The sale was subject to CRTC approval and was approved in June 2007, with the transaction completed on June 22, 2007 while the Citytv stations were sold to Rogers Media that same year.Since then, MuchMusic has aired a vast number of non-music related programs.Before those programs aired, Much Mega Hits was a prominent program that played various music videos based on singles....
The series follows six bands trying to make it in the industry, over the course of 6 months.MuchMusic has described the series as a "rock documentary"....
MuchMusic has been credited with helping to foster a vibrant Canadian music scene because of the Canadian content broadcast rules which mandated native musical acts had a secure and prominent place on the channel's video schedule.As well, MuchMusic funds the creation of new Canadian music videos through MuchFACT and produces the popular album series Big Shiny Tunes and MuchDance....
The channel is best known for showing their own version of a show's closing credits while playing a single, which they stopped doing in September 2014.In recent years, the popularity of MuchMusic has waned and the channel faces constant criticism that it focuses too much on "top 40" acts and programs that have nothing to do with music.A main point of criticism is not giving nearly enough time to smaller, independent and Canadian performers....
