A-One Hip-Hop Music Channel was a Russian music television channel broadcasting
hip hop music.
The channel was broadcast on the satellite ABS-2 (FTA), on the "Tricolor TV" platform, and in 850 cable packages.
History
After briefly being known as Alternative One before launch, A-One launched on 1 August 2005. The channel initially broadcast alternative and rock music, including the establishment of a
Rock Alternative Music Prize [
ru]. In 2011,
Alexander Tolmatsky [
ru] took over and changed the channel's format to hip-hop music. Tolmatsky departed in 2013; the channel won several national awards during this time and launched a national party series, "A-One Hype Nights", featuring popular Russian and foreign artists.
In 2016,
Gazprom-Media acquired a 49 percent stake in the channel, which was rebranded as
TNT Music [
ru] on 31 May.