MTV 80s

MTV 80s

Logo used since 2022.
Broadcast area	Africa Europe Latin America and Caribbean Australia and New Zealand Middle East and North Africa
Network	MTV
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	4:3 576i SDTV 16:9 576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Paramount International Networks
Sister channels	MTV Club MTV MTV Hits MTV Live MTV 90s MTV 00s
History
Launched	1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) (New Zealand) 5 October 2020 (2020-10-05) (Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean) 1 March 2021 (2021-03-01) (MENA) 1 August 2023 (2023-08-01) (Australia)
Replaced	VH1 Classic Europe (Europe) MTV Classic (Aus and NZ)
Closed	28 April 2022 (2022-04-28) (Russia) 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) (Belarus)

MTV 80s is a channel featuring music videos from the 1980s. It has a commercial-free schedule.

History

Pop-up channel and launch

From 28 February to 31 March 2020, MTV 80s was broadcast for one month as a themed alternative to its host channel, MTV Classic UK, but was not planned as a full-time replacement. From 30 June 2020, until 5 October 2020, VH1 Classic Europe broadcast a block of MTV 80s programming from midnight until midday as a test bed for what would eventually become the permanent replacement to VH1 Classic Europe.

MTV 80s broadcasts around the clock in New Zealand since 1 July 2020 and Australia since 1 August 2023 replacing MTV Classic. On 5 October 2020, from 05:00 CET onwards, MTV 80s started broadcasting full-time, replacing VH1 Classic in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Other versions

As part of restructuring at Paramount Global UK & Australia, MTV 80s replaced MTV Classic in the UK from 6am on 31 March 2022.