History Main / ChannelHop

* When Website/BlipTV closed down in 2015, everyone on there either had to Channel Hop or go dark.

* Music/MikeOldfield was originally signed to Creator/VirginRecords as their first artist. Virgin distributed his work worldwide (including through Creator/AtlanticRecords for most territories for the first release of ''Music/TubularBells''), save for a brief period in 1980-1982 where he was licensed out to Creator/EpicRecords in the US, encompassing ''Music/TubularBells'', ''[=QE2=]'', and ''Music/FiveMilesOut''. Thanks to his relationship with the label growing increasingly strained over the years, Oldfield jumped ship to WEA in Europe and Creator/RepriseRecords in the States as soon as his contract was completed in 1991. He would remain on the labels until 2003, when he moved over to Creator/MercuryRecords, then went back to Virgin in 2014 during its stint as "Virgin EMI," having reconciled with CEO Richard Branson. Oldfield would then be shifted over to Creator/{{EMI}} when the label was revived in 2020.

* Toys/LittlestPetShop: Originally started out under Kenner, then a Hasbro subsidiary, in the 90s. Upon the 2005 relaunch, Hasbro itself began producing the line. In 2022, Hasbro announced [[https://kidscreen.com/2022/11/15/basic-fun-to-relaunch-hasbros-littlest-pet-shop/ it had loaned the rights to the franchise out to Basic Fun]], with a planned 2024 relaunch date, as part of a broader outsourcing invitivate by Hasbro.

* ''Catt's Sunday Jazz Brunch'' started out on his founded WZEW in 1984, then was moved to WMXC[[note]]Formerly WKRG-FM. It was shortly after the family of the original founder sold off both FM and AM stations to another company. Both are currently owned by iHeartMedia.[[/note]] in 1994, then returned to WZEW, then moved to another station WHIL[[note]]NPR member station. Spring Hill College owned WHIL at that time and now it's owned by The University of Alabama under a translator of Alabama Public Radio[[/note]], then returned to WZEW again and it remained until after the creator's death.

* ''Catt's Sunday Jazz Brunch'' started out on his founded WZEW in 1984, then was moved to WMXC[[note]]Formerly WKRG-FM. It was shortly after the family of the original founder sold off both FM and AM stations to another company. Both are currently owned by iHeartMedia.[[/note]] in 1994, then returned to WZEW, then moved to another station WHIL[[note]]NPR member station. Spring Hill College owned WHIL at that time and now it's owned by The University of Alabama under a translator of Alabama Public Radio[/note]], then returned to WZEW again and it remained until after the creator's death.

* ''Catt's Sunday Jazz Brunch'' started out on his founded WZEW in 1984, then was moved to WMXC[[note]]Formerly WKRG-FM. It was shortly after the family of the original founder sold off both FM and AM stations to another company. Both are currently owned by iHeartMedia.[[/note]] in 1994, then returned to WZEW, then moved to another station WHIL[[note]]NPR member station. Spring Hill College owned WHIL at that time and now it's owned by The Univeristy of Alabama under a translator of Alabama Public Radio[/note], then returned to WZEW again until after the creator's death.

** ComicBook/PlasticMan and ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}} were originally owned by Quality Comics, but like the above examples, were bought out by DC and integrated into their universe. A number of other Quality properties like the Ray, Phantom Lady, Black Condor, and Uncle Sam were later published together as the [[ComicBook/FreedomFightersDC Freedom Fighters]].

** Radiohead had already moved to Creator/XLRecordings in 2007, and their Parlophone-era backlog was given to the label in turn. Because, Believe, Concord, Cherry Red, Woah Dad, the newly independent Creator/ChrysalisRecords, RT Industries, and New State Music each acquired at least 10 former Warner/Parlophone artists. Some artists who went independent had their catalogues acquired by the labels they are currently signed to (in addition to Radiohead above, Hot Chip and Porcupine Tree’s major label catalogues went to Domino and Kscope, respectively). Because acquired nearly all of London Records (although the output of several London artists, notably Joy Division, New Order, All Saints, and White Dove, stayed with Warner).
** Perhaps the biggest divestment went to Tommy Boy Records, an influential label during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHipHop and the rise of HouseMusic that had a long semi-independent partnership with Warner in its heyday, but became independent in 2002. It reacquired nearly all of its catalog it had left with Warner after the split. Most notably, Music/DeLaSoul's catalogue would finally hit streaming services... that is, until De La Soul made it known to their fans that [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Tommy Boy would get the vast majority of royalties from streaming]], which led to legal problems between the two parties. In August 2021, Tommy Boy was sold to Reservoir Media, and De La Soul announced that their albums would soon be re-released thanks to re-negotiations with Reservoir. In April 2023, this finally came to fruition.

* Music/TheBeatles were originally singed to Creator/ParlophoneRecords in the UK and Creator/CapitolRecords in the US, but left them in 1968 upon opening their own vanity label, Apple Records, staying there even into their post-breakup solo careers. Creator/{{EMI}}, Parlophone's parent company, distributed Apple until 1976, after which the label was absorbed and the band members shifted to various other labels. Music/JohnLennon, Music/GeorgeHarrison, and Music/RingoStarr had already respectively moved to Creator/GeffenRecords, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, and Portrait Records, while Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings|Band}} would move back to Parlophone in the UK and to Creator/ColumbiaRecords in the US. [=McCartney=] would eventually return to Capitol Stateside as well in 1985. Lennon and Harrison's solo albums returned to Capitol/EMI/Universal by 2010, while the remainder of [=McCartney's=] solo catalog didn't return to Capitol until his contract with Concord Music ended in January 2017. Starr's discography remains scattered across different labels (including Capitol, Creator/AtlanticRecords, Creator/EpicRecords, and Koch). And Harrison's solo albums hopped again to BMG in 2021 as part of a new deal inked with Harrison's estate that also includes the recordings of other artists on his vanity label Dark Horse (most notably Music/RaviShankar and Attitudes), which has its own history of hopping distributors.

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** ComicBook/BlueBeetle, ComicBook/CaptainAtom, ComicBook/{{Judomaster}}, ComicBook/{{Nightshade}}, ComicBook/{{Peacemaker}} and ComicBook/TheQuestion all started off at Creator/CharltonComics, but were bought out by DC Comics and brought into the official [[Franchise/TheDCU DCU]] during ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. ComicBook/PeterCannonThunderbolt was also briefly published by DC but is currently published by Dynamite Entertainment (as the rights to the character returned to the estate of his deceased creator).

** The sale of Geffen also impacted two artists signed to WEA abroad, Chris Rea and Music/{{Enya}}, who were both signed to Geffen in the US. Since they could not move to non-WEA labels, Reprise came to the rescue and quickly inked deals with both.

** Radiohead had already moved to Creator/XLRecordings in 2007, and their Parlophone-era backlog was given to the label in turn. Because, Believe, Concord, Cherry Red, Woah Dad, the newly independent Creator/ChrysalisRecords, RT Industries, and New State Music each acquired at least 10 former Warner/Parlophone artists. Some artists who went independent had their catalogues acquired by the labels they are currently signed to (in addition to Radiohead above, Hot Chip and Porcupine Tree’s major label catalogues went to Domino and Kscope, respectively). Because acquired nearly all of London Records (although Joy Division and New Order’s output stayed with Warner).
** Perhaps the biggest divestment went to Tommy Boy Records, an influential label during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHipHop and the rise of HouseMusic that had a long semi-independent partnership with Warner in its heyday, but became independent in 2002. It reacquired nearly all of its catalog it had left with Warner after the split. Most notably, Music/DeLaSoul's catalogue would finally hit streaming services... that is, until De La Soul made it known to their fans that [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Tommy Boy would get the vast majority of royalties from streaming]], which led to legal problems between the two parties. In August 2021, Tommy Boy was sold to Reservoir Media, and De La Soul announced that their albums would soon be re-released thanks to re-negotiations with Reservoir.

* Hoo boy, Music/{{Sparks}}. The Mael brothers' idiosyncratic style has scared off record labels left and right, with their initial deal with Bearsville, the vanity label from Music/ToddRundgren distributed by Warner Bros., ending after only two albums. Yet, their [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff gigantic popularity in Europe]] led to stints on respected mini-major labels there such as Creator/{{Island|Records}} (where their highly successful ''Music/KimonoMyHouse'' made them superstars), Virgin, Oasis (owned by Music/GiorgioMoroder), Carrere, and Logic. In the US, they seemed to hop from album to album after their deal with Bearsville ended, with their homes including Island’s fledgling US division, Creator/{{Columbia|Records}}, Creator/{{Elektra|Records}}, Creator/{{Atlantic|Records}}, Curb (with distribution by Creator/{{MCA}}), Creator/{{Rhino|Records}}, Creator/{{Roadrunner|Records}}, Oglio, Palm (founded by Island founder Chris Blackwell), Artful, their own vanity label Lil' Beethoven, and In The Red. The masters for much of their output after their stint on Island remain with them, and they recently signed a deal with the new incarnation of BMG for worldwide distribution of that. Their supergroup with Music/FranzFerdinand, FFS, released on that band’s label Domino. And if that wasn’t enough, the soundtrack to their documentary ''The Sparks Brothers'' was released by Universal Music Group, and the soundtrack to their film ''Film/{{Annette}}'' went to respected soundtrack label Milan (owned by Sony since 2019).

* Music/MikeOldfield was originally signed to Creator/VirginRecords as their first artist. Virgin distributed his work worldwide, save for a brief period in 1980-1982 where he was licensed out to Creator/EpicRecords in the US, encompassing ''Music/TubularBells'', ''[=QE2=]'', and ''Music/FiveMilesOut''. Thanks to his relationship with the label growing increasingly strained over the years, Oldfield jumped ship to WEA in Europe and Creator/RepriseRecords in the States as soon as his contract was completed in 1991. He would remain on the labels until 2003, when he moved over to Creator/MercuryRecords, then went back to Virgin in 2014 during its stint as "Virgin EMI," having reconciled with CEO Richard Branson. Oldfield would then be shifted over to Creator/{{EMI}} when the label was revived in 2020.

* Music/SteelyDan were originally signed to Creator/ABCRecords, the parent label of the iconic jazz imprint Creator/ImpulseRecords. When Creator/{{MCA}} bought out and absorbed ABC in 1979, the band were moved over there, releasing ''Gaucho'' through MCA before splitting up. In the interim, Donald Fagen signed with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords to release ''Music/TheNightfly'', and his contract with Warner meant that when the Dans of Steel finally reunited and put out ''Two Against Nature'' in 2000, it was handled by Creator/RepriseRecords (who previously put out Fagen's ''Kamakiriad'') in conjunction with Giant Records, an imprint that Warner created in 1990 to fill the void after the sale of Creator/GeffenRecords to... MCA. Reprise would handle ''Everything Must Go'' themselves three years later.

* Music/TheBeatles were originally singed to Creator/ParlophoneRecords in the UK and Creator/CapitolRecords in the US, but left them in 1968 upon opening their own vanity label, Apple Records, staying there even into their post-breakup solo careers. Creator/{{EMI}}, Parlophone's parent company, distributed Apple until 1976, after which the label was absorbed and the band members shifted to various other labels. Music/JohnLennon, Music/GeorgeHarrison, and Music/RingoStarr had already respectively moved to Creator/GeffenRecords, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, and Portrait Records, while Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings|Band}} would move back to Parlophone in the UK and to Creator/ColumbiaRecords in the US. [=McCartney=] would eventually return to Capitol Stateside as well in 1985. Lennon and Harrison's solo albums returned to Capitol/EMI/Universal by 2010, while the remainder of [=McCartney's=] solo catalog didn't return to Capitol until his contract with Concord Music ended in January 2017. Starr's discography remains scattered across different labels (including Capitol, Creator/AtlanticRecords, Creator/EpicRecords, and Koch). And Harrison's solo albums hopped again to BMG in 2021 as part of a new deal inked with Harrison's estate that also includes the recordings of other artists on his vanity label Dark Horse (most notably Music/RaviShankhar and Attitudes), which has its own history of hopping distributors.

* Music/TheBeatles were originally singed to Creator/ParlophoneRecords in the UK and Creator/CapitolRecords in the US, but left them in 1968 upon opening their own vanity label, Apple Records, staying there even into their post-breakup solo careers. Creator/{{EMI}}, Parlophone's parent company, distributed Apple until 1976, after which the label was absorbed and the band members shifted to various other labels. Music/JohnLennon, Music/GeorgeHarrison, and Music/RingoStarr had already respectively moved to Creator/GeffenRecords, Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, and Portrait Records, while Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings|Band}} would move back to Parlophone in the UK and to Creator/ColumbiaRecords in the US. [=McCartney=] would eventually return to Capitol Stateside as well in 1985. Lennon and Harrison's solo albums returned to Capitol/EMI/Universal by 2010, while the remainder of [=McCartney's=] solo catalog didn't return to Capitol until his contract with Concord Music ended in January 2017. Starr's discography remains scattered across different labels (including Capitol, Creator/AtlanticRecords, Creator/EpicRecords, and Koch).