The iconic music TV channel is closing five stations in the UK, including MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live, ...

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MTV is shutting down its music channels in Europe and the UK on December 31st, 2025, as fans and publishers have increasingly migrated to digital music platforms.

In the summer of 1985, images of emaciated children in Ethiopia shocked the world and prompted one of the biggest charity concerts ever: Live Aid. Megastars like Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Madonna ...

The main channel, MTV HD, will continue airing reality shows, marking a clear shift from the brand’s historic focus on music ...

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It will replay in real time, all day long. July 13, 2025, marks the 40 th anniversary of Live Aid. The iconic charity concert was the brainstorm of rock legends Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money ...

Paramount Global has announced that all of MTV’s music-focused channels — MTV 80s, MTV 90s, MTV Music, Club MTV, and MTV Live — will cease broadcasting worldwide by December 31, 2025.

Five MTV music channels in the U.K. and various regions of Europe will be shut down by December 31, 2025: MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, MTV Live and Club MTV. Former MTV VJ Simone Angel told BBC News ...

Forty years ago, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure hosted a massive benefit concert that took place on both sides of the Atlantic, at London’s Wembley Stadium and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, to ...

MTV will be shutting down five of its channels in the UK and Ireland at the end of the year after failing to compete with the ...

(CNN) — Paul McCartney hadn’t taken the stage in over five years when he sat down at his piano to sing “Let It Be” for Live Aid on July 13, 1985, in a performance that was almost totally derailed by a ...