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MTV UK: Five remaining channels to be axed as part of cost-cutting measures
MTV will cease five UK music channels as part of Paramount's $500 million cost cuts following its merger with Skydance, with main MTV shifting to reality TV.
- MTV UK plans to pull five music channels from United Kingdom airwaves on December 31, 2025, ending their broadcasts.
- After the August 7, 2025 merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, Paramount is pursuing $500m in global cost cuts linked to channel closures.
- Among the affected channels are MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live HD, with MTV Music drawing around 1.3 million viewers in July and MTV 90s about 949,000.
- The closures mark the end of nearly four decades of rolling pop‑video television in the United Kingdom, leaving MTV HD to focus on reality shows like Geordie Shore.
- Executives point to audiences shifting to social platforms, with MTV's brand persisting on Paramount+ and online platforms despite global MTV music channel closures in Australia, France, and Poland.
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Paramount to wind down some MTV channels in United Kingdom
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (right) speaks with an MTV News reporter during an event in 2015. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) Paramount Global is in the process of shutting down some of its ancillary MTV-branded cable networks in the United Kingdom, according to a report. On Friday, BBC News said the affected channels — MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live — will stop broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland at the end of December. The f…
MTV to Axe UK Music Channels at the End of the Year
MTV UK will stop showing rolling music videos when it shutters its five channels at the end of the year, according to reports. The BBC claims that MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all stop broadcasting after December 31, but MTV’s flagship channel, MTV HD, will remain on air. That channel airs popular reality series, including Naked Dating UK and Geordie Shore. The channel launched in 1981 in the US and the first video…
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