Music On! TV

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Music On! TV
M-On!

Country	Japan
Programming
Language	Japanese
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Sony Music Solutions [ja]
History
Launched	July 1, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-07-01)
Former names	Viewsic (1998–2004)
Links
Website	www.m-on.jp

Music On! TV (ミュージック・オン・ティーヴィ, Myujikku On Tivi; typeset as MUSIC ON! TV), also known as M-On! (エムオン, Emu On!), is a Japanese music cable television network operated by Sony Music Solutions [ja], a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Inc. (SMEJ).

Its motto is We Believe in Music.

History

• March 2, 1998 - M-On Entertainment, Inc. was founded by the Sony Music management as SME TV, Inc. (株式会社エスエムイー・ティーヴィ, Kabushiki Gaisha Esu Emu I Tivi).
• July 1, 1998 - SME TV, Inc. launched Viewsic (ヴュージック, Viyujikku) (portmanteau of view and music).
• June 1, 2002 - Viewsic was launched on SKY PerfecTV! e2.
• May 1, 2004 - Viewsic was relaunched as Music On! TV.
• October 1, 2009 - Music On! TV was launched in high-definition television.
• March 31, 2012 - Music On! TV, Inc. was merged with sister company Sony Magazines Co., Ltd., becoming M-On Entertainment, Inc. and launched its own website, www.m-on-ent.jp/.

Current Programming

See also

• Sony Music Entertainment Japan
• MTV Japan - rival of M-On!

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• M-On Entertainment, Inc.