MTV 80s (United Kingdom and Ireland)

MTV 80s
Final logo, used 2022 to 2025
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
NetworkMTV
Programming
LanguageEnglish
Picture format16:9 576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerParamount Networks UK & Australia
Sister channelsMTV
MTV Live
MTV 90s
Club MTV
MTV Music
History
Launched28 February 2020; 5 years ago (2020-02-28) (as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic)
31 March 2022; 3 years ago (2022-03-31) (as a channel)
ReplacedMTV Classic
Closed31 March 2020; 5 years ago (2020-03-31) (as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic)
31 December 2025; 55 days ago (2025-12-31) (as a channel)

MTV 80s was the British version of the international music TV channel MTV 80s, which began broadcasting on 31 March 2022, replacing MTV Classic. It was first launched as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic from 28 February to 31 March 2020.

The first video to be broadcast on MTV 80s at 6 am on 31 March 2022 was The Sun Always Shines on T.V. by a-ha.

Beginning in the first quarter of 2024, MTV 80's UK feed switched its programming to match the MTV 80's European feed, Unlike the commercial-free European feed, the UK feed includes music videos from other decades, MTV EMA, commercials and airs Teleshopping segments.

At 06:00 GMT on 31 December 2025, MTV 80s (alongside MTV's other music channels) closed, with its final music video being “Together in Electric Dreams” by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder.[1]

Broadcasting

Satellite

  • Sky UK: Channel 353
  • MNC Vision: Channel 151

Cable

  • Virgin Media: Channel 284

Notes

  1. MTV 80s and MTV 90s will launch on 31 March

References

  1. ^ "MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK". bbc.com. BBC. 2025-10-10. Retrieved 10 Oct 2025.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_80s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)