NickMusic EMEA

NickMusic EMEA [Global]

Broadcast area	Europe Middle East Africa [1] [2] [3]
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Programming
Language	English
Picture format	16:9 576i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks EMEAA
Sister channels	Nickelodeon Nicktoons Nick Jr. TeenNick MTV MTV 80s MTV 90s MTV 00s MTV Hits MTV Live Club MTV
History
Launched	2 August 2007;18 years ago (2007-08-02)
Replaced	MTV Music 24 (Europe) VH1 (Denmark)
Closed	1 November 2025;2 months ago (2025-11-01) (Australia) 31 December 2025;1 day ago (2025-12-31) (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
Former names	Nick Hits (2007–2017)
Availability
Streaming media
Ziggo GO	ZiggoGO.tv (Europe)

NickMusic (formerly Nick Hits until 2017) was a specialised music video channel that is the international version of the US NickMusic. The channel mainly features modern pop music, but aimed at younger people.

History

On 2 August 2007, Nick Hits was launched in Benelux, at that time, the channel had promos in Dutch. ^{[4] [5]}

On 1 February 2017, the channel was rebranded; Nick Hits became NickMusic. ^[6]

On 1 July 2020, NickMusic was delocalised along promo and advertising were removed. At the same time, NickMusic became available Australia, replacing channel [V]. On 6 July 2020, Nick Music became available in New Zealand. ^[7]

On 1 June 2021, NickMusic replaced MTV Music 24 in Europe. ^{[8] [9]} Later, the channel expanded to Africa and the Middle East. The channel has a Czech license (RRTV) in order to ensure the continuation of legal broadcasting in the EU in accordance with the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and the Single Market Law after the UK left the European Union. Since the Czech Republic has minimum broadcasting rules, it was chosen for licensing purposes in the EU. ^{[1] [2]} The editorial office of the channel remains located in London.

On 1 April 2024, VH1 in Denmark was closed down indefinitely and replaced with NickMusic. ^[10]

The channel was closed in Australia on 1 November 2025. ^[11]

On 2 July 2025, Paramount announced the closure of several all-music channels on New Year's Eve 2025, including this international iteration of NickMusic. ^[12] The final music video emitted on NickMusic before its closure at 6:00 AM CET was "End Game" by Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Future.

References

1. "Rozhodnutí Licence" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
2. "List of service providers". Archived from the original on 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
3. "ViacomCBS Networks International Czech s.r.o". Archived from the original on 7 July 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
4. David de Jong (August 2, 2007). "MTV Networks gestart met TMF Pure, Nick Hits en Nick Toons". Dutchmedia Weblog.
5. "Nick Hits Vol. 3 (2009)". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
6. pietboon (26 January 2017). "Nick Hits heet voortaan Nick Music". DeRotsMedia.nl. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
7. Brzoznowski, Kristin (March 22, 2021). "BBC Kids to Launch on Fetch in Australia". Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
8. "Some new music channels are coming to Foxtel in July!". FOXTEL. 2020-05-04. Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
9. "A NickMusic váltja az MTV Music 24-et". DTV News (in Hungarian). 2021-05-11. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
10. Larsen, Rasmus (2024-01-22). "Tv-kanalerne Disney Junior og VH1 lukker i Danmark". Flatpanels.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-12-29.
11. Laidlaw, Kyle (2025-09-19). "FETCH TV set to lose all PARAMOUNT branded channels from November". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
12. Kriek, Jarco (2025-07-02). "'Paramount Global stopt lineaire distributie drie muziekzenders'". Totaal TV (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-08-04.

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