 Final logo, used from February to December 2025 | |
| Broadcast area | Europe,Latin America,Caribbean,Australia,New Zealand,Middle East andNorth Africa |
|---|---|
| Network | MTV |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to480i/576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount International Networks |
| Sister channels | MTV Club MTV MTV Hits MTV Live MTV 90s MTV 00s |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 July 2020; 5 years ago (2020-07-01) (New Zealand) 5 October 2020; 5 years ago (2020-10-05) (Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean) 1 March 2021; 4 years ago (2021-03-01) (MENA) 1 August 2023; 2 years ago (2023-08-01) (Australia) |
| Replaced | VH1 Classic Europe (Europe) MTV Classic (Aus and NZ) |
| Closed | 28 April 2022; 3 years ago (2022-04-28) (Russia) 14 December 2022; 3 years ago (2022-12-14) (Belarus)[1] 1 November 2025; 3 months ago (2025-11-01) (Australia) 1 December 2025; 2 months ago (2025-12-01) (New Zealand) 31 December 2025; 44 days ago (2025-12-31) (Globally) |
MTV 80s was a channel featuringmusic videos from the1980s. It had a commercial-free schedule.
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 broadcast around the clock in New Zealand since 1 July 2020 and Australia since 1 August 2023 replacingMTV 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.
The channel closed in Australia on 1 November 2025.[2]
On 31 December 2025, MTV 80s, along with MTV's other international music channels, closed globally due to the company's restructuring policy.[3][4] The last video played was "Together in Electric Dreams" byPhilip Oakey andGiorgio Moroder before the channel's closing at 7:00 AM CET.[5][6][7][8]
As part of restructuring at Paramount Global UK & Australia,MTV 80s replaced MTV Classic in the UK from 6am on 31 March 2022.[9]
