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. The channel first launched in Australia in April 2007 (as ''The Music Factory''), and later launched in New Zealand on 1 December 2011. The channel closed on 1 December 2015 to be replaced in all markets by MTV Music, but was revived 5 years later on 1 July 2020 as a rebrand of MTV Music.

History

MTV Hits Australia & Hits first launched as TMF Australia in April 2007 on the

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service and allowed viewers to interact with the channel via the web and mobile ( 3G Network) commencing on 22 June 2007. Unlike sister channel

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, the channel only played music related programming. The channel was said to be picked up by cable TV providers

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as a standalone channel soon, but was available via the interactive My MTV Service.

Relaunch as MTV Hits

TMF was relaunched as MTV Hits on 1 November 2010. The channel later launched in New Zealand on Sky Television on 1 December 2011. On 1 July 2011 MTV International channels launched new logos

Cessation of Service in Australia

On 29 October 2013, MTV announced they had been working with Foxtel since early 2013 to offer more diversity on the Foxtel platform, as MTV Classic and MTV Hits fought for the same audience as Foxtel Networks channels MAX and Hits respectively. The channel to replace MTV Hits is '' MTV Music'', the number one UK music channel, which will feature Pop, Rock,

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music. Although MTV Classic and MTV Hits will no longer be available on Foxtel, they will continue to be offered by Australian IPTV service

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and New Zealand pay TV provider Sky Television. The changes took place on 3 December 2013. On 16 December 2013, FetchTV announced via their Facebook page that as of 1 January 2014, MTV Music would replace MTV Hits on their service, as was done by Foxtel the month earlier. This meant that MTV Hits would become exclusively available in New Zealand.

Closure of channel in New Zealand

On 1 December 2015, Sky Television replaced ''MTV Hits'' (and sister channel ''MTV Classic'') with a localized version of MTV Music. Ultimately, this resulted in the closure of the channel, as Sky was the last remaining provider of ''MTV Hits''.

Revival

On 1 July 2020, the channel returned to

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Programming

Current Shows (2020-onwards)

* ''Mornings on MTV'' * ''Best of the Week: Top 30'' * ''Trending Right Now'' * ''The Evolution of...'' * ''Most Shazammed: Top 30'' * ''After Party'' * ''Official Global Chart'' * ''Up Late on MTV'' * ''Billboard Chart'' * ''Weekend Vibes Only'' * ''Wake Up with MTV'' * ''Hip Hop x RnB Party'' * ''MTV Upload'' * ''Fresh Finds by MTV'' * ''Local Finds by MTV'' * ''MTV House Party'' * ''Most Streamed Songs'' * ''After Hours''

Previous programmes

* ''My Pix'' – Music videos are played while viewers' answers to questions are shown * ''Today's Most Wanted'' – Music played as voted by viewers on the MTV website * ''U Control'' – Music chosen by a single viewer * ''Double Play'' – 2 songs, of a certain artist, back-to-back are played * ''MTV Hits Top 30'' – The top 30 songs in the country * ''30 Biggest Tracks Right Now'' – The top 30 songs in the country * ''10 Biggest Tracks Right Now'' – The top 10 songs in the country * ''Fresh Vid'' – Newest video by a certain artist. The artist's name is also in the title, Fresh Vid: Reece Mastin, for example * ''Burst Of...'' – A few songs of a certain artist is played. The artist's name is also in the title, Burst Of...Timomatic, for example * ''Nothing But MTV Hits'' – Songs played at nighttime * ''Pop Hits Top 6'' – The top 6 pop songs in the country * ''Party Hits'' – Party songs * ''MTV News'' – The news as told by MTV * ''Brekkie Hits'' – Songs played in the early hours * ''Urban Hits Top 6" – The top 6 urban songs in the country * ''...vs..." – Songs are played by two different artists, One Direction vs. Justin Bieber, for example * ''MTV Download Charts'' – Songs played according to the download charts * ''#Hits'' – Music videos are played out while viewers' answer to questions posted on MTV Hits' Facebook and Twitter accounts.

TMF Shows

* ''Study Free Zone'' * ''Booty Beats'' * ''Daily Downloads'' * ''Top 6 at 6'' * ''Eye Candy'' * ''Snitch and Bitch'' * ''Fresh New Ones'' * ''TMF Top 20 Download'' * ''TMF X2'' * ''Top 20 Theme:'' ** ''Top 20 Australian Charts'' ** ''Top 20 Pop'' ** ''Top 20 Rock'' ** ''Top 20 Urban'' * ''Ultimate Top 100'' * ''Vidcast'' – Videos that are created by viewers on mobile phones and are aired on the show.

Logos

Image:Tmf logo.png, TMF Logo used April 2007 – 1 November 2010 Image:MTV_HITS_logo.svg, MTV Hits Logo used 1 November 2010 – 30 June 2011 File:MTV Hits.svg, MTV Hits Logo used 1 July 2011 – 30 September 2013 File:MTV_Hits_2013_logo.svg, MTV Hits Logo used 1 October 2013 – 1 December 2015 File:MTV Hits AU 2020 logo.svg, MTV Hits Logo used from 1 July 2020 – 14 September 2021 File:MTV Hits 2021.svg, MTV Hits Logo used since 14 September 2021

References

External links

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