MTV Music (British and Irish TV channel)

MTV Music
	Logo used since 2021
Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	United Kingdom and Ireland
Network	MTV
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	16:9, 576i (SDTV)
Timeshift service	MTV Music +1 (2016–2020)
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks UK & Australia
Sister channels	MTV; MTV 80s; MTV 90s; MTV Hits; MTV Live;
History
Launched	1 February 2011
Replaced	MTV Shows
Links
Website	mtv.co.uk/mtv-music

MTV Music is a British pay television channel operated by Paramount Networks UK & Australia. The brand was first launched in the UK and Ireland before launching in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. Unlike other MTV Music channels, this channel offers subtitles on selected programmes.

History

Viacom International Media Network announced the introduction of a non-stop music channel in January 2011. As the main MTV brand has deviated from its original purpose and increased competition from other music channels and online services, MTV addressed this issue by launching a new music channel MTV Music. The channel launched on 1 February 2011 in both the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[1] The channel replaced MTV Shows.

On the 1 February 2011, on Sky UK and Sky Ireland, MTV and MTV Shows swapped positions in the EPG where MTV became part of the Entertainment channels and MTV Shows was moved to the Music channels and renamed MTV Music. MTV Shows programming was transferred to MTV, while MTV Music was dedicated to playing music videos, similarly like its sister channels MTV Base, MTV Classic, MTV Dance, MTV Hits, MTV Rocks and MTV Live.

MTV Music began broadcasting in widescreen in the UK & Ireland on 28 March 2012. On 15 February 2016, MTV Music +1 launched in the UK on Sky channel 358, replacing the standard-definition version of MTV Live HD. Following the closures of MTV OMG, MTV Rocks and Club MTV on 20 July 2020, MTV Music broadcasts a weekly chart based on MTV Rocks programming on Sundays. The timeshift channel also closed as part of this change, along with the timeshifts for MTV and Comedy Central Extra.

On 8 September 2022 at 22:00 BST, MTV Music (along with MTV Hits, MTV 80s, MTV 90s in the United Kingdom/Ireland and MTV Live in Europe, MENA, Latin America, and Asia) temporarily suspended its regularly scheduled programming, due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. As a result of the suspension of regular programming on all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom, two music video programmes were created in order to fill the gap, one being "Programming Pause" (which it was broadcast from 8 September 2022 at 22:55 until 10 September 2022 at 06:00 BST) and the other being "Nothing but Music" (which it was broadcast from 10 September 2022 at 06:00 BST until 13 September 2022 at 06:00 BST). Both of these programmes played laid back and sombre music videos. Regular programming for all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom/Ireland were resumed on 13 September 2022 at 06:00 BST, while MTV Live resumed its regularly scheduled programing 4 hours earlier at 02:00 BST.

On 19 September 2022, all of MTV's music channels in the United Kingdom/Ireland temporarily suspended its regularly scheduled programming (including teleshopping programmes) and it was replaced with the music programme "Nothing but Music" (also known "Nothing but Hits" on MTV Hits, "Nothing but 80s" on MTV 80s and "Nothing but 90s" on MTV 90s) on that day, due to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.

On 6 July 2024 MTV Music alongside its sister channel MTV Hits stopped airing 'The Official UK Top 20/40' and 'The Official Chart Update' and instead airs 'This Week's MTV Top 20'.^[2]^[3]

On 17 October 2024, after the death of Liam Payne. MTV Music, along with MTV Live and MTV Hits (UK and International), temporarily suspended their usual programming until 4 a.m. on Friday, October 18, to play Liam Payne: A Tribute, a music program that played all of his music videos as a tribute to the singer's legacy.^[4]

Programming

Current programming

(artist) & Friends
(artist) x (artist) x (artist)
(artist) x2
(artist): Brand New Vid
(artist): Certified Platinum
(artist): Official Top 10
(artist): Official Top 20
(artist): Rocks 5
(artist): Rocks 10
(artist): Rocks Special
About Damn Time to Party
Club MTV's Big 20
Fresh Out
Gonzo
I Want My MTV: ...
Loudest Rock Anthems
Make Me Feel Good Party Anthems
MTV Asks
MTV Essentials
MTV Live
MTV Unplugged
MTV World Stage
Rap & R&B Right Now
The Official Top 50 Singles of The Year So Far
This Week's MTV Top 20
Ultimate 20 Cover Versions
Viral Vids Right Now
Weekly Mix
We Love: (artist)
Yo! MTV Raps: The Playlist – also airs on MTV Germany

Former programming

The Official Chart Update Top 10
The Official UK Streaming Chart
The Official UK Top 20
The Official UK Top 40

Live events

Regional channels

Pan-European

A pan-European version of the channel. The channel consisted of non-stop music videos 24-hours a day. The channel ceased broadcasting in June 2021. The channel was registered with the broadcasting regulator RRTV in the Czech Republic.^[5] MTV Music 24 was available in Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and South Africa. Previously, MTV Music UK was made available across Europe.

Ireland

MTV Music Ireland launched on 31 October 2013. It was a simultaneous broadcast of the UK version with Irish local advertising/sponsorship^[6]^[7] MTV Music Ireland ceased broadcasting from 31 May 2019 and the channel was replaced with the UK version.^[8]

Italy

MTV Music channel launched in Italy on 1 March 2011,^[9] replacing MTV Plus.

Australia and New Zealand

On 3 December 2013 VIMN launched the channel in Australia replacing MTV Hits.^[10] On 1 December 2015, MTV Music launched in New Zealand on Sky Television, replacing both MTV Hits & MTV Classic.^[11] The channel was closed on 1 July 2020 and replaced by MTV Hits Australia & New Zealand.

Poland

MTV Music launched in Poland on 17 October 2017,^[12] replacing VIVA Poland after 17 years of broadcasting. MTV Music closed in Poland on 3 March 2020 and was replaced by MTV Music 24.