MTV 80s
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Network | MTV |
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Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i/480i SDTV |
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Owner | Paramount International Networks |
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MTV 80s is a music channel from Paramount Global featuring music videos from the 1980s. It has a commercial-free schedule. It is available across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand.
History
[edit]Pop-up channel and launch
[edit]From February 28 to March 31, 2020, MTV 80s was broadcast for one month as a themed alternative to its host channel, MTV Classic UK, but was not planned as a full-time replacement. From June 30, 2020, until October 5, 2020, VH1 Classic Europe broadcast a block of MTV 80s programming from midnight until midday as a test bed for what would eventually become the permanent replacement to VH1 Classic Europe.
MTV 80s broadcasts around the clock in New Zealand since July 1, 2020 and Australia since August 1, 2023 replacing MTV Classic. On October 5, 2020, from 05:00 CET onwards, MTV 80s started broadcasting full-time, replacing VH1 Classic in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Around November 1, 2024, at 12:31, the channel received a visual update of logo and text strips to match MTV 80s UK. However, the update was revoked an hour later.
Other versions
[edit]As part of restructuring at Paramount Global UK & Australia, MTV 80s replaced MTV Classic in the UK from 6am on March 31, 2022.[2]
Beginning in the first quarter of 2024, MTV 80s UK feed switched its programming to match the MTV 80s European feed. Unlike the commercial-free European feed, the UK feed includes music videos from other decades, commercials and airs Teleshopping segments.
Shows
[edit]- 80s Double Shots: 2 from 1
- 80s Power Ballads
- 80s Rock Anthems
- 100 Europop Anthems
- 100 Iconic Videos That Made MTV
- 100 Love Songs of the '80s
- Alternative 80s
- Crazy for 80s Love
- Forgotten Gems of the '80s
- I Want My MTV 80s
- Power Ballad Heaven
- Super Pop Hits
- Wrapped
References
[edit]- ^ "Телеканалы MTV, Nickelodeon и Paramount прекращают вещание в Беларуси". Tvnews.by | Новости Тв, It И Коммуникаций.
- ^ "our music portfolio is changing". mtv. 15 March 2022.