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 Final logo, used 2022 to 2025 | |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland |
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| Network | MTV |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 16:9 576i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Networks UK & Australia |
| Sister channels | MTV MTV 00s MTV Live MTV 90s Club MTV MTV Music |
| History | |
| Launched | 28 February 2020 (as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic) 31 March 2022 (as a channel) |
| Replaced | MTV Classic |
| Closed | 31 March 2020 (as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic) 31 December 2025 (as a channel) |
MTV 80s was the British version of the international music TV channel MTV 80s, which began broadcasting on 31 March 2022, replacing MTV Classic. It was first launched as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic from 28 February to 31 March 2020.
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The first video to be broadcast on MTV 80s at 6 am on 31 March 2022 was The Sun Always Shines on T.V. by a-ha.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2024, MTV 80's UK feed switched its programming to match the MTV 80's European feed, Unlike the commercial-free European feed, the UK feed includes music videos from other decades, MTV EMA, commercials and airs Teleshopping segments.
At 23:59 on 31 December 2025, MTV 80s (alongside MTV's other music channels) closed, with its final music video being “Together in Electric Dreams” by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder. [1]