Country | France |
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Broadcast area | France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | 16:9, 576i (SDTV) 16:9, 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Viacom International Media Networks Europe |
Sister channels | MTV MTV Idol MTV Pulse BET Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Junior Nickelodeon 4Teen Game One Game One Music J-One Paramount Channel |
History | |
Launched | 21 December 2007 |
Closed | 17 November 2015 |
Replaced by | MTV Hits |
Links | |
Website | mtvbase.fr |
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A first channel, MTV Base UK was launched on 1 July 1999. This version of the channel will still be broadcast in France after the launch of the French version until 7 March 2008 where it is replaced by MTV Dance on Free and the other ADSL operators (as in all Europe except the UK and Ireland).
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In 2014, the channel changed targets by broadcasting less hip-hop music, and slowly began to focus on pop and dance content, such as One Direction, Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris.
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