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Broadcast area | Europe Middle East Africa Latin America and Caribbean |
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Headquarters | London |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i/480i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Paramount Networks EMEAA |
Sister channels | MTV Club MTV MTV Live MTV 80s MTV 90s MTV 00s |
History | |
Launched | 27 May 2014 |
Replaced | VIVA Hungary (Hungary) MTV Hits (Latin America) MTV Brand New (Germany & Netherlands) MTV Music 24 (South Africa) VH1 (Greece) MTV Hits (Australia) MTV Hits (UK) |
Closed | 17 November 2015 (France) 2 May 2020 (Italy) 1 July 2021 (Russia) 31 October 2022 (South Africa) 1 January 2025 (Netherlands) 31 December 2025 (Poland and Slovakia) [1] |
Replaced by | MTV Hits (France) (France) Qwest TV (South Africa) |
MTV Hits is a pay television music video channel which carries current-day pop music videos ranging from 2010 until the present day. A pan-European network owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA, the network also has wide availability throughout Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
It ceased broadcasting in Benelux on 1 October 2017, [2] but came back on 1 February 2021 by replacing MTV Brand New.
Though the network started as exclusive to mainland of Europe, its broadcast range has expanded over time as successor companies Viacom and ViacomCBS wound down domestic versions of MTV Hits and other MTV networks due to budgetary concerns and the rise of streaming, including MTV Brand New in the Benelux region (1 February 2021) and Germany (6 January 2021), and local versions of MTV Hits in Latin America (5 August 2020) and Australia (1 August 2023). MTV's operations in Russia were wound down on 1 July 2021, including its domestic version of MTV Hits. [3] MTV Hits's Dutch iteration closed on 31 December 2024. [4]
Some versions of the network continue to feature local insertions for domestic advertising and teleshopping slots.
On 14 April 2025, MTV Hits refresh the programming schedule after the UK feed close down and added back the "Totally 10's" music block.
The channel will be withdrawn from year-end 2025 in the Polish and Slovak markets.
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