MTV launched on August 1, 1981. The Music Television Network gave a new dimension to songs as artists had the opportunity to pair videos with their music. Some of the videos wound up being the fabric ...

Country songs have historically not appeared often on MTV, but these three country jams were standout hits in the channel's early days.

Reports from late last year about the demise of MTV were overstated; but it got us thinking about the network’s legacy and ...

When we think of '80s aesthetics, no design quite embodies the era like the MTV logo. Evolving into a pop culture icon across the decades, the timeless identity has had a lasting legacy in the design ...

Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...

Multiple beloved MTV channels in the U.K. and Europe will shut down by the end of 2025. Could this be the end of an era? MTV fans were heartbroken to learn that some of its channels will be shutting ...

This fall, MTV announced that MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live would shutter at the year's end The closures impact viewers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, ...

MTV, the pioneering 24-hour music broadcaster, will stop showing continuous pop videos in the United Kingdom when it closes five channels after Dec. 31. The U.K. MTV channels going off the air are MTV ...

From Jimmy Nail’s unlikely MTV-era chart-topper, through Bryan Ferry’s video-age elegance, to Cheryl’s omnipresence on MTV UK ...

In 2025, we bid farewell to the best part of MTV. And no, we do not mean endless hours of Ridiculousness. We mean the very reason why the network had its name in the first place and why we fell in ...

On Dec. 31, 2025, the network shut down a number of its music-only channels On Dec. 31, MTV shut down a number of its music-only channels The flagship channels will continue airing programming MTV ...