Hit24

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Hit24
Country Germany
Broadcast area Germany, Austria
Headquarters Ismaning, Germany
Programming
Language(s) German
Picture format 576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerMainstream Media AG
Sister channels Goldstar TV
Heimatkanal
History
Launched3 April 2004;17 years ago (2004-04-03)
Closed1 July 2009;12 years ago (2009-07-01)
Links
Website www.hit24.tv

Hit24 was a German television channel that mainly broadcast music from the field of rock and roll and pop. The 24-hour special-interest programme featured music clips, hosted music programmes and live concerts. Broadcasting started on 3 April 2004.

Contents

The target group was the over 30-year-olds. The program was produced by Mainstream Media AG of media entrepreneur Gottfried Zmeck in Ismaning (near Munich), just like its counterpart in the field of Volkstümliche Musik Goldstar TV.

Distribution

Hit24 was broadcast via satellite and cable networks as part of Premiere's programme bouquet in Germany and Austria. This distribution was discontinued on 1 July 2009 in the course of the conversion of the program offering as a result of the brand change of Premiere to Sky Deutschland. [1] With Sky/Premiere no agreement could be reached on the further distribution of our channel from July onwards was stated on the Hit24's website.

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References

  1. "Musiksender Hit 24 verschwindet bei Sky". dwdl.de. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2018.