On December 31, MTV shut down its 24-hour music channels in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Australia, and Brazil. The closure was capped off with one final music video: “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
As such, MTV today stopped showing a 24-hour feed of music videos in the UK after 38 years in rotation. MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live have all stopped broadcasting.
MTV is not only shutting down some of its international music channels that used to air music videos 24/7, but it is also canceling some of its long-running programming. While MTV’s flagship U.S. channel has long aired music videos, in recent years its programming has featured reruns of the series “Ridiculousness.” MTV has faced criticism for airing the long-running series 24/7.
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