The iconic music television brand axed channels while keeping MTV HD, which now focuses primarily on reality programming.

I think MTV had its time and history that time will never repeat, and it's time to change," former MTV DJ Daisy Fuentes tol ...

Even with the closure of these channels, MTV isn't completely disappearing. The network has only discontinued some of its ...

After 44 years of defining pop culture across the globe, MTV's music only channels were shut down on 31 December 2025.

If you grew up waiting all day for your favorite tracks to pop up on MTV between school and dinner, you might’ve felt a ...

MTV is marking the end of an era in the United Kingdom as several of its channels are set to shut down at the beginning of 2026. All of the UK’s music-focused MTV stations - MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV ...

MTV first debuted in the US on Aug. 1, 1981, adding MTV Europe to their slate in Aug. 1987. This fall, MTV announced that MTV ...

January 2026 marked the close of one of the most important chapters in music television history. The well-known brand MTV, ...

MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live in the UK went out just as the original music video channel began: with the Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star." ...

Paramount Skydance is also expected to pull the plug on MTV music channels in Australia, Poland, France, and Brazil, ...

MTV shutdown rumours explained: why the iconic music channel is still on air in 2026, what really closed. More inside.