TMF (The Music Factory) is a pop music television channel that operates in the Netherlands (TMF NL), Belgium (TMF Vlaanderen) and the United Kingdom (and Ireland) (TMF UK). It is owned by MTV Networks Europe (part of the Viacom conglomerate). As well as showing pop videos, it also shows some of MTV's programmes like Cribs and Newlyweds. Pop music, in popular and contemporary parlance, is a subgenre of popular music. ... A television station is a type of radio station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area. ... MTV Networks Europe is a Viacom subsidary in Europe that acts as a sister company to MTV Networks (US). ... Viacom is an international media conglomerate. ... A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ... MTV Cribs is a program on MTV that features the houses of celebrities, often young actors and musicians. ... Newlyweds is a reality television show on MTV that follows the daily lives of recently-married music artist couple, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. ...

TMF Nederland

TMF Nederland started in 1995 as the Netherlands' only local pop station. It was founded by Lex Harding and the Arcade company. Although Dutch viewers could receive MTV Europe, many felt that the Netherlands should have its own national music television channel. The station gradually began to get better viewer figures than MTV, so in 2002, MTV bought shares in TMF. In 1996, TMF started the TMF Awards in the Netherlands. It is headquartered in Bussum. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MTV (acronym for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcasted live on TMF (The Music Factory). ... Bussum (population: 31,300 in 2004) is a town in the northwestern Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ...

The channel is very well known in the Netherlands and throughout some of Europe, for its emphasis on dance music mixes. It is however, perhaps infamous for the over-abundance of "text-in" shows (displaying large panels in the bottom third of the screen filled with text messages that obscure the main image). Europe forms the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

TMF Vlaanderen

TMF Vlaanderen (TMF België) was the first international extension of the TMF brand. It broadcasts entirely in the Dutch language, so it is only available in the Flanders (Vlaanderen) region of Belgium. Founded in 1998, its headquarters are in Mechelen. Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming), French: Flandre(s), (flamand, flamand), German: Flandern, (flämisch, Flame) has two main designations: a constituent community of the federal Belgian state through its social and political organisations, and through the institutions of the Flemish Community (with its own Flemish government and Flemish... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Mechelen Cathedral Mechelen (English traditionally Mechlin) is a municipality located in Belgium, Flemish region, province of Antwerp. ...

TMF UK

Main article: TMF UK

TMF UK started in 2002 as a counter against Emap's The Hits request music channel on Freeview. It broadcasts on channel 21. It also broadcasts on Sky and UK cable. The channel, alongside its music output, shows reruns of successful MTV shows such as Cribs, Newlyweds and Daria, as well as VH1 programming. TMF UK is also available in some cable packages in Ireland; in Dublin it was on a shared channel with Nickelodeon, before being replaced on the basic cable service by the Paramount Comedy Channel. TMF UK still broadcasts in Dublin on digital cable. The Music Factory, TMF for short, is a music video channel in the United Kingdom owned by MTV. Formed after the two other TMF stations, which are based in mainland Europe, the channel was created to counter against Emaps The Hits channel on the new free-to-air digital... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EMAP plc is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. ... The Hits is a free-to-air music channel owned by EMAP, showing a mix of pop and other genres of music. ... Freeview is a free-to-air digital television service in the United Kingdom broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... A typical daytime sky. ... MTV Cribs is a program on MTV that features the houses of celebrities, often young actors and musicians. ... Newlyweds is a reality television show on MTV that follows the daily lives of recently-married music artist couple, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey. ... Daria is an animated television show created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn and was a spin-off of Beavis and Butt-head. ... VH1 (which originally stood for Video Hits 1) is an American cable television channel that was created in 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (then a division of Warner Communications). ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Nickelodeon (Nick for short) is a cable TV network primarily for children. ...

External links

• TMF Netherlands webiste
• TMF Vlaanderen, Belgium
• TMF UK webiste (on MTV)