Now 90s & 00s

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Now 90s & 00s
Country United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s) English
Picture format 16:9 576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerPenny Street TV Ltd (Universal Music Group) [1]
Sister channels Now 70s
Now 80s
Now Rock
Clubland TV
History
Launched3 July 2024
Links
Websitewww.nowmusic.com

Now 90s & 00s is a British free-to-air channel that focuses on music from the 1990s and 2000s.

Contents

History

In June 2024, Penny Street TV Ltd (Universal Music Group) were going to launch a new music channel called Now 90s & 00s which programmed 1990s and 2000s songs. [2]

On 3 July 2024, Now 90s & 00s launched on Sky and Virgin Media. Now 90s & 00s brought back the Now 90s brand but it's a programming block on certain hours along with a new programming block called Now 00s which focuses on 2000s songs.

From 7 November until 27 December 2024, Now 90s & 00s was temporarily rebranded to Now Christmas for the festive season.

Availability

Sky (UK): Channel 357

Virgin Media (UK): Channel 287

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References

  1. "NOW 90s & 00s". Ofcom.
  2. Thornham, Marc (June 25, 2024). "NOW Music prepares to plug gap left by music channel closure". RXTV.