Deluxe Music

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Deluxe Music
Station logo
TV station ( private law )
Program type Special program (music)
reception DVB-C , DVB-S , Internet
Image resolution 576i ( SDTV )
1080i ( HDTV ) (Deluxe Music HD)
Start of transmission April 1, 2005
owner Just Music Fernsehbetriebs GmbH
executive Director Alexander Trauttmansdorff
List of TV channels
Website
Logo until January 30, 2013
Logo until February 12, 2019

Deluxe Music is a German TV station based in Landshut , which mainly broadcasts music videos for a wide audience.

On March 16, 2012, HV Fernsehbetriebs GmbH took over Deluxe Television GmbH. In the course of this, Deluxe Television GmbH was renamed Just Music Fernsehbetriebs GmbH and the company headquarters relocated to Landshut.

In the cable network , the station can be received via Pÿur , NetCologne , Telekom Entertain , Vodafone Kabel Deutschland and Vodafone West (previously Unitymedia).

On the Internet, the program is fed in via IPTV from several providers, as well as being offered as Internet television on streaming services such as Zattoo and on the broadcaster's own website.

history

The Deluxe Television GmbH , based in Ismaning near Munich, was by the German media entrepreneurs Mark Langemann founded and Cosmin-Gabriel Ene year of 2004. Deluxe Music first aired on April 1, 2005. The first played music video was The Best of Tina Turner .

Deluxe Music currently reaches over 30 million households in Europe via cable and satellite , including around fifteen million in Germany. The program was also distributed to North America between October 1, 2005 and May 1, 2006 . Since the beginning of 2008, Deluxe Music has also been broadcasting in Dolby Digital 5.1 .

In the Pay TV area, Deluxe Television broadcast a total of four channels. The channels Deluxe Rock, Deluxe Soul and Deluxe Groove , for example, were broadcast on Telekom Entertain's pay TV service . The channel Deluxe Lounge HD was broadcast on KabelBW and Vodafone TV. Deluxe Lounge HD showed landscape and nature recordings with music in the chill-out / lounge areas, in Dolby Digital 5.1.

There are also the deluxe radio and deluxe lounge radio offshoots . These were broadcast in the cable network of Munich, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg and Europe-wide and digitally via the Astra satellite. The stations can currently only be received via stream via the Internet or a corresponding mobile app for mobile devices.

In January 2010, co-founder and managing director Cosmin Ene left the company and founded LaterPay , an Internet payment provider.

In November of the same year, the founder Markus Langemann also left the management, while Kate Lebedeff remained as sole managing director. Langemann stayed with the company as a partner.

In 2011 the number of programs on Deluxe Music was increased to 26, most of which are based on musical genres. New programs include Deluxe Backbeats, Deluxe Soul, Made in Germany and UK Sensations. There are also programs with an editorial focus such as Deluxe Art with particularly sophisticated music clips or Deluxe Cinema with soundtracks. Further series such as concerts and music documentaries are planned.

Deluxe Music HD logo until February 12, 2019

On January 23, 2012, Deluxe Television GmbH filed for bankruptcy at the Munich District Court .

The cable network operator Vodafone Kabel Deutschland and Unitymedia ended the broadcast in mid-March 2012 . On March 16, 2012 it was announced that the broadcaster had found a new owner with High View Media . For the time being, the station will continue to be received via Internet live stream, via the cable network operators Kabel BW , NetCologne and Tele Columbus, as well as via satellite and the IPTV service Telekom Entertain .

Since December 17, 2012, Deluxe Music has been available in HD via the paid Astra HD + platform.

Since January 1, 2013, Deluxe Music no longer broadcasts in Dolby Digital , but only in stereo. The new screen design was introduced at the end of the month . Since then, the SD version has merged with the HD version.

On February 26, 2013, Unitymedia added the HD version of the channel to its range. In Switzerland, Deluxe Music HD is available from Swisscom on the former slot of Deluxe Lounge HD. On May 29, 2013, Kabel Deutschland took the SD variant of the channel back into its offer in encrypted form.

On December 23, 2014, the station broadcast a moderated program for the first time, the weekly program Update Deluxe with Jennifer Weist , the front woman of the band Jennifer Rostock . Previously, the video clips were only sent without comment. Since December 2015, Markus Kavka , the former presenter of MTV Germany , has been presenting the series Kavka Deluxe with personal stories from selected music videos.

Since July 14, 2016, the SD version of the station can be seen again unencrypted on Kabel Deutschland.

A sister channel Deluxe Lounge HD can be received on the Hbb TV platform TV Plus .

On February 12, 2019, Deluxe Music introduced a new on-air design and new station logo.

broadcasts

Current broadcasts

The Deluxe Music program is largely unmoderated. The following programs are currently in the program (as of March 2020):

broadcast description
80s extremes Music videos from the 1980s
Coffee & TV Music video mix
egoDeluxe Music outside the mainstream
Dance Deluxe Music videos from the dance genre
Deluxe Top 25 The best 25 songs from the deluxe editorial team
Deluxe Top 40 The best 40 songs from the deluxe editorial team
Disco deluxe Broadcast with mashups and DJ mixes
DJ Night Deluxe by Kontor Records Show with DJ mixes
DLXM session Recorded live concerts by individual artists
HipHop Deluxe Music videos from the hip-hop genre
Hitshaker Deluxe Music video mix
Hits Only Broadcast with the greatest hits in music history
Hot.Now. The hottest music videos of the moment
Jukebox Broadcast with music requests from viewers
Kavka Deluxe Current topics from the music world, moderated by Markus Kavka
League ticker Music videos with the live results of the Bundesliga
Made in Germany Music videos from Germany
Make My Day Music video mix
Morning show Music video mix
New Arrivals New music videos
Rock Deluxe Music videos from the rock genre
Devil top 10 The 10 hottest music videos of the moment
Update deluxe Current topics from the music world, moderated by Jennifer Weist
Wagner executive chair Music videos from the jazz genre

Former or paused programs

  • Almost Famous: Music Videos from New Artists
  • American : Music videos from the USA
  • Backbeats : Music videos from the genres R&B, Groove, HipHop, Urban, Soul and Club Sounds
  • Back In Time : Music videos from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
  • Breakfast Club : music video mix
  • Brunch : music videos from the genre classical and light pop
  • Best Of Genre : Music videos on a specific topic
  • Deluxe Allstars : Music Video Mix
  • Deluxe Art : Music videos with artistic value
  • Deluxe Cinema : Broadcast with film soundtracks
  • Deluxe Essentials: Music videos from different genres
  • Deluxe Files : Documentaries on specific artists / specific bands
  • Deluxe Gold : music video mix
  • Deluxe Soul : Music videos from the soul genre
  • Deluxe Style : Music videos about fashion and beauty
  • Deluxe Tastemaker : Show with editorial recommendations and new music videos
  • Dinner & Bar Tunes : Music videos from the genres of relaxed pop and jazz
  • Filtr Deluxe : acoustic concerts
  • Friday Night Live : Broadcast with concerts by well-known artists
  • iPlanet : Images from nature in conjunction with lounge music
  • Ladies Night : Relaxing party songs and romantic ballads
  • Love Lounge : Music videos on the topic of love
  • Morning Coffee : Music Video Mix
  • Nightflight : Flights over large cities accompanied by lounge music
  • Number Ones : Show with the most successful hits in music history
  • Popcorner : Program in which facts about the artist / band appear in addition to the music videos
  • Pure 90's: Music Videos from the 1990s
  • Raumfeld Deluxe : music video mix
  • Soundtrack : Soundtracks from films
  • Stars And Stripes : Music Videos by American Artists
  • UK Sensations : Music videos from the UK

target group

The main target group are people between the ages of 25 and 55 who do not or only partially identify with the programs of the music video broadcaster MTV (mostly aimed at a younger audience) . VH-1 Germany had a similar target group in the 1990s . Many of the current shows show more music videos within the mainstream, making the program more accessible to a wider and younger audience and significantly increasing its success.

Deluxe Lounge HD

Deluxe Lounge HD was a pay TV channel that only showed lounge music in conjunction with high-definition nature images for 24 hours. The channel was discontinued at the end of 2012 in favor of Deluxe Music HD. The program can now be received again via the streaming provider Mobile2Morrow .

Deluxe Lounge HD logo

Other special interest channels

The station announced the broadcast of two more music video stations for 2005 and 2006. A transmitter for electronic music (Deluxe Nova) and a classic channel (Deluxe Classic) were planned. Both channels have not yet started and an official launch date has not been announced. Meanwhile, Deluxe Television was planning more channels. Before the bankruptcy, six further license applications were made, which have already been approved by the responsible media authority and the KEK.

Deluxe Music Lounge

The Deluxe Music Lounge was a package with the channels Deluxe Rock, Deluxe Soul and Deluxe Groove, which was distributed as a paid IPTV offer.

In Germany, the Deluxe Music Lounge could be received via O 2 (Alice) and Vodafone, among others .

Receive data

The station can be received in Germany via DVB-C in the cable network , the satellites Astra 2C and Eutelsat 9A , via IPTV and an Internet stream.

SD program HD program SD program HD program
satellite Astra 1N (19.2 ° East) Astra 1KR (19.2 ° East) Eutelsat 9B (9 ° East) Eutelsat 9B (9 ° East)
Transponder 87 55 E4 E16
Frequency (MHz) 12148 10803 11785 12015
polarization horizontal horizontal horizontal horizontal
Symbol rate (symb / s) 27500 22000 27500 27500
FEC 3/4 3/4 2/3 2/3
modulation DVB-S QPSK DVB-S2 8PSK DVB-S2 8PSK DVB-S2 8PSK
Encryption no Nagravision 3, Videoguard no Conax, Videoguard

There is also an encrypted HD version on Eutelsat 9A that is not intended for direct reception.

Deluxe radio channels

Deluxe radio channels logo

Current radio channels

  • Deluxe Radio : Jazz and Swing
  • Deluxe Lounge Radio: Mainly lounge music and its own video channel on the homepage
  • The television program can also be received as deluxe music radio .

Former radio channels

  • Disco Deluxe: Mashups of the show "Disco Deluxe"
  • 80s Extreme: Music from the 1980s
  • Dinner & Bar Tunes: Relaxed pop and jazz
  • Deluxe Rock: Mainly rock music
  • Deluxe Gold: Great hits in music history

All radio channels can be received via the mobile app . For Windows Phone 7 all channels are chargeable, for iOS Deluxe Radio, Deluxe Music Radio and Deluxe Lounge TV ( VoD ) are free.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Deluxe-Music-gerettet-Verkauf-an-High-View-sichert-Sendebetrieb.82636.0.html
  2. Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.planet-tv.de
  3. https://www.deluxemusic.tv/impressum.html
  4. TV channel list: TV channels on cable TV. In: kabel-blog.de. Retrieved May 17, 2013 .
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  6. World premiere: Deluxe TV starts with lounge music TV in full HD , December 19, 2008, digitalfernsehen.de
  7. DELUXE and T-Com sign a contract for six more music television channels on T-Home , February 15, 2008
  8. DELUXE LOUNGE HD - television of the most exclusive kind ( Memento of February 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  9. Laterpay - Patent Pending
  10. Deluxe Music revises program and appearance horizont.net from March 24, 2011
  11. Complete relaunch and new on-air design at Deluxe Music satnews.de from March 25, 2011
  12. Insolvency application filed: Music TV provider Deluxe Television is insolvent , January 24, 2012, DWDL.de
  13. http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Deluxe-Television-mendet-Insolvenz-an-Musiksender-vor-dem-Aus.77782.0.html
  14. New deluxe owner wants to "rather spend more" , DWDL.de of April 16, 2012
  15. ^ Radio - Deluxe Music. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  16. http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/Deluxe-Music-Interessent-fuer-insolventen-Sender- discovered.82503.0.html
  17. http://www.quotenmeter.de/cms/?p1=n&p2=55574&p3=
  18. http://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/39387/deluxe_music_praesentiert_sich_in_neuem_look/ Deluxe Music has a new look
  19. Deluxe Music is now available digitally in Kabel Deutschland's cable network. (No longer available online.) In: kabeldeutschland.com. May 29, 2013, archived from the original on June 15, 2013 ; Retrieved June 17, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kabeldeutschland.com
  20. http://www.wunschliste.de/tvnews/m/deluxe-music-startet-erste-moderierte-sendung-mit-jennifer-WEIS
  21. Kavka Deluxe Deluxe Music, accessed September 30, 2016
  22. Deluxe Music: From discontinued model to shooting starquotemeter.de, accessed on September 30, 2016
  23. Subject: Will more happen on July 12th? July 11, 2016, accessed July 14, 2016 .
  24. INFOSAT Verlag & Werbe GmbH: DELUXE MUSIC broadcasts in a new design. February 12, 2019, accessed February 14, 2019 .
  25. TV transmitter - M2M TV. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 5, 2017 ; accessed on March 4, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mobile2morrow.com
  26. Astra program list, (PDF; 649 kB) accessed on February 24, 2013
  27. ^ Radio - Deluxe Music. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  28. Overview of apps