ZTV

ZTV was a Swedish television channel owned by Viasat. Launched in February, 1991, as a daily afternoon show on TV3 and TV4. In May 1992 it became a channel of its own on Swedish cable networks. The intention was to create a Swedish version of MTV and thus the focus was primarily on music. Since May 2006, most of its programming consisted of music videos. ZTV's last day was August 1, 2010 for all customers except for Boxer and Com Hem, who continued to distribute the channel indefinitely in a limited version. MTG's new sports channel TV10 took over the transmissions of other operators.

History

ZTV was initially also a combined radio station called Z-Radio. The sound from the television program went out also in radio through a number of community radio frequencies around the country. ZTV began broadcasting on their own channel position in 1992 and was owned by MTG, who also owned TV3 (Sweden) and TV6 (Sweden). Aside from music videos the channel featured many shows produced in Sweden. Although they were low budget they also featured new ideas and many of them received cult status. Many of the presenters went on to become stars on the major networks with ZTV being viewed as a breeding ground for new talent.

ZTV (Japan)

ZTV is a cable television operator headquartered in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

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ZTV (disambiguation)

ZTV may refer to: