MTV is Shutting Down

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3. Several MTV channels, *in the UK*, are shutting down.

https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/12/mtv-shutting-down-music-tv-channels-after-nearly-40-years.html

MTV shutting down music TV channels after nearly 40 years

Published: Dec. 31, 2025, 2:10 p.m.
By Matt Durr | [e-mail]

Nearly 40 years after debuting in the United Kingdom, MTV is retiring several of its channels there. According to BBC News, MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will no longer be available after Dec. 31, 2025.

MTV launched in the U.S. in 1981 and expanded to Europe in 1987, which included broadcasting in the U.K. A decade later, MTV added a dedicated channel for the U.K. A spokesperson for MTV’s parent company, Paramount, declined to comment on the matter.

MTV HD will remain an option for viewers in the U.K., but will not show music videos. MTV HD stopped airing music videos in 2011 and will move forward with a focus on reality TV series. Although the channels are disappearing in the U.K., it appears the U.S. versions will be unaffected.

Rolling Stone reports certain MTV channels in Australia, Poland, France and Brazil are also expected to shut down, but MTV officials did not respond to requests for confirmation.

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