MTV Lithuania & Latvia was a twenty-four-hour music and entertainment channel operated by MTV Networks Europe. The channel was originally formed in September 2006 at

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, at January 2009 it got re-formed to double channel including both Lithuania and Latvia and targeted audiences in

and

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History

left, MTV logo used until its merger for MTV Europe *In 2006, MTV Networks Europe established MTV Networks Baltic a new broadcasting service which provided localized channels for

and

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. MTV Networks Baltic launched three separate channels within the region in September, 2006. Initially, MTV Networks Baltic comprised MTV Latvia, MTV Lithuania and MTV Estonia. But due to financial difficulties with the region heightened by the global economic downturn, MTV Networks International merged MTV Latvia and MTV Lithuania to form MTV Lithuania and Latvia in January 2009. MTV Estonia remained as stand alone channel. *The first video to air on MTV in the Baltic region was

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– "We Are Your Friends". *In 2008, MTV Networks International signed a new licensing agreement with Israeli Communications company Ananey Communications to continue to operate and manage the MTV brand within the Baltic Region. *The channel ceased broadcasting on November 18, 2009. *As of November 18, 2009

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has replaced MTV Baltic channels. *Lithuania receives MTV Europe and other Viacom international channels, distributed b
"Starworks LT"

Channel

The channel combined local and international music, as well as MTV's trademark shows such as '' Pimp My Ride'', '' Celebrity Deathmatch'' and ''

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'' which were shown with

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. The network also aired local programmes as European Top 20, Baltic Top 20, Dance Floor Chart, MTV Oops and MTV Supermercado. Prior to closing, it had launched a

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live from the MTV Lietuva headquarters, the humour show '' Baltish'' and Pimp My Ride Baltic were created by MTV Lietuva. Lithuanian MTV VJs are VJ Ugnė, VJ Jonas and twins VJ Artūras and VJ Robertas.

Local shows

MTV News MTV News is the news production division of MTV. The service is available in the US with localized versions on MTV's global network. In February 2016, MTV Networks confirmed it would refresh the MTV News brand in 2016, to compete with the likes ...

* Baltic Top 20 *

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* Sandra * Wishlist * Show Wishlist * Top 10 @ 10 * Making the Video * MTV Special * This Is The New S*** * Baltic Top 100 (seasonal) * World Chart Express *

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* Rock Chart * Hitlist Base Chart

Former local shows

* Baltish * Ežio stažas * MTV Oops * Pimp My Ride Baltic * MTV Supermercado * MTV Rainbow * Celebrities chart * MTV B-Day * MTV News. 7 days * Music Download Chart Top 10

Pan-European shows

* Euro Top 20 *

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MTV at the Movies MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

* MTV Live Sessions *

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(seasonal) * EMA Spotlight (seasonal)

Shows imported from MTV Networks US

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* MTV Essentials *

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* My Super Sweet 16 * The City * Boiling Points * A Double Shot at Love *

* Dirty Sanchez * Dismissed *

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* Parental Control * Run's House * Viva La Bam * MTV Movie Awards (seasonal) *

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(seasonal)

Other shows

* Chillout Zone * MTV Beat * MTV Amour * MTV Roulette * MTV's Breakfast Club * MTV Flasher * MTV Fuzz * Smells like 90s * Alternative Nation * MTV New Rave *

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Other former shows

* Rise and Shine * Don't Stop The Music *

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* Superock * The Block * Patyzone * Superpop

Other projects

* Coca-Cola Soundwave (seasonal) * Pradėk nuo savęs * No Smoking Power * MTV Exit * MTV Fanwalk * Ežio inkubatorius

Change in format

MTV Networks Europe originally launched separate MTV channels in Lithuania (MTV Lietuva) and Latvia (MTV Latvija) in September 2006. Both channels offered a mixture of local and international content. Due to the global recession and its impact on Latvia, MTV Networks Baltic merged both channels to form MTV Lietuva & Latvija, and this channel was supposed to operate until the economic crisis is rectified. But unfortunately MTV Lietuva & Latvija and MTV Estonia ceased operations on November 19, 2009 and have been replaced by the original

channel.

VJs

* Mantas Stonkus * Jonas Bačelis

Past VJs

* Ugnė Skonsmanaitė * Artūras Mediuška * Robertas Mediuška * DJ Sezzy * Orinta Servaitė * Silvija Vilkaitė * Tomas Sinickis * Andrius Afanasjev * Jurgis Didžiulis * Artūras Burnickis

References

External links

MTV Lithuania and Latvia homepage
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