MTV (Spanish TV channel)

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MTV España
Broadcast area Spain
Andorra
Headquarters Madrid, Spain
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Paramount Networks EMEAA
Sister channels MTV Live
Club MTV
MTV Hits
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
History
Launched10 September 2000
Closed17 February 2014 (DTT)
Links
Website mtv.es
Availability
Streaming media
SkyVia OTT

MTV is a Spanish pay television channel which focuses its programming on general entertainment and music. It was launched on 10 September 2000 and is owned by Paramount Global. It used to be available on the Spanish digital terrestrial television platform between 2010 and 2014, until it moved back to pay television due to a low audience figure.

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