MTV 80s

MTV 80s

Final logo, used from February to 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 (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)
Closed	28 April 2022;3 years ago (2022-04-28) (Russia) 14 December 2022;3 years ago (2022-12-14) (Belarus) [1] 1 November 2025;2 months ago (2025-11-01) (Australia) 1 December 2025;42 days ago (2025-12-01) (New Zealand) 31 December 2025;12 days ago (2025-12-31)

MTV 80s was a channel featuring music videos from the 1980s. It had 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.

Closure

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

On 31 December 2025, MTV 80s, along with MTV's other international music channels, closed globally due to the company's restructuring policy. ^{[3] [4]} The last video played was "Together in Electric Dreams" by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder before the channel's closing at 7:00 AM CET. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

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. ^[9]

References

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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. McPherson, Chris (2025-12-30). "After 44 Years, MTV Is Officially Dead". Collider. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
6. Blez, Andrea (2025-12-31). "El adiós de los videos musicales en la televisión: la historia de la MTV, el canal que cambió el consumo musical". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-31.
7. Durr, Matt (2025-12-31). "MTV shutting down music TV channels after nearly 40 years". mlive. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
8. en, Por Virginia GarcíaSeguir (2025-12-31). "MTV apaga sus canales musicales icónicos y despide una era de videos las 24 horas". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-02.
9. "our music portfolio is changing". mtv. 15 March 2022.