VIVA Media
Appearance
Country | Austria Germany Hungary Ireland Poland Switzerland United Kingdom |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | German English Polish Hungarian |
Ownership | |
Owner | Viacom (2004–) Viva Media AG (1993–2004) |
Viva is owned by MTV which is owned by Viacom.
Channels
Viva channels exist in some European countries:
Channel | Launched | Language | Comment |
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VIVA Germany | 1993-12-01 | German | Originally a 24-hour channel, VIVA was cut down to broadcast from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 8th, 2014. The rest of the time is used by Comedy Central. Comedy Central previously broadcast from 8:15 p.m. to 6 a.m. sharing its channel with Nickelodeon, which became a 24h channel on October 1st, 2014. |
VIVA Switzerland | 2000-09-06 | German | |
VIVA Austria | 2006-06-01 | German | |
VIVA Hungary | 2003-30-01 | Hungarian | |
VIVA Poland | 2000-06-10 | Polish | A 24 h music and entertainment channel. Like its European sister channels, the channel features localized music videos, programming, presenters and chart shows. |
Viva (UK and Ireland) | 2009-10-26 | English |
Logos
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Viva logo since 1 July 2012 in Poland and in UK and Ireland from 2011 to 2014 and in Hungary & Germany and 2013.
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The current logo of Viva (UK and Ireland) New logo from 13 December 2014.
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The logo used from 2004 to 2012 in Germany & Hungary, a YouTube Channel. Viva logo in UK and Ireland from 2008 to 2011 and 2009-2012 in Poland. TMF (UK and Ireland) was launched in 2000 and closed in 2008.
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The logo used from 1993 to 2004.