CMT (American TV channel)

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
Former names	CMTV (1983)
Links
Website	CMT.com
Availability
Streaming media
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 January 2018, approximately 92 million U.S. homes ^[2] (or 76.9% of the Nielsen-estimated 119.2 million television households ^[3]) receive CMT. The channel's headquarters are located in One Astor Plaza in New York City, and has additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee.

^ Charles K. Wolfe; James E. Akenson (October 17, 2014). Country Music Annual 2001. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813157184. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
^ "Spectrum Reach: Country Music Television". Spectrum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
^ "Nielsen Insights: National Television Household Universe 2017-2018 Season". Nielsen Research. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2018.

[1] Charles K. Wolfe; James E. Akenson (October 17, 2014). Country Music Annual 2001. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813157184. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

[2] "Spectrum Reach: Country Music Television". Spectrum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.

[3] "Nielsen Insights: National Television Household Universe 2017-2018 Season". Nielsen Research. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2018.

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