![]() The adoption of CMT into the MTV family brought programming changes that pulled the channel into line with the other MTV channels. ![]() ![]() In 1999, Viacom, the new owner of CBS, merged CMT and TNN with its MTV Network channels, completing the consolidation of the original music-video channels from the 1980s into a single entity. In 1997, Westinghouse, parent company of CBS, bought both CMT and The Nashville Network. In 1991, CMT was purchased by Gaylord Entertainment, the parent company of Opryland USA, the Nashville-based country-music-themed amusement park. CMT's focus in the beginning was on music videos, in contrast to The Nashville Network, which included more non-performance lifestyle programming. The channel launched in 1983, three years after MTV and two days before competitor The Nashville Network went on the air. Country Music Television was part of the wave music-video cable channels that came online early in the 1980s.
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