MTV Hits is a 24-hour music television channel from

ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA Paramount Networks Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia (EMEAA) is a division of Paramount International Networks which is fully owned by Paramount Global. The unit's headquarters are in Berlin, with additional offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Paris, Am ...

launched on 17 November 2015.

History

The channels

MTV Base MTV Base was a British pay television music channel from Paramount Networks UK & Australia that focused primarily on hip hop, R&B, grime, garage, reggae, funk, soul and dance music. It was launched as part of MTV's digital boutique of music ch ...

, MTV Pulse,

MTV Idol MTV Idol was a French television channel launched on November 30, 2005 owned by Viacom specializing in music and reality-shows, plus covering of news of artists of this era that have influenced French and French-speaking generations. It stopped ...

merged on November 17, 2015, to become MTV Hits. At the same time,

BET Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices in New York City, Los A ...

becomes a channel in its own right, My MTV, an interactive music channel is created, MTV Rocks leaves CanalSat while on Numericable not to remove channels arrive

MTV Dance Club MTV, formerly MTV Dance, is a European pay television music channel from Paramount Networks EMEAA that was separated from the UK channel on 27 May 2014. It broadcasts electronica, dance and r'n'b music programming. The channel is widely ava ...

, VH1 and

VH1 Classic MTV Classic (formerly VH1 Smooth, VH1 Classic Rock, and VH1 Classic) is an American pay television network owned by Paramount Media Networks. It was originally launched in 1998 as VH1 Smooth, an adult contemporary and smooth jazz channel. It w ...

. After weeks of negotiations an agreement has been reached between the Viacom and Canal groups, Canal Group retains the BET, MTV Hits and

J-One J-One is a French television channel dedicated to Asian anime and culture. It was launched on 4 October 2013. J-One broadcast anime in simulcast. Many of these are then broadcast with French dub on Game One Game One is a French television ch ...

channels. Since April 2019, MTV Hits is available on all

SFR SFR (; ''Société française du radiotéléphone'', ) is a French telecommunications company. As of December 2015, it had 21.9 million customers in Metropolitan France for mobile services, and provided 6.35 million households with high-spee ...

networks (ADSL/FTTH/FTTB). Since November 19, 2019, the channels of the ViacomCBS International Media Networks France group including J-One,

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...

channels and other MTV and MTV Hits channels are now distributed to ADSL/Fiber operators, such as Free and are broadcast since January 28, 2020 at

Bouygues Telecom Bouygues Telecom () is a French mobile phone, Internet service provider and IPTV company, part of the Bouygues group. It is the third oldest mobile network operator in France, after Orange and SFR, and before Free Mobile. Its headquarters, de ...

which marks the end of exclusivity with Canal+ and will be very soon at

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even if they are however available on the Fiber of the operator with the option proposed by the operator they since 2020 the ADSL offerings of Orange Since January 14, 2020, the channel changes its numbering and is on channel 183 of the operator

Canal+ Canal+ (Canal Plus, , meaning 'Channel Plus'; sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal) is a French premium television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Groupe Canal+, which in turn is owned by Vivendi. The channel broadcasts several ki ...

. On October 8, 2021, the channel changed its logo and look. That same day at 9pm, it will broadcast an exclusive concert of

Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...

Madame X Tour The Madame X Tour was the eleventh concert tour by American singer Madonna, in support of her fourteenth studio album, ''Madame X'' (2019). It began on September 17, 2019, at New York City's BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, and ended on March 8, ...

, recorded in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

. MTV Hits ceased broadcast on April 20, 2022, on CanalSat.

Visual identity (logo)

MTV_Hits_2013_logo.svg, Logo used from 17 November 2015 - 30 April 2017 MTV_Hits_2017_logo.svg, Logo used from 1 May 2017 - 7 October 2021 MTV Hits 2021.svg, Logo used since 8 October 2021

Programming

Music programming * MTV Insomnia * Beats & Lyrics * Music & News * Club Party * MTV Classics Only (Rap & R&B only) * Rap Only * MTV Breakfast Club * Les 50 Meilleurs Clips * Les Papas du Rock * 10 Meilleurs Clips * 10 Meilleurs Clips France * 10 Meilleurs Clips Electronic * 10 Meilleurs Clips Rap * 10 Meilleurs Clips USA * 10 Meilleurs Clips Pop * * * * MTV World Stage * My Life On MTV * Hip-Hop My House * *

References

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