MTV 80s

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MTV 80s
Logo used since 2025.
Broadcast area Europe, Latin America, Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and North Africa
Network MTV
Programming
LanguageEnglish
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
Launched1 July 2020;5 years ago (2020-07-01) (New Zealand)
5 October 2020;5 years ago (2020-10-05) (Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean)
1 March 2021;4 years ago (2021-03-01) (MENA)
1 August 2023;2 years ago (2023-08-01) (Australia)
Replaced VH1 Classic Europe (Europe)
MTV Classic (Aus and NZ)
Closed28 April 2022;3 years ago (2022-04-28) (Russia)
14 December 2022;2 years ago (2022-12-14) (Belarus) [1]
1 November 2025;13 days' time (2025-11-01) (Australia)
31 December 2025;2 months' time (2025-12-31) (Globally)

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

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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 broadcasts 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.

On 31 December 2025, MTV 80s will shut down globally [2] , due the company's restructuring policy.

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. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Телеканалы MTV, Nickelodeon и Paramount прекращают вещание в Беларуси". Tvnews.by | Новости Тв, It И Коммуникаций.
  2. ↑ Polska, Grupa Wirtualna (2025-07-10). "9 stacji telewizyjnych zniknie z Polski [NASZ NEWS]". Media, Reklama, Internet, PR, Telewizja, Radio - najnowsze wiadomości tylko na WirtualneMedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-10-13.
  3. ↑ "our music portfolio is changing". mtv. 15 March 2022.
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