On Dec. 31, 2025, MTV shut down a number of its music-only channels. Here's everything to know about the channels leaving MTV ...

MTV’s music channels went dark, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981.

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 ...

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

As of today, MTV will no longer air music videos—and of all the lists and round-ups published this past month, few, if any, ...

Adventures From MTV to Timbuktu (published by Gallery Books), which, among many things, contains his memories of MTV’s ...

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 ...

MTV offshoots like MTV Music and MTV Live reportedly went off air in the United Kingdom. It ended where it began, playing "Video Killed the Radio Star." ...

MTV has switched off its remaining dedicated music video channels worldwide, closing the era it created with a symbolic final play of Video Killed The Radio Star.

MTV was the soul of music, at least for those who were around to feel it rise. Come 2026, ownership clashes and contractual ...

It is the end of an era. That got us thinking about MTV's culture-defining arrival in August 1981 and how music videos ended ...

MTV Music has shut down after 44 years. The network shut down its 24/7 music channels worldwide on January 1, 2026. Along with the popular music channel, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, Nick Music, MTV ...