Deluxe Music

This article is about a German TV channel. For The Amiga music software, see Deluxe Music Construction Set.

Deluxe Music is a German free-to-air music television channel, operated by Just Music Fernsehbetriebs and owned by High View Holding. The channel was founded in 2004 by the German media entrepreneurs Markus Langemann and Cosmin Ene and started broadcasting on 1 April 2005. The target audience is 25-year-olds and older.^{[citation needed]}

Deluxe Music

Programming
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	High View Holding
Sister channels	Deluxe Dance by Kontor Deluxe Flashback Deluxe Lounge Deluxe Rap Deluxe Rock Schlager Deluxe
History
Launched	1 April 2005; 18 years ago (2005-04-01)
Links
Website	www.deluxemusic.tv www.highview.com

former Logo since February 12th 2019

former HD logo since February 12th 2019

The channel specializes in a varied range of music styles. In the daytime it plays more popular music, and broadcasts more specific styles at night, such as disco or rock.

The channel is broadcast on the Astra 19.2 satellite, as well as on cable systems. A HD version was launched in December 2012, as part of the HD+ package.^[1]

In January 2012, Deluxe Television filed for insolvency.^[2] In March 2012, it was bought by the High View group.^[3]

In January 2023, High View announced an agreement with Astra satellite operator, SES, to lease additional capacity for four new music channels, Deluxe Dance by Kontor, Deluxe Flashback, Deluxe Rock and Deluxe Rap. The new channels will start on 1 February 2023 and broadcast free-to-air.^[4]

Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2013^[5]	-	-	-	-	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2014^[6]	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2015^[7]	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
2016^[8]	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
2017^[9]	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%

References

1. "Deluxe Music to launch HD channel". Rapid TV News. 13 December 2012.
2. "Deluxe Music goes insolvent". Rapid TV News. 26 January 2012.
3. "HighView buys Deluxe Television". Rapid TV News. 20 March 2012.
4. High View to broadcast more channels with new SES agreement. Digital TV Europe. 26 January 2023. Accessed 30 January 2023
5. (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
6. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2014" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
7. (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
8. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2016" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
9. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links

• Official website (in German)