40 TV


LOS40 TV was a television channel property of LOS40, a radio station in Spain. The channel specialised in music and broadcast music videos throughout the day. The channel was available 24 hours a day through Movistar+ and some cable providers. It started broadcasting on September 1, 1998 and shut down on February 17, 2017.

History

The channel began its broadcasts on September 1, 1998 replacing the "+ Música" channel, both produced by Sogecable. On September 9, 2005, the channel changed its image, both in logo and graphic line, resembling more its sister station. On December 11, 2014, the channel began broadcasting in a "" format. At the beginning of February 2016, the channel incorporated the new graphic identity of the LOS40 Radio for the television version.

40 Latino

In addition to this channel, 40 Latino was also created afterwards, which aired on Spain's DTT until August 23, 2010, and was later replaced by Canal+2. The channel continued to be available on several pay-TV platforms until the definitive cease of its broadcasts on January 4, 2012. Since then, the contents of 40 Latino have been broadcast on LOS40 TV until it was shut down.

Contents

LOS40 was formatted as a music video channel that dedicated to both national and international artists. This channel's programming consisted of pop news reports, best-selling charts, specialized programs and monographs, as well as blocks of the best music videos of a genre/artist and mostly, video playlist fillers. LOS40 TV was also presented in the main musical events and had a strong commitment to the development of exclusive content.
The channel was available to all payment operators in Spain except Vodafone TV.

Former programming

The first five of these programmes were transmitted simultaneously on TV and radio.