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MTV 80s
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	576i/480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Paramount International Networks
Sister channels	MTV; Club MTV; MTV Hits; MTV Live; MTV 90s; MTV 00s;
History
Launched	1 July 2020; 4 years ago (in New Zealand); 5 October 2020; 4 years ago (in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean); 1 March 2021; 3 years ago (in MENA); 1 August 2023; 16 months ago (in Australia);
Replaced	VH1 Classic Europe; MTV Classic (Aus and NZ);
Closed	28 April 2022; 2 years ago (in Russia); 14 December 2022; 2 years ago (in Belarus);

MTV 80s is a music channel from Paramount Global featuring music videos from the 1980s. It has a commercial-free schedule. It is available across Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand.

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.

Around 1 November 2024, at 12:31, the channel received a visual update of logo and text strips to match MTV 80s UK. However, the update was revoked an hour later.

From 14 December 2024, MTV 80s will broadcast Christmas themed programmes such as Andrew Ridgeley Presents 50 Christmas Classics and It's A 80s Xmas for the first time in line with MTV 80s UK.

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.^[2]

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