''MTV Music'' was a 24-hour Australian and New Zealand
subscription
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music channel
Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from recording artists, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite, cable, or Streaming Platforms.
Music televisi ...
which first launched on 3 December 2013.
History
On 29 October 2013, MTV announced they had been working with Foxtel since early 2013 to offer more diversity on the Foxtel platform, as their two current music dedicated channels –
MTV Classic and
MTV Hits – fought for the same audience as
Foxtel Networks channels
MAX and
Hits respectively.
As such, it was decided that ''MTV Classic'' and ''MTV Hits'' would cease broadcasting on the Foxtel platform to be replaced by two new MTV channels. The channel to replace ''MTV Hits'' was ''MTV Music'', the
same name of the number one UK music channel, which will feature pop, rock,
urban and
alternative
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Arts, entertainment and media
* Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki''
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music.
On 1 January 2014, ''MTV Music'' launched on
Australian IPTV provider
FetchTV.
On 1 December 2015, a localized version of ''MTV Music'' launched in New Zealand on
Sky Television, replacing both ''MTV Classic'' and ''MTV Hits''. On 30 November 2016, ''MTV Music'' moved from channel 808 to 803 on the Foxtel platform. On 1 July 2020, the channel rebranded back to
MTV Hits, as part of a wider deal between
Foxtel
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and
ViacomCBS
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. MTV Hits now broadcasts on Foxtel channel 801, taking the slot of the former
Channel
Logo history
File:MTV_Music_2015.png, Logo used from 3 December 2013 to 4 April 2017
File:MTV Music 2017 logo Australia.svg, Logo used from 5 April 2017 to February 2018
File:MTV_Music_2019.png, Final logo used from February 2018 to 1 July 2020
Programs
They are automated blocks of hit music videos at all. And similar to
MTV Dance, MTV Music only broadcasts three 5-minute commercial breaks each hour.
* ''Night Shift''
* ''#MTVBattle''
* ''Toasty Tunes''
* ''MTV On The Go''
* ''MTV Official Top 30''
* ''On Demand x20''
* ''Throwback Tracks''
* ''Hungry, Hungry Hits''
* ''Upload of the Week''
* ''Hot af x10''
* ''MTV Artists Only''
* ''MTV Doodles''
* ''What's New?''
* ''Must See Vids x10''
* ''MTV's Most Played x30''/''x40''
* ''Homegrown Hits''
* ''That's So Nineties''
* ''Official Aria Chart x20''/''x10''/''x40''
* ''Back to...''
* ''U. S. A. x30''
* ''30 Most Downloaded''
* ''MTV House Party''
* ''MTV Upload''
* ''#TFIF''
* ''MTV Likes''
* ''21 Under 21''
* ''Indie Mixtape''
* ''MTV Upload Encore''
* ''A to Zedd on MTV''
* ''RnB x Hip Hop''
* ''Legit Hits''
* ''MTV Asia Hits''
* ''Can't Get You Out of My Head''
* ''OK Danceoke''
* ''100% Pop Classics''
See also
*
Club MTV (Australian TV channel)
Club MTV (formerly MTV Dance) is an Australian pay television channel that broadcasts dance and urban music. It was launched on 3 December 2013.
History
On 29 October 2013, MTV announced they had been working with Foxtel since early 2013 to offer ...
*
NickMusic (Australian TV channel)
NickMusic is an Australian TV channel jointly owned by Foxtel Networks and Paramount Networks UK & Australia. It launched on 1 July 2020 replacing Channel on channel 802, taking the slot of s 2-hour timeshift. It is an Australian version o ...
References
External links
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MTV channels
Music video networks in Australia
Music video networks in New Zealand
English-language television stations in Australia
Defunct television channels in Australia
English-language television stations in New Zealand
Defunct television channels in New Zealand
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020