C4 also aired a lot of speciality music shows such as HomeGrown, Top 10/100, Video Hits, Fade To Black, Steel Mill, the UChoose40 and the Biggest Records Right Now.

C4 was launched on Friday night 3 October 2003 at 08:00pm,[1] when TV4 (which first aired in 1997) ceased broadcasting and relaunched as a music television channel called C4.

This very music video has also famously received the same top spot on one of The Rock's annual countdown events around the time of C4's launch.

[5] TV programming on C4 included local made shows such as Select Live and The Official NZ Top 40.

In addition, C4 moved to channel 12 on Sky Digital and TelstraClear InHome TV platforms to reflect its new programming direction with a reduced focus on music.

[4] From 2011 onwards C4 screened a low-cost jukebox of music videos once again compiled by theme and a rerun of FOUR live, as many of the entertainment shows seen on C4 between 2008 and 2011 were moved to FOUR.

On 25 September 2012, MediaWorks decided to provide four regional simulcasts of the channel on the Freeview satellite platform, which resulted in no space for C4.

On 17 October 2023 nearly a decade after C4 ceased broadcasting operations, The Spinoff paid tribute to C4's 20th anniversary in a podcast[8] on YouTube and on their website[9] celebrating C4 in a time when the internet was slow and the demand for music videos was high.

Holla Hour was a classic C4 programme hosted by DJ Sir-Vere on Mondays at 10:00 pm on C4.

Returning after a long absence on the TV channel, Holla Hour features the latest hip hop music videos, interviews and news in Hip Hop and Rn'B music.

The programme aired alternative music videos back-to-back, including some Rock music videos from The Rock such as Pluto - Dance Stamina, The Vines - Get Free & Shihad - La La Land (All 3 Of Them Aired On 30 June 2013) with a couple of ad-breaks at the hour.

Spoon was a classic C4 programme which aired "Smooth Music Videos" in the early hours of the morning such as Salmonella Dub - Push On Thru, Fat Freddy's Drop - Ray Ray, Gotan Project - Mi Confesión, Massive Attack - Be Thankful For What You Got, including some Rock music videos from The Rock such as Johnny Cash - Hurt (18 August 2012) & Radiohead - Creep (16 September 2012).

The UChoose40 aired themed-countdowns whether it may be about "Gone But Not Forgotten", "90's Music", "Worst Songs Of The Decade", "15 Minutes Of Fame" or "Party Floor Fillers".

C4 picked the theme and the viewers were given the chance to decide how the countdown plays out by voting for their favourite tracks out of the list provided on the C4 website.

[11] Here are a couple of music videos that got the Number 1 Top Spot where the C4 viewers chose to vote No.

1 for this very music video the most on The UChoose40: (20 April 2013) "Party Floor Fillers" - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.

May it be "Pop Princesses", "Coming To The Country Soon" & "Kiwi Artists Making It Big Overseas".

Here are a lot of other themes that aired these music videos, famously heard on The Rock: (22 February 2012) "Love" - Foo Fighters - Everlong.

On 6 November 2020, over 8 years after C4 aired this very music video by the Foo Fighters under the Love theme at the time, this received the Number 1 Top Spot on The Rock's upgraded countdown events as The Rock 2000 (Top 2000).

(2 April 2012) "Legends" - The first music video to start the show off was Johnny Cash - Hurt, immediately followed by Led Zeppelin - Rock & Roll, then half way through the show was Split Enz - Dirty Creature.

The final music video to air under the Legends theme was Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe.

(28 June 2013) "90's Icons" - The first music video to start the show off was The Smashing Pumpkins - Today, immediately followed by Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know.

A little later on again, the final 3 music videos to air under the 90's Icons theme back to back was Oasis - Live Forever, Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) & Pearl Jam - Alive (As the LIVE version only instead of the plugged in version that The Rock airs).

On 12 June 2019, nearly 6 years after C4 aired Nirvana's Come As You Are under the 90's Icons theme at the time, SCS Software released the Washington DLC state for American Truck Simulator which included the hometown of Aberdeen, WA where you can visit the official "Welcome To Aberdeen: Come As You Are" sign as a tribute to the memory of Nirvana's lead musician Kurt Cobain, including a garage C4 (as an unofficial tribute to C4) located off the I-405 Motorway at the Kenworth Truck Factory in Seattle, WA.

(14 April 2014) "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles" - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aeroplane, Spiderbait - Black Betty, Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone.

The final music video to air under the Planes, Trains & Automobiles theme was ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'.

In 2015 only a year after C4 shut down, this very music video by AC/DC received the Number 1 Top Spot on The Rock's countdown events.

Other music videos in the theme included Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle, Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train, George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone, Slipknot - Duality, Metallica - Enter Sandman & Judas Priest - Breaking The Law.

(24 March 2012) Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (28 April 2012) "Divas" - Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On.

Steel Mill was a programme which aired Metal music videos on C4 such as Kreator - Phantom Antichrist & Civilization Collapse (22 November 2013).