MTV is a British

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channel focusing on reality TV and music programming operated by

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. The channel launched as part of

MTV Networks Europe 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 ...

localisation strategy in 1997. MTV UK (previously MTV UK & Ireland; MTV One) was launched on 1 July 1997. The channel was set up to provide audiences with local artists and more relevant music content. Prior to the localisation of MTV in Europe, the region was served by

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which was launched on 1 August 1987. Since February 2011 MTV has been solely an entertainment channel. The channel is in over 10 million homes in the UK and Ireland.

Availability

From its inception, MTV UK (then branded as MTV UK & Ireland) the network served United Kingdom and Ireland. For a short period the channel was made available free-to-air in New Zealand between July 1997 to June 1998 under a special agreement between

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and MTV Networks Europe. The channel was broadcast on analogue from the

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satellite as part of the

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subscription package. In April 2001, the channel became a digital-only channel within the UK and Ireland.

History

1987–2001

MTV first became available in the UK when

launched on 1 August 1987. On July 1, 1997, at 06:00 Western European time, MTV UK began broadcasting in the UK and Ireland. The first video clip shown on the air was "

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" by

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. MTV UK & Ireland was launched on 1 July 1997 as part of MTV Networks Europe's regionalisation strategy. MTV launched a UK and Ireland specific channel to target existing competition within the market. MTV UK & Ireland launched with specialised content of hit

shows which included the

Euro Top 20 The MTV Euro Top 20 (previously known as the ''MTV European Top 20'') was a music chart show on MTV Europe that played Europe's most popular songs and artists. The original format of the show had been shown on the majority of the regional MTV cha ...

MTV Select ''MTV Select'' was an interactive music television program airing on MTV channels across Europe and later on MTV Japan, MTV Canada, and MTV India. The show was hosted by a VJ, and viewers were able to contact the programme (using technologies l ...

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 ...

, MTV News Weekend Edition, Non-Stop Hits, US Top 20 Hitlist UK, Stylissimo, The Big Picture, Up 4 It and The Lick. The channel promoted mainly English-speaking music programming and music. In 1999, MTV Networks Europe announced that it would expand its channel portfolio within the UK and Ireland. On 1 July 1999, MTV launched

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 ...

and

MTV Extra MTV Extra was a music channel by MTV Networks Europe, the channel first launched on 1 July 1999 on the Sky Digital platform, and was a mixture of music videos and repeats of MTV Programming. Towards the end of the channel's life, programming was ...

. MTV UK & Ireland also rebranded with a new schedule and on-air presentation.

2002–2010

In 2002, MTV began to air programming from MTV US, similar to other MTV channels in Europe. MTV began to drop some of its localised programming in favour of MTV US shows. These shows included '' Jackass'', ''

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'' and '' Dismissed''. Despite targeted efforts to play certain types of music videos in limited rotation, MTV greatly reduced its overall rotation of music videos throughout the first decade of the 2000s. While music videos dominated the channel in early 2000-2002 the rate of music rotation declined rapidly. Similar trends are noted on other European MTV channels and other sister networks in the US. In July 2007, MTV in the UK was renamed to 'MTV One' with a major new branding launching across most of the MTV channels. MTV2 was renamed 'MTV Two' to follow the consistent branding across the channels. Promotion started on 1 July 2007 under the title 'MTV New 22.07.07'. The rebrand saw viewers engaging with the channel. In early 2009, it was announced that MTV One would be rebranded as simply MTV and the one-hour timeshift MTV One +1 as MTV +1 on 1 July 2009. For most of 2008, MTV's main source of music video programming was based on its sister channels

MTV Two MTV Rocks (formerly MTV Two, MTV2 Europe and M2) was a British pay television music channel that was operated by ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia. Its programming consisted of 24-hour non-stop rock/alternative music. Format and history The s ...

MTV Hits MTV Hits is a music video-only spin-off cable/satellite television channel of MTV in several international markets, originally based on the pop music format of a defunct programming block on the American MTV itself. It may refer to the following ch ...

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 ...

and TMF. As of 2009 the only music based programming on MTV include ''MTV Push'', ''MTV World Stage'' and ''MTV Iggy''. These shows are produced by MTV Networks International and are shown on most MTV channels worldwide. On 1 July 2009 MTV available in the UK and Ireland adopted MTV's global identity as part of MTV International. 64 MTV channels now share similar music and entertainment content and similar on-air and online branding. Part of the rebrand saw a 50/50 balance in the number of music based programming and reality based TV series that air on the channels. From 2010, MTV increased its music output which has since been diluted by reality based television programmes. As part of a global strategy MTV music content with the launch of

MTV World Stage MTV World Stage Live In Malaysia was a concert series in Malaysia from 2007 to 2015. On August 15, 2009, MTV Asia staged the an outdoor concert at Sunway Lagoon resort in Kuala Lumpur. The event was attended by over 15,000 people and featured a r ...

and Friday Night Music, both shows helped to maintain MTV's audience figures.

2011–present

On 1 February 2011, MTV removed all music from the channel and moved it to newly launched channel MTV Music; the only music that remains is the occasional ''MTV Most Wanted'' strand. The channel became a general entertainment channel and was moved to the entertainment section of Sky's EPG at channel 126, with MTV +1 moving to 160. The move resulted in an increase in the channel's audience share of nearly 150% in the 6 weeks after the change, while viewing was down nearly 20% on Virgin Media during the same period, where the channel had yet to move. On 29 May 2013 MTV was moved to the entertainment section of Virgin Media's EPG on channel 134. MTV was rebranded once again to the current logo on 1 July 2011, and began broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen at the same time. A high-definition simulcast of MTV launched on 13 February 2012 on Sky in the UK and Ireland. In 2016, MTV started showing repeats of

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in the UK, the day following its broadcast on Channel 5.

Presenters

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(2012– current ) *

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(2012–2016) *

Laura Whitmore Laura Whitmore (born 4 May 1985) is an Irish media personality and model based in London. She was a video jockey for MTV in 2008, and has since presented television shows, such as ''This Morning'' (2014), '' Survival of the Fittest'' (2018) ...

(2008–2016)

Programming

UK produced shows

* ''

'' (1997-2019) * ''

Geordie Shore ''Geordie Shore'' is a British reality television series that was broadcast on MTV between 24 May 2011 and 22 November 2022. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England it was the British offshoot of the American show ''Jersey Shore''. The programm ...

'' (2011–present) * ''

Ex on the Beach ''Ex on the Beach'' is a British reality television series that is broadcast on MTV. The series was first announced in February 2014, and premiered on 22 April 2014. The series is narrated by Andrew Maxwell. ''Ex on the Beach'' follows the forma ...

'' (2014–present) * ''

Teen Mom UK ''Teen Mom UK'' is a British reality television series set in the United Kingdom. It is a spin-off of the American franchise ''Teen Mom''. It currently airs on MTV. The series was first announced in September 2016. It currently follows the liv ...

'' (2016–present) * ''

Just Tattoo of Us ''Just Tattoo of Us'' is an MTV British entertainment reality tattoo programme that follows couples, friends, or family members as they go to the Just Tattoo of Us parlour to design each other's tattoo. Announced in November 2016 by MTV the seri ...

'' (2017–present) * ''

The Charlotte Show Charlotte Letitia Crosby (born 17 May 1990) is an English television personality, known for appearing in the MTV reality series '' Geordie Shore'' and winning the twelfth series of '' Celebrity Big Brother''. In 2017, she began presenting ''Ju ...

'' (2018–2019) * ''True Love or True Lies'' (2018–2019) * ''MTV Top 40'' (2019) * ''MTV Cribs UK'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2021–present) (moved from Channel 5)

Pan-European shows

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'' * ''MTV Movies'' * ''MTV Push'' (2009–present) * ''MTV World Stage'' (2009–present) * ''

'' (1990–2009) * ''MTV Iggy'' (2008–2009) * ''Crispy News'' (2009–2010) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''Teen Dad'' * ''MTV At The Movies''

Former MTV UK & Ireland shows

Shows imported from MTV US

Other shows imported from US networks

* ''

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'' * '' Blue Mountain State'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' (2005–2013) * ''

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'' (2018–present) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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Subsidiary and sister channels

MTV HD

On 13 February 2012, a high-definition simulcast of MTV called MTV HD launched.

MTV 90s

MTV 90s is MTV 90s is a British pay television music channel owned by Paramount Networks UK & Australia that launched on 31 March 2022 replacing MTV Base. It was first launched as a temporary reband of MTV Classic from 27 May to 24 June 2016. The channel broadcasts music from the 1990s.

MTV 80s

MTV 80s is the British version of the international music TV channel MTV 80s, which began broadcasting on 31 March 2022, replacing MTV Classic. It was first launched as a temporary reband of MTV Classic from 28 February to 31 March 2020. The channel broadcasts music from the 1980s.

MTV Hits

Launched on 1 May 2001, MTV Hits is a channel which plays chart music videos.

MTV Music

Launched on 1 February 2011 - MTV Music broadcasts non-stop music videos, live performances and artist interviews.

MTV Live

Direct from Warsaw and broadcast throughout Europe, MTV Live is a 24-hour standard and high definition music and entertainment channel. The channel was rebranded from MTVNHD to MTV Live HD on 23 April 2012, gaining a standard definition simulcast at the same time. On 29 June 2016, MTV Live HD was replaced by Nick Jr. HD on Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland but continues on Virgin Media.

MTV Ireland

MTV Ireland is an Irish opt-out feed of MTV UK that was launched on 22 February 2004. It features localised advertising and sponsorship for the Irish market. As of February 2019 the broadcasting licence is held by RTTV in the Czech Republic, moving from Ofcom in the UK.

Special events

*MTV Resident in Dublin (November 1999) *MTV Crashes Dublin (March 2000) *MTV Presents: Street Performance World Championship 2009 *MTV Presents: Oxygen 2009 *MTV @ Arthur's Guinness Day 2010 *MTV Presents Live in Belfast 2010 *MTV Music Week [Belfast) (November 2011) *MTV Crashes Derry-Londonderry (September 2014) *MTV Crashes Cork (November 2014) *MTV Club Tour (2014) *MTV Crashes Derry (Summer 2015) *Club MTV Tour (2018)

Defunct channels

MTV Extra

was launched in 1999 and was a mixture of music videos and repeats of MTV programming. Towards the end of the channel's life, programming was dropped and the channel showed solely music videos (under the "Pure Music" name), with

in the evenings. MTV Dance was spun off into its own channel on 20 April 2001, and MTV Extra was renamed

at 6am on 1 May 2001. MTV Extra is notable for being the only spin-off MTV channel to use the same song title graphics as its parent channel (although it had its own separate idents).

MTV Flux

Launched on 6 September 2006, MTV Flux allowed viewers to take "control" of the channel by sending in video clips to MTV Flux's website, and requesting music videos. It was replaced by MTV +1 on 1 February 2008, a timeshift service of MTV. MTV had announced that the "Flux" format would be integrated into its other channels, and so the website still remains.

MTV2

MTV2 was launched in 2002 replacing M2. The channel focused on rock and indie music and featured shows such as MTV2 Most Wanted and Gonzo. The channel was replaced with MTV Rocks on 1 March 2010.

MTV Shows

MTV's general entertainment channel featuring reruns and new episodes of MTV's reality shows. Formerly MTV R until 1 March 2010. The channel ceased operating from 1 February 2011. Its broadcast capacity was relocated to the Music section of the Sky guide for use as MTV Music.

MTV Dance

MTV Dance was the dedicated

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channel with music videos and programming of underground and mainstream dance tracks. The channel was replaced with

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on 23 May 2018.

MTV Rocks

MTV Rocks was a channel dedicated to alternative rock music, with other commercial mainstream music types found on MTV's other music channels. MTV Rocks was previously known as MTV Two and was replaced by MTV Rocks on 1 March 2010. MTV Two was previously MTV2 Europe and M2 respectively. The channel closed on 20 July 2020.

MTV OMG

Launched on 1 March 2018. MTV OMG was the channel for music and gossip, replacing

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. The channel closed on 20 July 2020.

Club MTV

Launched on 23 May 2018. Club MTV was the channel plays dance, EDM and urban music, replacing

. The channel closed on 20 July 2020.

MTV +1

Launched on 1 February 2008 at midday, this timeshift service of MTV replaced MTV Flux, which in turn had replaced

VH2 VH2 was a sister channel to VH1 in the United Kingdom. It launched in 2003, and slowly became an Indie rock channel, aimed primarily at men in the 25-34 demographic. It mainly showed music videos, though it also aired documentaries about artists ...

. Trailers for the channel had aired before and after the launch, highlighting the catch-up ability of the new channel. The channel was known as MTV One +1 between 1 February 2008 and 1 July 2009. Coinciding with the closures of MTV OMG, MTV Rocks and

on 20 July 2020, the timeshift channel also closed as part of this change, along with the timeshifts for MTV Music and

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TMF

TMF was launched as a free-to-air television channel on

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on 30 October 2002 to compete against

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(now

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). It originally started as a non-stop music channel, although the network featured more programming from MTV and its other sister channels from early 2004. The channel was replaced with

on 26 October 2009.

VH2

VH2 was launched in December 2003 and shown mainly music videos and live concerts. It focused on rock, indie and punk music and branded itself as 'the alternative to manufactured pop'. The channel closed on 1 August 2006 because the main source of income for the channel,

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, had slowed down. MTV replaced VH2 with

MTV Flux MTV Flux was a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The version in the UK and Ireland launched on 6 September 2006. The brand started as a website on 1 August. It used bandwidth that was originally used to broadcast VH2. There is ...

, which was in turn replaced with a timeshift version of MTV.

Viva

Launched on 26 October 2009, Viva was the new music and entertainment channel, which replaced TMF. The channel shown content from sister channels MTV and

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, as well as programmes from

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and

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, with some acquired content airing as well. As the only MTV channel sitting on the Freeview platform, it was MTV UK's highest-rating service. The channel unexpectedly closed on 31 January 2018.

VH1

VH1 was a channel targeted at 25- to 44-year-olds playing chart and

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from the 1970s to the present day. It also carried music programming and themed countdown shows from their US counterpart. The channel closed on 7 January 2020.

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. MTV Base closed on 31 March 2022, and was replaced by

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MTV Classic

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was a British pay television music channel from Paramount Networks UK & Australia. The channel was launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 1 July 1999 as VH1 Classic. It focused on music videos and music specials from the 1960s onwards, sometimes featuring music videos and concert footage from as early as at least the 1940s or 1950s, such as Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" from 1942. It also aired videos from the 2000s and early 2010s. Every November and December from 2013 until 2021, MTV Classic played Christmas-themed music branded as MTV Xmas. On 31 March 2022, the channel closed down, and was replaced by

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Logos

File:MTV Logo.svg, Original MTV logo used from 1997 to 2007 and again from 1 July 2009 to 1 July 2011. File:MTV One.png, MTV One logo used from 22 July 2007 to 30 June 2009. File:MTV Logo 2010.svg, MTV logo used from 1 July 2011 to 14 September 2021. File:MTV-2021.svg, MTV logo used from 14 September 2021 – present.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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