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NickMusic

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NickMusic
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
NetworkNickelodeon
HeadquartersOne Astor Plaza
New York City, New York, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format480i 4:3 (SDTV) presented in 16:9 letterbox
Ownership
OwnerParamount Media Networks
Sister channels
History
LaunchedMay 1, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-05-01)
Former namesMTV Hits (2002–16)
Availability
Cable
Available on many cable systemsConsult local listings
Satellite
Dish NetworkChannel 368
C-BandAMC 18-Channel 232 (H2H 4DTV)
IPTV
U-verse TVChannel 509 (exp. 8/2/22)
Verizon FiOSChannel 214
FuboTVIPTV
VidgoIPTV

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.

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.