MTV 80s
Defunct worldwide music channel from MTV
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MTV 80s was a channel featuring music videos from the 1980s. It had a commercial-free schedule.
Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Latin America and Caribbean
New Zealand
Final logo, used from February to December 2025 | |
| Broadcast area | Australia Europe, Middle East and North Africa Latin America and Caribbean New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Network | MTV |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount International Networks |
| Sister channels | MTV Club MTV MTV Hits MTV Live MTV 90s MTV 00s |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 July 2020 (New Zealand) 5 October 2020 (Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean) 1 March 2021 (MENA) 1 August 2023 (Australia) |
| Replaced | VH1 Classic Europe (Europe) MTV Classic (Australia & New Zealand) |
| Closed | 28 April 2022 (Russia) 14 December 2022 (Belarus)[1] 1 November 2025 (Australia) 1 December 2025 (New Zealand) 31 December 2025 (globally) |
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.
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MTV 80s broadcast 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.
Closure
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" by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder before the channel's closing at 7:00 AM CET.[5][6][7][8]
