Universal Music Group's video channel IMF: International Music Feed has been acquired by the arts and creativity network Ovation TV. A press release today makes it official; Further details are at this Multichannel News article.

Not good news for music video fans, since it spells the end of a vibrant 24/7 video channel dedicated to artists from all around the world.

Details:

* IMF has essentially ceased its programming operations as a standalone entity.
* January 9 is the end of the broadcast run: Ovation TV will take over IMF's channel 157 position on Dish Network channel.
* IMF will cease programming on all other distributors — like Verizon FiOS, Joost and various mobile carriers — at the end of this quarter. Certain elements will continue to be seen on Ovation TV
* Bottom Line: Ovation TV gets a new channel slot that expands their reach by 60% to 25 million households. Universal gets an equity position in Ovation TV (and who knows what other compensation, since full terms weren't disclosed).
* Bottomer Line: There's one less place on TV to see music videos.

Source: videostatic

I've never heard of this channel, but still bad news

IMF play the same music videos every two hours, but at least they play music videos.

If you ever were up early enough to see videos on MTV, they play the same videos every 30 minutes

They do this because they want you to see the videos more online, hence why there's downloads and streams.

But still, IMF going away that sucks!

IMF dead! It was better than Fuse as of today.
Maybe I hope this forces Fuse to go back to videos.

Um..youtube

i liked IMF

I remember that channel; it was pretty good.

Thank you & R.I.P. IMF!