The
Cable Music Channel (
CMC) was an
American basic cable channel that was owned by the
Turner Broadcasting System. The all-music video channel was created by
Ted Turner and launched in
1984, providing the first national competition to
MTV. Turner later stated that the channel existed at the behest of the cable industry as a defense mechanism against MTV's unsuccessful attempts to increase the fees that cable providers paid to carry the channel by twofold; Turner offered the channel without any carriage fees.