EMPnetwork

The EMPnetwork is a British TV channel that airs a variety of content. 
== TMC ==
The Meme Channel (TMC) was a channel launched on February 1st 2000. The channel aired animation memes (idk I was into animation memes when I made this in 2018) but in the night the channel became The Music Channel (TMC) which obviously aired music videos . In 2002 a feed for 16:9 programs began airing. In 2005, EMP Group merged with TimeCom (a massive media conglomerate which owned TV stations like CN and Nick) to form EMP TimeCom Entertainment (later called EMPentertainment inc). TMC also had a sister channel TWC (The Wrestling Channel) which aired wrestling content. It was bought by WWE in 2014.
== EMPtoons ==
File:The EMP Archive- 'TMC' rebrands to EMPtoons (2008 but made in 2018)|TMC switches over to EMPnetwork
File:EMPtoons.png|EMPtoons logo with slogan
On November 10th 2008, TMC became EMPToons which aired mostly the same content. The Music Channel block became EMPmusic although it was controlled by MTV. The channel also aired full length cartoons from other channels such as Cartoon Network and NickToons. Despite TMC being in 16:9, the switchover and many programs were still in 4:3. In 2009, there were discussions about merging EMPtoons with The EMP channel (EMPtv) but nothing went through. Throughout its life time, the channel has been slammed for being to repetitive because it aired the same content. In 2011, EMP TimeCom Entertainment bought the retail chain HMV for £20,000,000,000 because of this, the EMPmusic block became HMVtv. 
=== Hijacking incident ===
In 2013, the channel was hijacked and started playing NSFW content. The channel gained control many times but programming was still interrupted by p**n and even g**e. This forced the channel to be closed for an entire day.
== The EMP Channel ==
File:EMP firstchoice.jpeg
The EMP Channel (known as EMP and EMPtv) was a sister channel to EMPtoons and it was launched on September 13th 2003. It aired adult comedy programs such as Family guy and South park. It’s most known original program was called gameshop (2006-2011) which was a show parodying video game shops such as CeX and GAME. The branding has been pretty much the same with the EMP logo on a black background although the TMC-EMPtoons switch over gave EMPtv a orange background. The slogan is the same with EMP (company) and EMP Cinemas being ‘The First Choice’. After the TimeCom merger, EMPtv merged with adult swim but still kept the EMPtv name. The channel closed on 21st March 2021, though there is a rumour that it will be replaced with EMPnetwork XD. 
== EMPnetwork ==
File:EMPtoons rebrands to the EMPnetwork (EMPnetwork launch) 21-03-21|The switchover
During the day on March 21st 2021, EMPtoons aired its final bumper and switched over to the EMPnetwork by just playing a bumper, although the EMPtoons DOG was still on the screen until the latter half of the day. EMPtoons was not killed though because it became a show/block and a new block was added ‘Cartoon Network on the EMPnetwork’. Also, during the night HMVtv still aired.
=== Rebrand to CHECK it 2.0 ===
File:I decided to rebrand the EMPnetwork cuz why the f**k not (Check it 2.0) 05-04-21|The rebrand to CHECK it 2.0
On April 5th the EMPnetwork received a logo change, although many bumpers and next bumpers are the same.
File:Some bad EMPnetwork bumpers I found in my YT drafts idk|CHECK it 2.0 bumpers
== Other info and trivia ==
* The channel has a Unovan counterpart, UNTVhd
* I came up with TimeCom, The Music Channel/EMPmusic/HMVtv , UNTVhd ,the hijack and most of EMPtv’s history on the day I wrote this
* I have my own wiki, everythinkmariopro wiki
* TimeCom’s name is a mix of Time Warner and Viacom
* The videos are unlisted because I wasn’t happy with them but I want this community to see them
* there may be continuity errors due to me making up info on the spot
Category:UK Stations
Category:British television network