International Music Feed

IMF (International Music Feed)
Launched	January 20, 2005
Closed	March 30, 2008(replaced with Ovation TV)
Owned by	Universal Music Group
Broadcast area	United States, (Ireland, France and United Kingdom mobile only)
Website	http://www.imf.com (no longer in service)

The International Music Feed was a music channel launched in 2005 broadcasting in the United States. IMF had a broad music policy focusing on music from around the world. The channel ceased operating in March, 2008.It was the only channel in the US that focused on combining music from American artists with music from other countries across the globe. IMF maintained the increasingly rare format based very largely on playing music videos rather than other programming.. The channel was wholly owned by Universal Music Group, but played artists from all labels.

Availability

• United States: Dish Network Channel 157, Verizon FiOS, Joost, Surewest Channel 151, AT&T U-Verse, and WOW!, Sprint PCS and Amp'd Mobile,
• United Kingdom: Vodafone
• Republic of Ireland: Vodafone Ireland
• France:SFR

Ceased Broadcasting

• It was announced January 7, 2008, that the station would be going off the air. January 9 was the end of the station's major market run, after Ovation TV purchased the channel and replaced it with Ovation TV. [1]

• After its initial widespread removal, IMF was removed from the channel lineups of various smaller television providers over the course of February 2008.

• Finally, as of March 31, 2008 the station was no longer available.

Former Programs

• World's Best Videos - Showed music videos from the top 40 chart, and included some music videos that were not known outside of their home nation. (Usually 60 minutes duration).
• Hello World - Music celebrity, and international "playboy" Mack Diamond hosted music videos from a specific country along with an assortment of random facts about that country. (10-15 minute duration).
• One World - Showed music videos that were not often seen and usually did not play videos from the top 40 chart. (30 minute duration).
• Journey to the Center of the Rock - Showed a wide variety of rock videos from many different sub-genres and from many different countries. (30 minute duration).
• Bodega Beats - Featured reggaeton and Latin Hip-Hop music videos. It was aired Wednesday nights at 10PM and was hosted by B-Real. An audio-only version of Bodega Beats was formerly broadcast on Station 90 on XM Satellite Radio. (30 minute duration).
• Bridge to Latin America - Played music videos from Latin America. (30 minute duration).
• JRock Feed - A brief segment which featured interviews with artists and fans during the JRock Revolution Festival held at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Plans for a full music block showcasing a wide variety of Japanese Rock and Pop artists were announced in a thread posted by IMF staff in the "International Artists" section of the channel's Boards[2], but these plans never came to fruition due to the sudden buyout by Ovation TV.
• Passage to India - Shows music videos from India. (30 minute duration).
• The Best of Farm Club - Shows random songs and interviews from artists that have appeared on the popular show (30 minute duration). No longer airing
• Hip Hop Society - Features international hip hop music videos. (30 minute duration).
• Raw Feed - Behind the scenes footage of artists. The length of each Raw Feed varies, but most are 30 seconds or less. Raw Feed is shown at random between music videos.
• The Feed Center - Brief news spots focusing on artists, usually pertaining to their latest or upcoming music video. (2 - 5 minute duration).
• Local Feed - The host Chad Mann interviews bands and other people from major international cites (Tokyo and Stockholm so far) and gives short reports (1–4 minutes) on various topics about the city. Airs randomly between music videos.

External links

• IMF Website Archive
• JRock Feed segment
• Forum post mentioning plans for an all Japanese Music block

The 24 hour programming cycle started at 3PM Central time, and ran 8 hour blocks of videos repeated twice during the broadcast day. If you saw a video at 3PM, it also aired at 11PM and 7AM the next morning.