MTV (Lithuanian & Latvian TV channel)

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MTV Lithuania & Latvia
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Ownership
Owner MTV Networks Europe / Ananey Communications Ltd.
Sister channels MTV Estonia
History
Launched4 September 2006 (2006-09-04)
January 2009again
Closed19 November 2009 (2009-11-19) [1]
Replaced by MTV Europe
Links
Website www.mtv.lt

MTV Lithuania & Latvia was a twenty-four-hour music and entertainment channel operated by MTV Networks Europe. The channel was originally formed in September 2006 at Lithuania, at January 2009 it got re-formed to double channel including both Lithuania and Latvia and targeted audiences in Lithuania and Latvia.

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History

MTV Estonia remained as stand alone channel.

Channel

The channel combined local and international music, as well as MTV's trademark shows such as Pimp My Ride , Celebrity Deathmatch and Wildboyz which were shown with subtitles in Lithuanian. The network also aired local programmes as European Top 20, Baltic Top 20, Dance Floor Chart, MTV Oops and MTV Supermercado. Prior to closing, it had launched a reality show live from the MTV Lietuva headquarters, the humour show Baltish and Pimp My Ride Baltic were created by MTV Lietuva. Lithuanian MTV VJs are VJ Ugnė, VJ Jonas and twins VJ Artūras and VJ Robertas.

Local shows

Former local shows

Pan-European shows

Shows imported from MTV Networks US

Other shows

Other former shows

Other projects

Change in format

MTV Networks Europe originally launched separate MTV channels in Lithuania (MTV Lietuva) and Latvia (MTV Latvija) in September 2006. Both channels offered a mixture of local and international content. Due to the global recession and its impact on Latvia, MTV Networks Baltic merged both channels to form MTV Lietuva & Latvija, and this channel was supposed to operate until the economic crisis is rectified. [7] But unfortunately MTV Lietuva & Latvija and MTV Estonia ceased operations on November 19, 2009 and have been replaced by the original MTV Europe channel.

VJs

Past VJs

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