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 ...

MTV shut down five of its music channels in the United Kingdom. The television channel officially stopped broadcasting on its MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live channels in the country ...

Pour one out, legends the last real remnants of MTV’s 24-hour music channels have officially been switched off the world. This week, MTV’s UK-based music stations – MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club ...

There is a lot of confusion over whether MTV is shutting down for good on December 31, and the answer is… sort of… but not really. The flagship channel will still ...

MTV was the soul of music, at least for those who were around to feel it rise. Come 2026, ownership clashes and contractual framings have kicked that soul to the curb. On December 31, 2025, 6 ...

Ireland and the UK were the first to bid farewell to MTV's music channels TheBugglesVEVO/YouTube MTV first debuted in the US on Aug. 1, 1981, adding MTV Europe to their slate in Aug. 1987 This fall, ...

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 ...

MTV shut down five of its music channels in the United Kingdom. BBC journalist Jono Read captured MTV Music's final moments in an X post on Wednesday. The station ended its run with The Buggles' 1979 ...

Parent company Paramount was shutting down all MTV channels in late 2025. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: MTV’s 24-hour music channels in the United Kingdom did shut down, with other ...

Multiple MTV music channels will shut down this week in the UK after more than 40 years on the air, BBC News reported. MTV Live, MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s and Club MTV will cease to broadcast after ...