MTV channels dedicated to 24/7 music videos began going permanently dark on Wednesday with a nod to the video that started it all: airing the Buggles’ iconic “Video Killed the Radio Star.” Earlier ...
After over 40 years on TV, multiple MTV music channels will shut down this week in the UK. According to BBC News, MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all stop broadcasting after ...
MTV will shut down many of its last dedicated 24-hour music channels after today, Dec. 31. MTV’s parent company, Paramount Skydance, is also expected to shutter music-only channels in Australia, ...
This fall, MTV announced that MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live would shutter at the year's end The closures impact viewers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, ...
Nearly 40 years after debuting in the United Kingdom, MTV is retiring several of its channels there. According to BBC News, MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will no longer be ...
Last night, the sky lit up with fireworks as countries celebrated the end of 2025 and the start of 2026. Just in the United States, people welcomed the new year with Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ ...
An old-school MTV experience has made its way onto the Internet (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Social media rumors falsely claimed MTV shut down after playing “Video Killed the ...
As of today, December 31, MTV's remaining 24-hour music channels across the globe are officially going dark, bringing a definitive end to an era that shaped pop culture for more than four decades. MTV ...
On Dec. 31, 2025, the network shut down a number of its music-only channels Charlotte Walsh is an evergreen editor at PEOPLE. She has been contributing to PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously ...
It’s hard to overstate the impact of the first 24-hour music video channel on the world’s teens. But after four decades, and with the advent of Instagram’s direct fan connections, the endless variety ...