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Fuse is a Music Video -oriented Television Channel . Fuse was originally MuchMusicUSA, then MuchUSA , and then mmusa. MuchMusicUSA was a partnership between CHUM Limited , the creators of Canada's MuchMusic and Rainbow Media . In May 2003 , MuchUSA became Fuse due to the end of a licensing agreement between the two companies. FORMAT MuchUSA was similar to MuchMusic in Canada , based in Toronto . As Fuse, it has studios headquartered across from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden in New York City . Fuse chiefly focuses on Pop and Rock Music , and does have more alternative programming later at night. The channel recently made changes to their website and have also let go of their trademark VJ Juliya and her show 'Metal Asylum'. The channel has been criticized for going "emo" recently, as the channel now plays emo music videos regularly and even endorses Victory Records . Hard rock/metal videos have almost completely removed from the station. Many other critics have also criticized the changes as an attempt to compete better with MTV and MTV2 in the Nielsen ratings and feel the channel has "sold Out" and "jumped The Shark" by sacrificing variety in order to gain more mainstream appeal at the expense of their traditional fanbase who many saw as looking for an alternative to the product put out by MTV. Also, as emo music/fashion is currently trendy, many have called the station out on being too much of a fad-based station, much like how MTV tied itself too much to bubblegum pop via TRL in the late '90s. VJS Fuse has five VJs : Marianela, Steven, Dylan, Juliya and Adonis. Each of the five VJs has at least one set type of music that they are related to and regularly host shows dedicated to their chosen music field(s).
RECEPTION Fuse is nominally a Cable Network , and is generally available only on cable systems. Uniquely, however, Fuse is available to residents of central and east Austin, Texas —including resident students of the University Of Texas At Austin —via Low-power TV station K09VR-TV . EXTERNAL LINKS
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