It was launched in early 1984 and was owned by Marialina Marcucci and Pier Luigi Stefani (VM's Managing Director).

It used to air from a location called "Il Ciocco", near Castelvecchio Pascoli, a frazione of Barga in the province of Lucca (Tuscany).

A second studio was later opened in Corso Monforte in Milan with the scope of spreading its terrestrial signal to most of the Italian regions.

In 1994 Videomusic was sold to Film producer Vittorio Cecchi Gori, who at the time owned another TV station, Telemontecarlo.

In 1996 Videomusic was rebranded as TMC2 (Tele Monte Carlo 2) and its schedules changed to include broader subjects such as sport, news and films.