NickMusic

NickMusic
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaNationwide
NetworkNickelodeon
HeadquartersOne Astor Plaza
New York City, New York, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format480i 4:3 (SDTV) presented in 16:9 letterbox
Ownership
OwnerParamount Media Networks
Sister channels
History
LaunchedMay 1, 2002 (2002-05-01)
ReplacedMTV Hits
ClosedSeptember 1, 2025 (2025-09-01)
Replaced byNBC (Merge with NickMusic)
Music One (Spain)
Former namesMTV Hits (2002–16)

NickMusic is an American pay television network. It is a spin-off of Nickelodeon. It mainly broadcasts music video and music-related programming from younger pop artists. Some videos are edited to meet a general TV-PG rating, or replaced with a lyric video instead. Initially at launch in 2002, the channel was a spin-off to MTV, entitled MTV Hits. In 2016, it changed to NickMusic.

As MTV Hits

Nick music launched as MTV Hits in 2002.

As NickMusic

MTV Hits Rebranded as NickMusic.

Closure

NickMusic is Closed on September 1, 2025 and replaced by NBC.

NBC

NBC is owned by NBCUniversal. and it's non-music.

  • Nickelodeon
  • Nicktoons
  • MTV
  • MTV Classic
  • MTV Live
  • MTVU
  • MTV Tres
  • Music Choice

History

The network was launched on May 1, 2002 as MTV Hits. The network was named for a daily program on MTV also called MTV Hits. It was MTV's main pop music video program. The network included current hit music videos, along with a few older videos from earlier in the year, as well as a few from the late 1990s. The network maintained a commercial-free format, other than internal promotions for MTV and MTV-branded properties.

In 2005, the network began airing a feature called "My Hitlist Month". It was based on viewer selected playlists that were submitted to a new network website. My Hitlist Month, along with artist-selected playlists, were broadcast occasionally on the network until 2006.

In 2016, MTV Hits was re-branded NickMusic.