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MTV Africa

Programming
Language	English
Picture format	1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks EMEAA
Sister channels	BET Africa Comedy Central Africa MTV Base Africa Nickelodeon Africa Nicktoons Africa Nick Jr. Africa
History
Launched	3 July 2013; 12 years ago (3 July 2013)
Replaced	MTV Europe (African feed)
Links
Website	Official website

MTV Africa,^[1] formerlyMTV South Africa, is an Africanpay televisionchannel founded byAlex Okosi, Jandre Louw, Dudu Qubu and Maya Padmore and launched as 'Africas MTV'.^[2] The African equivalent ofMTV and owned byParamount Networks EMEAA, it broadcasts locally-produced reality series and MTV US content.

• 1995 – Pan-African satellite providerDStv launched 17 international channels on its service, includingMTV Europe andVH1 Europe. These channels were the major promoters of international genres of music to the continent.
• 2004 – MTV Networks International announced it had plans to launch its 100th channel in Africa with the launch of MTV Africa (proposed branding). In February 2005, MTV Networks International launched MTV Base Africa. The channel was launched with a live music special with performances from local African and international artists. MTV Base Africa also promoted MTV Europe and aired some of its reality-based programmes.
• 2012 – MTV Base and its other sister channels increased its promotion of MTV (which had already started airing less of music and more of reality shows) by airing its promos and also opened aFacebook andTwitter page named MTVONDSTV.
• 2013 – In June, MTV Base divided itself into two feeds, one exclusively for South Africa and the other airing for the rest of the continent. While MTV was going to get a localised feed exclusively for South Africa, the rest of the continent would have been served by the European feed. However, MTV South Africa was also launched across East and West Africa and replaced MTV Europe. Despite its coverage area, the channel was only focused towards its Southern African viewers. It aired shows from MTV US, music programming and two local shows,MTV choice, which was a magazine show, andJou Ma Se MTV, which was a playlist of South African music videos. The channel also launched a website, mtv.co.za to follow it and its social pages was changed from MTVONDSTV to MTVZA.
• 2015 – MTV reduced its music airing time to 02:00 CAT to 06:00 CAT instead of 02:00 CAT to 09:00 CAT and music was no longer aired at noon. MTV South Africa rebranded to MTV Africa and its name on its social pages was changed to MTVAFRICA. The website which still has the South African domain ".za" is still used. Another local show namedMTV #YouGotGot, which featured a team of South African pranksters tricking people and celebrities, was premiered.
• 2019 - VH1 Classic rebranded into MTV Music 24 in SD with MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Nickelodeon (South Africa) and MTV Base are now available in HD.

MTV Africa is available inSub-Saharan Africa exclusively through DStv. It is available in Southern Africa through the Compact, Extra and Premium bouquets while in the rest of Africa on Compact, Compact + and Premium and can be accessed in two million households in the region. The channel was originally available exclusively on DStv Premium following MTV Europe.[1]^[3]

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  Logo used asMTV Europe from 1 August 1987 to 1 July 2011.
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  Logo used asMTV Europe from 1 July 2011 until launch of localized feed which is currently used until September 2021.
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  Logo used as MTV Africa from September 2021 – present.
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  Primary logo used as MTV Africa from September 2021 – present.

• Have Faith
• 16 and Pregnant
• Are You the One?
• Awkward
• Catfish: The TV Show
• The Challenge
• Deliciousness
• Ex on the Beach
• Faking It
• Fired by Mom and Dad
• Geordie Shore
• Ghosted: Love Gone Missing
• Girl Code
• Guy Code
• The Hills
• Jersey Shore
• Lip Sync Battle
• Lip Sync Battle Africa
• Love & Hip Hop: Miami
• MTV#YouGotGot
• MTV News
• MTV's Bugging Out
• Pimp My Ride
• The Real World
• Ridiculousness
• Ridiculousness Africa
• Sleeping in the Family
• Teen Mom
• Teen Mom 2
• This Model Life
• Wild 'n Out
• Shuga

Award shows and live music specials

• BET Awards
• BET Hip Hop Awards
• Isle of MTV
• MTV Africa Music Awards
• MTV Europe Music Awards
• MTV Movie Awards
• MTV Video Music Awards
• MTV World Stage
• Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

• MTV Base Africa
• MTV Portugal
• MTV France
• MTV Rocks
• Club MTV
• MTV Hits

• MTV Africa

• MTV channels
• Television channels and stations established in 2013
• Television stations in South Africa

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