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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

MTV will shut down many of its last dedicated 24-hour music channels after today, Dec. 31. MTV’s parent company, Paramount Skydance, is also expected to shutter music-only channels in Australia, ...

MTV, the channel that once played music videos all day and night, has reached the end of an era. After decades of 24-hour music broadcasting, several of its music-only channels went silent at the end ...

This fall, MTV announced that MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live would shutter at the year's end The closures impact viewers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, ...

It’s hard to overstate the impact of the first 24-hour music video channel on the world’s teens. But after four decades, and with the advent of Instagram’s direct fan connections, the endless variety ...

After over 40 years on TV, multiple MTV music channels will shut down this week in the UK. According to BBC News, MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all stop broadcasting after ...

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 ...

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 ...