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Country | India United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | International |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Hindi |
Picture format | 16:9 576i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | B4U Network Limited |
Sister channels | B4U Movies B4U Kadak B4U Bhojpuri |
History | |
Launched | 1 September 1999 |
Links | |
Website | b4umusic |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Oqaab (Afghanistan) | Channel 60 |
Streaming media | |
Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
DD Free Dish | LCN 63 |
Airtel digital TV | LCN 486 |
B4U Music is an Indian Hindi language free to air music television channel owned by the B4U Network Limited.
The channel broadcasts a mixture of contemporary Bollywood, Indipop, Bhangra and international music. Programs include celebrity interviews, artist profiles, concerts and chart rundowns, as well as video request shows.
There are four different versions of the channel being broadcast in the UK, North America, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Each feed produces a quantity of local programming which reflects the culture and tastes of the local population of the Indian diaspora and new logo on 12.12.2020.
Since 2008, the yearly UK Asian Music Awards have been produced and broadcast by the channel. [1]
B4U Music emerged as the No.1 Asian TV channel in UK ratings in January 2022. [2]
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