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📢 End of an Era: The iconic MTV is shutting down its channels after more than 40 years  🎶 📺 

  • January 1, 2026
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Nina Nebo
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The broadcast of the MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s and Club MTV channels ceased on the last day of the old year, December 31, 2025, thus ending one of the most important chapters in the history of music television after 44 years.
 This closure reflects a shift where audiences now discover music primarily on YouTube, TikTok, and streaming services rather than TV.

 

 

Parent company Paramount Global has confirmed that while MTV Music is ending, the MTV Entertainment Network will continue operating, including reality shows, franchises, and digital content.


The shutdown of MTV's music channels symbolically marks the end of an era in television in which the brand played a key role for decades in promoting popular music, launching artists and shaping global pop culture. MTV, once synonymous with music videos, is now definitely leaving that role to digital platforms.

 

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What did MTV mean to you? 

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awesomemac
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  • January 1, 2026

I’m someone who grew up in the 1980s with two music channels: Super Channel and MTV. And yes, back in the ’80s and early ’90s, MTV was genuinely about music — something that was completely lost in the 2000s to vague programming.

So it’s a shame to see such an icon disappear, but in my view, MTV had already ended by the late ’90s.