To celebrate the launch of C Music TV on JSC AKADO cable network in Moscow Russia, C Music TV subscribers are invited to take part in a competition to win C Music TV branded souvenirs and a compilation CD of works by one of the world’s greatest classical composers.

The competition runs in two stages from June 25th to July 5th and July 6th to July 15th. Answer the three multichoice questions and take home great prizes.

To enter the competition go to JSC AKADO Russia

TERMS & CONDITIONS: This competition is only available to JSC AKADO subscribers in Russia is open for entries between 25th June to 5th July & 6th July to 15th July 2010. This competition is the sole responsibility of JSC AKADO & entrants must have read, understood & accepted the Terms and conditionsthat apply as stated on the Akado website.

To celebrate the launch of C Music TV on the Multichoice DStv satellite network across Africa, C Music TV subscribers on DStv in Africa have the chance to win a pair of tickets to fly to London to see 'The Lord of the Rings' soundtrack performed live at the Royal Albert Hall !

Howard Shore's Academy award-winning score will be performed on stage by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ludwig Wicki, to a high definition cinematic screening of Peter Jackson's award-winning film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

The prize includes two airplane tickets and two nights’ accommodation at the 5* Sheraton Park Lane Hotel, including breakfast.

To enter the competition go to Multichoice DStv Africa or watch C Music TV's on air promotion

TERMS & CONDITIONS: This competition is only available to Multichoice DStv subscribers in Africa, is open for entries between 31st May to 25th June 2010 & the prize concert date is 28th September 2010. This competition is the sole responsibility of Multichoice DStv and entrants must have read, understood and accepted the Terms and conditions that apply as stated on the DStv website.

Electric violin duo FUSE (Linzi Stoppard & Ben Lee) the former faces of C Music TV, release their self titled debut album this month. FUSE features incredible tracks including ‘Fix You’ by Coldplay, Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’, the lead track 'Glorious' by Andreas Johnson & Zeppelin’s ‘Kashmir’.

Last month Ben broke the official world record to become the 'Fastest Violin Player in the World'! Ben played Flight of the Bumblebee at 15 notes per second to set the new Guinness World Record of 1 minute 4.21 seconds. He can now proudly claim to truly have the "fastest fingers in the world!".

Watch C Music TV's Close Up on FUSE HERE

To pre-order the album on i-tunes & find out more about the band, visit FUSE's official website HERE

Recently signed to Sony Music, Amy Dickson is swiftly establishing herself as one of the world’s leading saxophonists. Truly remarkable within her field, Dickson is a modern music ambassador & highly talented advocate of this diverse instrument, leading the way as the ‘new kid on the block’.

Described by New York Concert Review as “a revelation”, Amy has performed around the world in venues from London’s Wigmore Hall to Sydney’s Opera House & is gaining much-deserved attention for her unique style.

Filmed in London in early 2010, Amy talks exclusively to C Music TV about her music education, career & passion for music as well as arranging & recording her acclaimed second album 'Glass, Tavener & Nyman'.

Watch C Music TV's Close Up with Amy Dickson here

On February 3rd 2010, C Music TV's signal on Eurobird 9A moves to transponder 83 & becomes encrypted using CONAX.

All cable & satellite operators redistributing C Music TV's signal legally have received encyption cards & so there should be no loss of signal or service to viewers. (There has been dual illumination since the beginning of January.)

In the event of any problems viewers should first contact their cable provider & not C Music TV.

SAT-TRSP: EB9-83
Frequency: 12,360 GHZ
Polarization: H
SR: 27,500 Msymb/s
FEC: 3/4
QPSK
Encryption: CONAX

As a result of this encryption it will no longer be possible for viewers to access the C Music TV signal via the Eurobird 9A distribution satellite directly. To see if you can instead receive the channel from your local cable provider click here for details.

Otherwise to continue to watch C Music TV you will need to subscribe to watch our Online service. Click here to register free. Thank you.

Hans Zimmer, the German multiple Oscar & Grammy award winning film composer, has written scores for more than 100 movies including Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King & The Last Samurai. C Music TV met up with Hans Zimmer in London to talk exclusively about his soundtrack to Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie's new film starring Robert Downey Junior as Sherlock & Jude Law as Dr Watson.

C Music TV also talked exclusively with Zimmer about his music education, critically acclaimed career & passion for music & film.

Sherlock Holmes goes on general cinema release in Europe on December 26th 2009. C Music TV's interviewer was Bob Jones & film clips are courtesy of Warner Brothers Film.

Watch C Music TV's Close Up on Sherlock Holmes HERE.

Simon Keenlyside (CBE) is a Grammy award winning, acclaimed English baritone singer. A successful choirboy at St John's College Cambridge in his youth, he later read zoology at Cambridge University before continuing to study singing at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. After winning the Peter Moore Foundation Scholarship he has gone on to give critically acclaimed performances at the world's finest Opera houses winning numerous awards.

C Music TV met up with Simon in London where he talked exclusively about his music education, critically acclaimed career & enduring passion for music.

C Music TV's interviewer was Bob Jones & the performance clips are taken from Mozart's Opera 'Don Giovanni' (Opus Arte DVD) & Ambroise Thomas' 'Hamlet' (EMI Classics).

Watch C Music TV's Close Up on Simon Keenlyside HERE.

C Music TV was singled out for special praise by an international jury at the 2009 HOT BIRD™ European Satellite television awards finals in Venice, Italy. The HOT BIRD™ satellite TV Awards are given by an independent Jury of international journalists and media experts to recognise "excellence and innovation in television broadcasting".

The HOT BIRD™ awards are open to more than 2,000 television channels broadcasting to 160 million homes across Europe on the 11 Hotbird or Eurobird satellites. They are presented in association with Eutelsat, Sat Expo, Eurovisioni & The Hollywood Reporter & were attended by C Music TV's Channel Manager Alexandra Edwards & Founder / CEO Julian Rigamonti, seen above with their trophy.

Last year C Music TV won the title of Best Music TV Channel and this year was Runner Up to Trace Tropical. C Music TV was also singled out for a 'Special Mention Award' by the international Jury in Venice for the channel's "excellence and strong branding".

Watch C Music TV's 2009 HOT BIRD™ European Satellite TV Award HERE & the 2008 Award HERE

Katherine Jenkins is a Welsh singer & the fastest selling female mezzo-soprano since Maria Callas. A former school teacher, she signed the biggest recording deal in UK classical music history & has released a staggering seven albums before the age of thirty. This Autumn Katherine released her most ambitious album to date, 'Believe', a mix of contemporary & traditional repertoire produced by David Foster for Warner Records.

C Music TV Close Up met with Katherine in London to talk exclusively about her extraordinary career to date, ambitions for the future & her new album 'Believe'.

WATCH Katherine Jenkins Close Up HERE & the full length interview, only available online HERE .

Raven are British musicians Stephenie Benedetti (violin), Kirsty Mangan (violin), Natalie Holt (viola) & Rachel Lander (cellist).

Their self titled debut album, released this year, is an eclectic set list of entirely original arrangements by members Natalie Holt & Kirsty Mangan that promises to challenge the traditional ‘background’ role of the string quartet & appeal to all audiences.

C Music TV Meets the girls to talk about their musical influences, most memorable performances and recording their debut.

Read the interview here

C Music TV has been nominated to retain the title of "Best Music TV Channel" at 2009's prestigious HOT BIRD™ European satellite TV Awards ! C Music TV will be defending the title it won in 2008 against two other short listed music channels. The nomination alone is a great honour as these awards are European television's equivalent of the Oscars !

The HOT BIRD™ satellite TV Awards are given by an independent Jury of international journalists and media experts to recognise "excellence and innovation in television broadcasting". This year the Jury considered 100's of thematic TV channels broadcasting on satellites across Europe and Africa before deciding upon 2009's shortlist. Remarkably, C Music TV has been nominated for the 2nd year running and during only its 2nd year on-air ! Watch C Music TV's 2008 Nomination

Winners of this year’s Eurovisioni event will be announced at a gala ceremony to be held in Venice, Italy on 20th November 2009

Acclaimed pianist Rosey Chan is an artist with great talent, ambition & the tenacity to explore uncharted territories. It is this rare combination that sets Rosey apart from many young artists of her generation. Born & educated in England Rosey graduated from the prestigious Royal College of Music in London, founded the Yukawa-Chan piano duo & went on to perform at some of the world's greatest venues including London's Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall & at Carnegie Hall in New York.

From 2008 Rosey began to work on her solo career collaborating with fashion designers, dancers, rock stars & film directors. Her appeal to a wide ranging audience makes her the perfect face of C Music TV 2009. Commenting on the announcement Rosey said " I am delighted to be working with C Music TV to break new ground in classical music broadcasting & performance". C Music TV is equally chuffed!

You can watch Rosey's debut music-video here & her Close-Up Interview here - enjoy!

C Music TV Close Up with Nicola Benedetti.

International violinist Nicola Benedetti talks exclusively to C Music TV about her musical influences, recent recordings and favourite repertoire.

Filmed in London before embarking on a tour of America with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, Nicola talks about her fourth album 'Vaughan Williams & Tavener' & what she considers to be defining moments in her career, notably winning Young Musican of the Year in 2004 & performing works by Sir John Tavener written specifically for her.

Click here to watch C Music TV's Close Up on Nicola Benedetti online

C Music TV is delighted to have been awarded the Honour of being named 'BEST MUSIC TV CHANNEL' at the HOT BIRD™ EUROPEAN TV Awards 2008, television's equivalent of the Oscars! (November 2008)

An International Jury of journalists and media experts met in Venice, Italy from September 19th - 21st to view hundreds of thematic channels broadcasting to more than 160 million homes across Europe.

C Music TV won the overall Honour of 'BEST MUSIC TV CHANNEL' ahead of the other finalists MTV Gold, National Geo Music, Balkanika Music & Trace TV. The winners of this year’s prestigious Eurovisioni event were announced on 14 November at a gala ceremony held in Venice, Italy.

The shortlist of channels nominated for the prestigious HOT BIRD™ TV Awards 2008 has now been finalized and we are delighted to announce that C Music TV has been nominated for Best Music TV Channel! (September 2008)

An International Jury of journalists and media experts met in Venice, Italy from September 19th - 21st to view over 130 thematic channels broadcasting across Europe. The Jury then nominated a shortlist of thematic channels by the categories: Children’s, Cinema, Culture/Education, Documentaries, Fiction, HDTV, Lifestyle, National Window, News & Sports and Music, our category.

The full line-up of winners of this year’s Eurovisioni event will be announced on 14 November at a gala ceremony called the “Night of Satellites”, which will be held in the lagoon of Venice at the prestigious “Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista”.

The signal for C Music TV transferred from Eurobird 9-62 to Eurobird 9-54 on July 14th 2008. (July 2008)

The new technical details for C Music TV on Eurobird 9 are:

SAT-TRSP: EB9-54
Frequency: 11 804.2 MHZ
Polarization: V
SR: 27.500 Msymb/s
FEC: 3/4
SID: 334
PMT: 6201
Video PID: 6203
Audio PID: 6202

C Music TV has gone live on the Orbit Satellite TV network (reaching more than a dozen countries in the Middle East) & on the NEUF Cegetel IP based cable TV network in France. (January 2009)

C Music TV, the classical, cinematic & chillout music-video channel, is one of just 5 music channels available to the Middle East via Orbit. The channel is also available on the Orbit network of 500 hotels in the region which includes the Hilton, Marriott, Ritz, Sheraton, Le Meridien, Intercontinental, Hyatt Regency & Savoy Hotel groups as well as the famous Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai. br>

C Music TV has also added NEUF Cegetel to it's distribution in France, which already includes FREE. The channel is now available in numerous television networks across Europe, Asia, Africa & the Middle East. For more details please visit the distribution page of our website.

FUSE, the electric-violin duo & Face of C Music TV have released their first ever music-video, "Glorious". The video was shot by C Music TV during the Cannes TV festival after FUSE played live at our VIP party, at the glamorous L'Hotel 3.14 private beach club. (April 2008)

FUSE which combines the talents of Linzi Stoppard & Ben Lee, arranged this version of the Andreas Johnson pop track for violin themselves. Much of the action takes place along Cannes' famous 'Croissette' with the rest being shot in London, where FUSE are based when not performing around the world.

Commenting on the video Linzi said, "Ben & I had so much fun making this video! We wanted a cool Riviera feel to reflect how contemporary & versatile the violin can be. FUSE's innovative sound stands out from the conventional classical image associated with the instrument. Working with C Music TV we're really keen to keep opening people's eyes, ears & minds to this kind of music."

To watch the video click here or click the central picture above.

For more information about FUSE check out their myspace at www.myspace.com/fusemusic