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MTV to Switch Off UK Music Channels on Dec. 31, Leaving MTV HD

Updated UK listings confirm a shutdown driven by audiences moving music viewing to YouTube and social apps.

Overview

  • MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will stop broadcasting after Dec. 31, according to updated schedules.
  • MTV HD remains available and continues to run reality programming such as Naked Dating UK and Geordie Shore.
  • Sky and Virgin Media will also remove Pop, Tiny Pop, Pop+1 and Tiny Pop+1, taking the total channels disappearing from those platforms to nine.
  • A spokesman for parent company Paramount Skydance declined to comment, as the cuts track with a merger-era plan targeting at least $3 billion in savings and 1,600 job reductions.
  • Reports point to similar music-channel shutdowns in Australia, Poland, France, Brazil and parts of Asia and Latin America.