CMT (American TV channel)
| Type | Country music (main) Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Spanish (via SAP audio track) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Global |
| Parent | MTV Entertainment Group (Paramount Media Networks) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | March 5, 1983 |
| Former names | CMTV (1983) |
| Links | |
| Website | CMT.com |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Affiliated Streaming Service | Paramount+ |
| Service(s) | DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo TV, Hulu with Live TV |
Country Music Television, often abbreviated to CMT, is an American pay TV network that launched on March 5, 1983. It is currently owned by Paramount Global through the MTV Entertainment Group unit of its networks division. CMT was the first nationally available channel devoted to country music and country music videos, with its programming also including concerts, specials, and biographies of country music stars.
Over time, the network's programming expanded to incorporate original lifestyle and reality programming, and acquired sitcoms. As of December 2023, CMT is available to approximately 56,000,000 pay television households in the United States; down from its 2011 peak of 93,000,000 households. The channel's headquarters are located in One Astor Plaza in New York City, and has additional offices in Nashville, Tennessee.