CMT Music
CMT Music (formerly CMT Pure Country) is an American pay television channel and a sister network to CMT. It is part of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. It showcases country music videos, using the same 8-hour programming wheel schedule as its sister networks. History. The network was first launched as VH1 Country, a country music video-oriented spinoff of VH1. The channel launched on August 1, 1998, predating the merger of CBS Cable networks TNN and CMT into Viacom). On May 27, 2006, the channel rebranded as CMT Pure Country, as part of a  realignment to use the CMT brand for all country music-related programming. On January 4, 2016, the network's name was changed to CMT Music. Outside of the addition of full-length video tags throughout videos and new imaging, no major changes came to the channel's programming. In 2015, the network discontinued specific video blocks due to that year's cutbacks throughout Viacom, including music video programmers. The network has lost carriage throughout time with the growth of the Internet streaming and CMT no longer being considered among ViacomCBS's 'prime networks', and has generally been depreciated by ViacomCBS  in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable and streaming providers for other options such as its Pluto TV streaming service, which provides several CMT and Vevo-branded country music channels. in 2021, Spectrum removed it from their current-day packages, with only grandfathered subscribers with older packages able to view the network. Programming. Currently, the network offers an eight-hour wheel of videos, all under the EPG-only title of "CMT Music" with little theming of video blocks outside promoting special events such as the CMT Music Awards nominees and winners around the ceremony. As Pure Country, the network featured  branded blocks of programming sub-divided by genres and periods of time.