MTV Music is a British

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channel operated by

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. The brand was first launched in the UK and

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before launching in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. Unlike other MTV Music channels, this channel offers subtitles on selected programmes.

History

Viacom International Media Network announced the introduction of a non-stop music channel in January 2011. As the main

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brand has deviated from its original purpose and increased competition from other music channels and online services, MTV addressed this issue by launching a new music channel MTV Music. The channel launched on 1 February 2011 in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel replaced MTV Shows. On the 1 February 2011, on

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and Sky Ireland,

and MTV Shows swapped positions in the

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where MTV became part of the Entertainment channels and MTV Shows was moved to the Music channels and renamed MTV Music. MTV Shows programming was transferred to MTV, while MTV Music was dedicated to playing music videos, similarly like its sister channels MTV Base,

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, MTV Hits, MTV Rocks and MTV Live. MTV Music began broadcasting in widescreen in the UK & Ireland on 28 March 2012. On 15 February 2016, MTV Music +1 launched in the UK on Sky channel 358, replacing the standard-definition version of MTV Live HD. Following the closures of

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, MTV Rocks and

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on 20 July 2020, MTV Music broadcasts a weekly chart based on MTV Rocks programming on Sundays. The timeshift channel also closed as part of this change, along with the timeshifts for

and

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. On 8 September 2022 at 22:00 BST, MTV Music (alongside with MTV Hits, MTV 80s, MTV 90s in the United Kingdom/Ireland and MTV Live in Europe, MENA, Latin America, and Asia) temporarily suspended its regularly scheduled programming, due to the

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. As a result of the suspension of regular programming on all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom, two music video programmes were created in order to fill the gap, one being "Programming Pause" (which it was broadcast from 8 September 2022 at 22:55 until 10 September 2022 at 06:00 BST) and the other being "Nothing but Music" (which it was broadcast from 10 September 2022 at 06:00 BST until 13 September 2022 at 06:00 BST). Both of these programmes played laid back and sombre music videos. Regular programming for all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom/Ireland were resumed on 13 September 2022 at 06:00 BST, while MTV Live resumed its regularly scheduled programing 4 hours earlier at 02:00 BST. On 19 September 2022, all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom/Ireland temporarily suspended its regularly scheduled programming (including teleshopping programmes) and it was replaced with the music programme "Nothing but Music" (also known "Nothing but Hits" on MTV Hits, "Nothing but 80s" on MTV 80s and "Nothing but 90s" on MTV 90s) on that day, due to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

Programming

Current Programming

* Artist & Friends * Artist x Artist x Artist * Artist x2 * Artist: Brand New Vid! * Artist: Certified Platinum * Artist: Official Top 10 * Artist: Official Top 20 * Artist: Rocks 5! * Artist: Rocks 10! * Artist: Rocks Special * About Damn Time To Party! * Club MTV's Big 20 * Gonzo * I Want My MTV: ... * Loudest Rock Anthems! * Make Me Feel Good Party Anthems! * MTV Asks * MTV Essentials * MTV Live * MTV Unplugged * MTV World Stage * Rap & R&B Right Now! * The Official Chart Update Top 10 * The Official Top 50 Singles of The Year So Far! * The Official UK Streaming Chart * The Official UK Top 20 * The Official UK Top 40 * Ultimate 20 Cover Versions * Viral Vids Right Now! * Weekly Mix! * We Love: Artist * Yo! MTV Raps: The Playlist - airs also on MTV Germany next year

Live Events

* MTV Europe Music Awards * MTV Video Music Awards

Regional channels

Pan-European

A pan-European version of the channel. The channel consisted of non-stop music videos 24-hours a day. The channel ceased broadcasting in June 2021. The channel is registered with the broadcasting regulator RRTV in the Czech Republic. This channel is available in Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and South Africa. Previously, MTV Music UK was made available across Europe.

Ireland

MTV Music Ireland launched on 31 October 2013. It was a simultaneous broadcast of the UK version with Irish local advertising/sponsorship MTV Music Ireland ceased broadcasting from 31 May 2019 and the channel was replaced with the UK version.

Italy

MTV Music channel launched in Italy on 1 March 2011, replacing MTV Plus.

Australia and New Zealand

On 3 December 2013 VIMN launched the channel in

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replacing MTV Hits. On 1 December 2015, MTV Music launched in

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on Sky Television, replacing both MTV Hits &

. The channel was closed on 1 July 2020 and replaced by MTV Hits Australia & New Zealand.

Poland

MTV Music launched in Poland on 17 October 2017, replacing

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after 17 years of broadcasting. MTV Music closed in Poland on 3 March 2020 and was replaced by

MTV Music 24 MTV Music 24 (also called MTV Music) was a Pan-European music television channel operated by ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA. The channel was available in multiple countries across Europe. The programming consists of non-stop music videos 24-hours a d ...

Logos

File:2010 MTV Shows Logo.png, MTV Shows Logo used from 1 March 2010 to 1 February 2011. File:2010 MTV Music Logo.png, MTV Music Logo used from 1 February 2011 to 1 July 2011. File:MTV Music 2011.png, MTV Music Logo used from 1 July 2011 to 30 September 2013. File:MTV Music 2013 logo.svg, MTV Music Logo used from 1 October 2013 to 4 April 2017. File:MTV Music 2017 logo.svg, MTV Music Logo used from 5 April 2017 to 14 September 2021 File:MTV Music 2021 logo.svg, MTV Music Logo used since 14 September 2021

External links

TV GuideMTV Music Playlist

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MTV Music (UK and Ireland) MTV channels Music video networks in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations established in 2011