MTV Plus was a Greek free-to-air television channel, owned by Viacom. It was also distributed in Italy from 17 May 2010 until 1 March 2011, when it was replaced by MTV Music. On 1 November 2018 Nicknight Germany was replaced by the German relaunch of MTV Plus named “MTV+“, but later replaced by Comedy Central +1 on 1 March 2021.

History

The channel was launched in Greece on 18 October 2009. Its inauguration party was held in "Vogue" Club in Thessaloniki on 17 December 2009, with the guest appearance of British dance band

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and some Greek bands such as C Real and Stavento. MTV+ was available on DTT in

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, northern Greece. Its programming was similar to its sister channel

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. MTV+ used MTV's then global branding. The Greek version was closed down on 12 December 2011, replaced by

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Launch in Italy

The Greek channel started to be distributed as a

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network on

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DTT in May 2010 and on

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Launch in Germany

The channel launched in

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network in

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in November 2018 on Nickelodeon Germany block. At

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, MTV+ aired from 8:15 pm - 5 am as a simulcast of the original

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Channel but an hour later since 1 November 2018. At Nick Austria/Switzerland, MTV+ doesn't exist on the channel in Austria or Switzerland as it is yet to be announced therefore the Nicknight brand would still be used on those channels until 1 October 2021. On 1 March 2021 MTV+ was fully replaced by Comedy Central +1.

Logos

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. File:mtv+bl.png, This version was used in

. File:MTV+Germany.png, This version was used in

References

MTV channels Defunct television channels in Italy Defunct television channels in Greece Television channels and stations established in 2009 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011 2010 establishments in Italy 2011 disestablishments in Italy 2009 establishments in Greece 2011 disestablishments in Greece Greek-language television stations Music organizations based in Greece {{Greece-tv-stub