MTV 80s

MTV 80s
	Final logo used from 4 February to 31 December 2025.
Broadcast area	Europe, Latin America, Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and North Africa
Network	MTV
Programming
Language	English
Picture format	4:3 576i/480i SDTV ; 16:9 576i/480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Paramount International Networks
Sister channels	MTV ; Club MTV ; MTV Hits ; MTV Live ; MTV 90s ; MTV 00s
History
Launched	1 July 2020;5 years ago (New Zealand); 5 October 2020;5 years ago (Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean); 1 March 2021;4 years ago (MENA); 1 August 2023;2 years ago (Australia)
Replaced	VH1 Classic Europe (Europe); MTV Classic (Aus and NZ)
Closed	28 April 2022;3 years ago (Russia); 14 December 2022;2 years ago (Belarus); 1 November 2025;36 days ago (Australia); 1 December 2025;6 days ago (New Zealand); 31 December 2025;23 days' time

Last updated December 07, 2025

MTV 80s is an outgoing channel featuring music videos from the 1980s. It has a commercial-free schedule.

History

Pop-up channel and launch

From 28 February to 31 March 2020, MTV 80s was broadcast for one month as a themed alternative to its host channel, MTV Classic UK, but was not planned as a full-time replacement. From 30 June 2020, until 5 October 2020, VH1 Classic Europe broadcast a block of MTV 80s programming from midnight until midday as a test bed for what would eventually become the permanent replacement to VH1 Classic Europe.

MTV 80s broadcast around the clock in New Zealand since 1 July 2020 and Australia since 1 August 2023 replacing MTV Classic. On 5 October 2020, from 05:00 CET onwards, MTV 80s started broadcasting full-time, replacing VH1 Classic in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The channel closed in Australia on November 1, 2025. ^[2]

On 31 December 2025, MTV 80s along with MTV’s other international music channels will close globally due to the company's restructuring policy.^[3]^[4]

Other versions

As part of restructuring at Paramount Global UK & Australia, MTV 80s replaced MTV Classic in the UK from 6am on 31 March 2022.^[5]

References

↑ "Телеканалы MTV, Nickelodeon и Paramount прекращают вещание в Беларуси". Tvnews.by | Новости Тв, It И Коммуникаций.
↑ Laidlaw, Kyle (2025-09-19). "FETCH TV set to lose all PARAMOUNT branded channels from November". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
↑ Dániel, Szalay (2025-07-15). "Ez tényleg súlyos: nem 8, hanem 10 tévécsatorna tűnik el év végén Magyarországon, köztük a Comedy Central és a Paramount Network – itt a bizonyíték!". Media1 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
↑ "MTV music channels to be switched off across Europe by end of 2025". euronews. 2025-10-13. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
↑ "our music portfolio is changing". mtv. 15 March 2022.

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[1] "Телеканалы MTV, Nickelodeon и Paramount прекращают вещание в Беларуси". Tvnews.by | Новости Тв, It И Коммуникаций.

[2] Laidlaw, Kyle (2025-09-19). "FETCH TV set to lose all PARAMOUNT branded channels from November". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 2025-09-20.

[3] Dániel, Szalay (2025-07-15). "Ez tényleg súlyos: nem 8, hanem 10 tévécsatorna tűnik el év végén Magyarországon, köztük a Comedy Central és a Paramount Network – itt a bizonyíték!". Media1 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-10-12.

[4] "MTV music channels to be switched off across Europe by end of 2025". euronews. 2025-10-13. Retrieved 2025-10-14.

[5] "our music portfolio is changing". mtv. 15 March 2022.

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