MTV Hits (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

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MTV Hits
Logo used since 14 September 2021
Broadcast areaEurope
Middle East
Africa
Latin America and Caribbean
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
Launched27 May 2014;11 years ago (2014-05-27)
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)
Closed17 November 2015;9 years ago (2015-11-17) (France)
2 May 2020;5 years ago (2020-05-02) (Italy)
1 July 2021;4 years ago (2021-07-01) (Russia)
31 October 2022;2 years ago (2022-10-31) (South Africa)
1 January 2025;8 months ago (2025-01-01) (Netherlands)
1 November 2025;35 days' time (2025-11-01) (Australia)
31 December 2025;3 months' time (2025-12-31) (Europe) [1] [2]
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, [3] 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. [4] MTV Hits's Dutch iteration closed on 31 December 2024. [5]

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The channel will be withdrawn from 1 November 2025 in Australia. [6]

The channel will be withdrawn from year-end 2025 in Europe. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Dániel, Szalay (20 July 2025). "10 tévécsatornát szüntet meg a Paramount Magyarországon – itt a lista".
  2. 1 2 "Hudební kanály MTV na konci roku skončí". Parabola.cz (in Czech). 10 July 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "TELESAT perd trois chaînes MTV". www.telesatellite.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Майские изменения в операторских телевизионных пакетах". cableman.ru (in Russian). Кабельщик. 21 May 2021. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "MTV stopt doorgifte MTV Live, MTV Hits en MTV 90's in Nederland | SKV". SKV (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Laidlaw, Kyle (19 September 2025). "FETCH TV set to lose all PARAMOUNT branded channels from November". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
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