MTV (Turkey)
Television channel
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MTV Türkiye was a Turkish pay-television channel owned by Paramount. It launched on 23 October 2006.
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| Country | Turkey |
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| Broadcast area | Turkey |
| Headquarters | Istanbul |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i, HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Global |
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| History | |
| Launched | 23 October 2006 |
| Closed | 31 August 2011 |
| Replaced by | MTV Europe |
History
Launch
MTV Türkiye's opening party was held on 17 November 2006 in Istanbul, with a Pussycat Dolls performance. It was officially launched on 23 October 2006. The first broadcast of the channel was Nil Karaibrahimgil's music video Peri.
Digiturk and MTVNI
MTV Turkey was removed from Digiturk on 22 to 23 May 2010 with no reason given to the customers, which caused a small controversy amongst customers.[1] On 20 June 2010, it was reported that MTV Networks International cancelled Multichannel Developers's (the company that operated MTV Turkiye) licence a month ago.[2] On the same day, MTV Turkiye's website closed with a text saying that their new site will be available as soon as possible. As of October 2010, the channel operates on cable TV (e.g. on D-Smart Ch. 63, see Digital television in Turkey) and free-to-air satellite.
The channel ceased broadcasting on 31 August 2011.
MTV Europe was aired instead of MTV Türkiye, on 1 March 2012 on channel 107 of the Digiturk platform.
Festivals/Special programming
- Sonisphere Festival (Istanbul, Turkey 2010)
- Freshtival, 2009
- Olympos Music Fest, 2008
- Electronica Festival, 2008
- Radar live, 2007