CMT (American TV channel)

Country Music Television (CMT)

Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	New York City
Programming
Language(s)	English Spanish (via SAP audio track)
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Media Networks (Paramount Global)
Parent	MTV Entertainment Group
Sister channels	List CBS CBS Sports Network CBS Sports HQ CBS Sports Golazo Network MTV MTV2 MTV Live MTV Classic BET BET Gospel BET Her BET Hip-Hop BET Jams BET Soul VH1 Comedy Central TV Land Logo CMT Music Pop TV Showtime The Movie Channel Flix Paramount Network Smithsonian Channel
History
Launched	March 5, 1983; 41 years ago (1983-03-05)
Former names	CMTV (1983)[1]
Links
Website	CMT.com
Availability
Streaming media
Affiliated Streaming Service	Paramount+
Service(s)	DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo TV, Hulu with Live TV

CMT (originally standing for Country Music Television) is an American pay TV network. Launched on March 5, 1983, as Country Music Television, CMT was the first nationally available channel devoted to country music and country music videos, with its programming also including concerts, specials, and biographies of country music stars. Over time, the network's programming expanded to incorporate original lifestyle/reality programming, and sitcoms aimed at audiences of all walks of life.

As of November 2023^[update], CMT is available to approximately 67,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 93,000,000 households.^[2] The channel's headquarters are located in One Astor Plaza in New York City, and has additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee.