MTV is a Portuguese

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channel that was launched on 1 July 2003, replacing

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in Portugal. A high-definition simulcast feed of the channel launched on 17 June 2015. In its initial stages MTV Portugal shared similar content to MTV Spain and MTV Italy, while also airing programming from MTV US and

. There was a strong focus on music content but gradually the channel began to air reality shows similar to other MTV channels. The channel was launched in Portugal with the support of private broadcaster

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as it previously had a MTV branded block in the early 1990s. The channel is based at

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in London and supported by a local office is Lisbon. In Spring 2011, MTV Portugal began to air new localised programming. The current MTV Portugal VJs are Diogo Dias – the first presenter of the channel, having hosted MTV Portugal since 2004 -, Luís Marvão and Patrícia Vieira. There are some Portuguese celebrities who also were MTV Portugal VJs: Filomena Cautela, Luísa Barbosa (in the second half of the 2000s) and Ana Sofia Martins (in the first half of the 2010s).

History

MTV Portugal was launched on July 3, 2003. At the beginning, the channel broadcast mainly music, but gradually gave way to

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. Most of its programming consists of shows broadcast by MTV and MTV2 from the United States, but also shows from

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(

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, Just Tattoo of Us,...), MTV Spain ( Gandía Shore,...) or MTV Brazil and MTV LATAM.

VJ casting

In 2012, MTV Portugal aired a new local television program which aims to look for new VJs across the country. It began its search by going across the country to ten different cities across six months and selects its top candidates to progress to the next stage. During the VJ casting process it has visited

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, Aveiro,

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, Faro,

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, Guimarães, Lisbon, Montijo,

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Local Programmes

*MTV Amplifica (entertainment news update hosted by VJ Diogo) *MTV Breakfast Club (entertainment show hosted by VJ Patrícia and VJ Luís) *MTV News (available on MTV Portugal Instagram) *MTV Hits (non-stop video show) *MTV Insomnia (non-stop video show)

Current Programs

* Ridiculousness * MTV's Bugging Out * Amplifica * Awkward *

* Acapulco Shore * Super Shore * MTV #YouGotGot * Faking It * MTV Drive Time by smart * Cribs * MTV Dance Videos *

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* Video Love * Catfish: The TV Show * The Ride * Are You the One? * South Park * Are You the One? Brazil * I Used to be Fat * MTV Insomnia * MTV Breakfast Club * Made *

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* MTV Push *

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* MTV World Stage *

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* MTV Retro * Pranked * Lip Sync Battle *

Teen Mom ''Teen Mom'' (renamed ''Teen Mom OG'' starting with the fifth season) is an American reality television series broadcast by MTV. It is the first spin-off of '' 16 and Pregnant'', and it focuses on the lives of several young mothers as they navig ...

* The Challenge *

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* The Ride * Brothers Green: Eats * MTV Suspect *

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 ...

* MTV Sunset Braga * MTV It Girls * The Hills * MTV It Girls * 40 Greatest Pranks *

Daria ''Daria'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn. The series ran from March 3, 1997, to January 21, 2002, on MTV. It focuses on the title character, Daria Morgendorffer, an intelligent, cynical high ...

Punk'd ''Punk'd'' is an American hidden camera– practical joke reality television series that first aired on MTV in 2003. It was created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, with Kutcher serving as producer and host. It bears a resemblance to both t ...

References

External links

* MTV channels Television networks in Portugal Television stations in Portugal Television channels and stations established in 2003 2003 establishments in Portugal Music organisations based in Portugal {{Portugal-tv-stub