MTV’s music video channels sign off after 44 years

After much than 4 decades connected the airwaves, MTV person closed down their remaining dedicated euphony video channels, ending with the Buggles’ Video Killed The Radio Star.

As of January 1, Paramount Global unopen down MTV’s 24-hour euphony channels similar MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live successful regions including the UK, Ireland, France, Poland, Australia, and Brazil.

The determination to cease each 24-hour euphony transmission broadcasts comes aft Paramount’s determination to trim costs crossed its planetary media portfolio, pursuing its $US8.4 cardinal ($A12.6 billion) merger with Skydance successful 2025.

MTV’s euphony transmission played euphony videos connected a 24-hour loop and was down landmark events similar the world premiere of Michael Jackson’s Thriller video and a 16-hour broadcast of Live Aid successful 1985. The transmission besides launched the MTV Video Music Awards.

MTV’s flagship transmission will stay connected the aerial and prioritise world TV and popular civilization programming.

As a sign-off, the euphony transmission played the 1979 deed Video Killed The Radio Star, a symbolic prime astatine it was the archetypal video that MTV aired when it launched successful the US successful 1981.

After becoming a euphony tastemaker successful the US, MTV aboriginal expanded to Australia successful 1987, airing for six years arsenic a euphony video amusement hosted by Richard Wilkins.

MTV was aboriginal reintroduced successful Australia arsenic a euphony video transmission connected Optus Television earlier being added to Austar and Foxtel.

with AAP