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Music Box was a pioneering pan-European 24-hour cable and satellite television channel that ran from 29 March 1984 to 30 January 1987, and was operated by Music Box Limited. It was originally one of three services (along with Premiere and The Children's Channel) that formed Thorn EMI's venture into satellite television as a British version of MTV, and later became part of Virgin Vision as one of Richard Branson's business ventures launched in 1983.

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  • Music Box (Fernsehsender) (de)
  • Music Box (rete televisiva) (it)
  • Music Box (TV channel) (en)
  • Music Box (TV-kanal) (sv)
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  • Music Box war der erste paneuropäische 24-Stunden-Musiksender, der von London aus per Eutelsat-1-F1-Satellit in ganz Europa, den Nahen Osten und Nordafrika übertragen wurde. Es gab Moderatoren aus verschiedenen europäischen, westasiatischen und nordafrikanischen Ländern. Betreiber war die Music Channel Ltd., ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt von THORN EMI, Virgin Group und Yorkshire Television. Der Sendebetrieb begann im März 1984. In West-Deutschland wurde das Programm seinerzeit in das Kabelfernsehnetz der Deutschen Bundespost eingespeist. Das letzte Musikvideo, das am 30. Januar 1987 vor der Umschaltung auf Super Channel gespielt wurde, war Don’t Give Up von Kate Bush und Peter Gabriel. (de)
  • Music Box was a pioneering pan-European 24-hour cable and satellite television channel that ran from 29 March 1984 to 30 January 1987, and was operated by Music Box Limited. It was originally one of three services (along with Premiere and The Children's Channel) that formed Thorn EMI's venture into satellite television as a British version of MTV, and later became part of Virgin Vision as one of Richard Branson's business ventures launched in 1983. (en)
  • Music Box era una rete televisiva britannica che nel corso degli anni ottanta aveva sviluppato un pionieristico canale via cavo e via satellite visibile in Europa, Medio Oriente e Nord Africa specializzato in videoclip musicali. Era controllata al 50% da Thorn EMI, al 45% dalla società Virgin di Richard Branson e al 5% da Yorkshire Television (emittente televisiva con sede a Leeds affiliata al network televisivo ITV), e andava in onda via satellite 24 ore su 24 con trasmissioni simultanee. (it)
  • Music Box var en Europeisk 24-timmars kabel- och satellitkanal, ägd av Virgin, som sände från mars 1984 till och med den 30 januari 1987. Som 24-timmars TV-kanal på 1980-talet kunde Music Box nå 60 miljoner potentiella tittare i Europa, Mellanöstern och Nordafrika. Vid denna tid var satellitmottagningssystem mycket dyra och av denna anledning var kanalen mycket stor i de länder där kabel-TV-näten var väl utbyggda, främst i Storbritannien, Nederländerna, Belgien, Västtyskland och i de skandinaviska länderna. (sv)
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