MTV (sometimes called MTV Europe or MTV Global) is an international pay television network launched as MTV Europe on 1 August 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent. The channel serves a selection of European countries as ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA began to regionalise its network in 1997. However, since 2021, the channel has expanded outside of Europe.
In 1997, MTV Europe began to regionalize its MTV feed in a number of areas in Europe.
- In March 1997, MTV Central was launched as a German-speaking MTV music channel available in Germany and Austria.
- On 1 July 1997, MTV UK & Ireland launched
- In September 1997 MTV Italia was launched.
- MTV Nordic for Scandinavia launched in June 1998
- MTV Russia for Russia launched on 25 September 1998.
- In the year 2000 MTVF for France launched in June, followed by MTV Polska in July and both MTV España and MTV NL in September.
- MTV Turkey launched in 2006, ceased its broadcast in 2011
- MTV Adria was a localized version launched in September 2005 and closed on 31 December 2017. It covered the follow up countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia
Distribution
As of 2021, MTV broadcasts in the following territories:
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.
Source: Wikipedia, MTV Europe
MTV Europe Top 20 Archive
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