to its website, "[t]he aim of the channel was to highlight to the public, the raw and unsigned talent we have in the UK, and give them a platform from which they could perform,"^[4] and it has been successful in this mission, as suggested by the production and popularity of such compilation CDs as Channel U: The Album.^[5]

Many artists have expressed their loyalty to the channel in their lyrics; for example, in Lady Sovereign's 9 to 5, "channel who? oh channel U, the ones who made me huge, like Katie Price's boobs!". Other artists to comment on Channel U include Kano, Lethal Bizzle, Sway, Remi Nicole, Wong, Jammer, Bashy and Dizzee Rascal. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip negatively mention Channel U in their song Fixed. Louise Amanda Harman (born December 19, 1985), known as Lady Sovereign, is an English MC[1][2]. // Lady Sovereign was raised in northwest Londons Chalkhill Estate, a public housing project where she says her upbringing could get dangerous or depressing[3]. She was influenced by her mothers Salt... Katie Price (born May 22, 1978), born Katie Infield, and better known as Jordan, is a British glamour model, perhaps most famous for her large, surgically enhanced breasts and the reports of her personal life in British tabloid newspapers. ... Kane Brett Robinson (born 21 May 1985 in East Ham, Newham, London), better known as Kano, is a British rapper. ... Lethal Bizzle (also known as Lethal B, born Maxwell Ansah) 23, is a rapper from, Walthamstow, East London, born to Ghanaian parents. ... Derek Andrew Safo is a British hip hop rapper born in 1982 in Hornsey, North London, of Ghanaian origins, who uses the stage names Sway DaSafo or simply Sway; he is also a full-time producer. ... Remi Nicole is an English singer-songwriter based, born in North London. ... Wong may be any of the following: // Wong (surname) is the Cantonese romanization of two common Chinese surnames; Wang 王 (lit. ... Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born November 1, 1985 [1] in Bow, East London)[2], is a Mercury Prize-winning English MC/rapper and producer. ... Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip are the musicians behind the 2007 song Thou Shalt Always Kill. They are a two-piece band based either side of London, originally hailing from Stanford-le-Hope in Essex. ...

In October 2005, the first annual Channel U Awards were held in London with live performances from its underground playlist.

In June 2005, the channel was fined £19,000 by Ofcom for a number of offences, including the broadcasting of inappropriate material, using premium rate telephone services in programmes, and failing to ensure a clear distinction between programmes and advertisements.[1] Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ...

Before he joined MTV to host the British version of Pimp My Ride, Tim Westwood had a show on Channel U, along with his other media activity. This article is about the television show. ... Tim Westwood (born 3 October 1957 in Lowestoft, Suffolk),[3]is a British rap DJ and presenter of the BBC Radio 1 Rap Show. ...

Channel U also has a sister channel called Fizz', which plays music from all genres, and has a heavy interactive texting element. Fizz is a digital satellite TV channel, owned by Video Interactive Television. ...

External links

• Channel U - Official site
• Blackground and history of Channel U

Notes

1. ^ Licence Details for Channel U
2. ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha. 21 March 2005. "True Grime: A Genre's Magic Moment." The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/21/050321crmu_music. Accessed 14 March 2008.
3. ^ Leon B. 03 September 2007. "Channel U: The Future Of UK Urban Music?" The Scene Magazine. http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1007. Accessed 14 March 2008.
4. ^ "The Channel U Shop: About." http://www.channelu.tv/shop/index1.html. Accessed 14 March 2008.
5. ^ Various artists, Channel U: The Album | | guardian.co.uk Arts