Stingray CMusic
Stingray CMusic is a British television music channel dedicated to classical and soundtrack music videos, currently owned by Stingray Group in Canada.
The C in the channel's name stands for the genres of the channel's playlist which covers classical music, crossover music and cinema music.
History
C Music Entertainment Ltd., which operates the channel, was founded in 2007 by Julian Rigamonti.In May 2017, Canadian company Stingray Digital acquired C Music Entertainment Ltd. The channel was renamed as Stingray CMusic on 1 December 2018. In many countries, the channel was replaced by Stingray Music.
Programming
The channel broadcasts short form music videos, and avoids long form concerts and operas traditionally associated with classical music on television.Availability
Thema handles the worldwide distribution of the channel.The channel is distributed to host cable, DTH satellite, IPTV and mobile phone television providers via eight contribution satellites. To Europe on the Eurobird 9A satellite and on Eutelsat 10A, to North Africa on the Eutelsat 5 West A satellite, to South Africa on Eutelsat 36 B, to Portugal on Hispasat 1E and on SES 5, to the Middle East on Badr 5 and on Intelsat 20.
A high definition simulcast version was launched in 2013.
In June 2008 C Music TV launched a subscription service on their website cmusic.tv, but it was suspended by the time the channel was rebranded as Stingray CMusic in December 2018.
In December 2021, Stingray CMusic joined Freeview in the United Kingdom, becoming the third Stingray channel to be broadcast via Channelbox along with sister channels Stingray Naturescape and Qello Concerts. The Channelbox streaming portal can be found on Freeview channel 271 and via Google Play with Stingray's channels featuring alongside services such as FashionTV, Euronews and Fido TV.