MTV Classic is a 24 hour music channel from Viacom International Media Networks Europe. The channel launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 1 July 1999 as VH1 Classic. The channel focuses on music videos and music specials from the 1960s onwards, sometimes featuring music videos and concert footage from as early as at least the 1940s, such as Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" from 1942. The channel has also occasionally aired videos from the early 2000s. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, the first video to air on the original MTV in 1981, was also the first music video to be played when the channel was rebranded as MTV Classic on 1 March 2010.
Since the rebrand, Viacom has rebranded other international channels as MTV Classic. On 1 May 2010, VH1 Australia was rebranded as MTV Classic and on 10 January 2011, MTV Networks Europe launched an Italian version of the same channel, replacing MTV Gold.
MTV Classic began broadcasting in widescreen on 6 March 2012.
MTV Classic is an Italian television channel and play 70s, 80s and 90s music videos with related chart hits. The channel is based on the Videomusic library and broadcast only on Sky Italia channel 705 however, it is also available on Italian IPTV services. Until 10 January 2011 the name of the channel was MTV Gold. The channel ended its broadcast on july 31, 2015.
MTV Classic (in the UK and Ireland) was originally launched on July 1, 1999 as VH1 Classic. The channel (at the time when it was called VH1 Classic) was originally available for the entire Europe until November 2004 (when the UK version of VH1 Classic was split from the pan-European feed).
On March 1, 2010, the UK version of VH1 Classic was rebranded into MTV Classic. The channel was known to play music videos from the 1960s until the early 2010s (or I'll say, the entirety of 2010s in the last few years of broadcast), though it also aired music videos from the 1940s and the 1950s. The channel was also notable for its temporary channels, such as MTV Xmas (which was aired during the Christmas season in the UK from 2013 until 2021), MTV Summer (from August until September of 2014 and from Ju...
published: 31 Mar 2022
VH1 Classic/MTV Classic (UK) Ident History (1999-2022)
Well it’s sad to see the MTV Classic channel go, so here is some ident history.
published: 15 Mar 2022
MTV 60s UK & Ireland 20 March 2021
MTV 60s UK & Ireland 1 February 2021 - 1 April 2021
published: 21 Mar 2021
MTV Classic UK | New On-air Look
I do not own the content of this video.
published: 12 May 2017
MTV Classic Mistake April 2020
This video shows MTV classic coming out of teleshopping then showing a advert for MTV 80s by mistake because MTV 80s closed down the day before.
published: 03 Apr 2020
mtv classic sky uk
published: 14 Feb 2014
Michael Learns To Rock - Someday - MTV classic (90's)
For your great music collection, you can buy the whole album (CD) on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2KC2PDB
published: 30 Jun 2018
The Ident Network | Extras: MTV Classic replacing MTV 80's (March 31, 2022)
MTV Classic (in the UK and Ireland) was originally launched on July 1, 1999 as VH1 Classic. The channel (at the time when it was called VH1 Classic) was origina...
MTV Classic (in the UK and Ireland) was originally launched on July 1, 1999 as VH1 Classic. The channel (at the time when it was called VH1 Classic) was originally available for the entire Europe until November 2004 (when the UK version of VH1 Classic was split from the pan-European feed).
On March 1, 2010, the UK version of VH1 Classic was rebranded into MTV Classic. The channel was known to play music videos from the 1960s until the early 2010s (or I'll say, the entirety of 2010s in the last few years of broadcast), though it also aired music videos from the 1940s and the 1950s. The channel was also notable for its temporary channels, such as MTV Xmas (which was aired during the Christmas season in the UK from 2013 until 2021), MTV Summer (from August until September of 2014 and from June until August of 2015, respectively), MTV Love (from late-January to February of 2014), MTV Pride (from 2015 and 2017, and again in 2021, respectively), MTV 90s (from May to June 2016), and MTV 80s (from February to March of 2020).
On March 31, 2022, MTV Classic (in the UK), alongside with MTV Base, were closed down for good, which both of these channels were replaced with the UK versions of MTV 80s and MTV 90s, respectively.
On a side note, I wasn't able to record the shutdown of MTV Base UK, though. I also want to note that MTV Classic is still broadcasting in Australia (but not in New Zealand, as it was replaced by MTV 80s on July 6, 2020), though it is worth noting that the Australian version of MTV Classic was used to be broadcasted in the Philippines as a digital subchannel on IBC-13 sometime in 2017 and it was available on Solar's (defunct?) commercial satellite provider Agilasat sometime in 2018.
Rest in peace, MTV Classic UK. You'll be missed.
MTV Classic (in the UK and Ireland) was originally launched on July 1, 1999 as VH1 Classic. The channel (at the time when it was called VH1 Classic) was originally available for the entire Europe until November 2004 (when the UK version of VH1 Classic was split from the pan-European feed).
On March 1, 2010, the UK version of VH1 Classic was rebranded into MTV Classic. The channel was known to play music videos from the 1960s until the early 2010s (or I'll say, the entirety of 2010s in the last few years of broadcast), though it also aired music videos from the 1940s and the 1950s. The channel was also notable for its temporary channels, such as MTV Xmas (which was aired during the Christmas season in the UK from 2013 until 2021), MTV Summer (from August until September of 2014 and from June until August of 2015, respectively), MTV Love (from late-January to February of 2014), MTV Pride (from 2015 and 2017, and again in 2021, respectively), MTV 90s (from May to June 2016), and MTV 80s (from February to March of 2020).
On March 31, 2022, MTV Classic (in the UK), alongside with MTV Base, were closed down for good, which both of these channels were replaced with the UK versions of MTV 80s and MTV 90s, respectively.
On a side note, I wasn't able to record the shutdown of MTV Base UK, though. I also want to note that MTV Classic is still broadcasting in Australia (but not in New Zealand, as it was replaced by MTV 80s on July 6, 2020), though it is worth noting that the Australian version of MTV Classic was used to be broadcasted in the Philippines as a digital subchannel on IBC-13 sometime in 2017 and it was available on Solar's (defunct?) commercial satellite provider Agilasat sometime in 2018.
Rest in peace, MTV Classic UK. You'll be missed.
MTV 80s in UK & Ireland, is a music channel from Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS), the name has the same before 2 years ago on Europe.
Since before 1999 a...
MTV Classic (in the UK and Ireland) was originally launched on July 1, 1999 as VH1 Classic. The channel (at the time when it was called VH1 Classic) was originally available for the entire Europe until November 2004 (when the UK version of VH1 Classic was split from the pan-European feed).
On March 1, 2010, the UK version of VH1 Classic was rebranded into MTV Classic. The channel was known to play music videos from the 1960s until the early 2010s (or I'll say, the entirety of 2010s in the last few years of broadcast), though it also aired music videos from the 1940s and the 1950s. The channel was also notable for its temporary channels, such as MTV Xmas (which was aired during the Christmas season in the UK from 2013 until 2021), MTV Summer (from August until September of 2014 and from June until August of 2015, respectively), MTV Love (from late-January to February of 2014), MTV Pride (from 2015 and 2017, and again in 2021, respectively), MTV 90s (from May to June 2016), and MTV 80s (from February to March of 2020).
On March 31, 2022, MTV Classic (in the UK), alongside with MTV Base, were closed down for good, which both of these channels were replaced with the UK versions of MTV 80s and MTV 90s, respectively.
On a side note, I wasn't able to record the shutdown of MTV Base UK, though. I also want to note that MTV Classic is still broadcasting in Australia (but not in New Zealand, as it was replaced by MTV 80s on July 6, 2020), though it is worth noting that the Australian version of MTV Classic was used to be broadcasted in the Philippines as a digital subchannel on IBC-13 sometime in 2017 and it was available on Solar's (defunct?) commercial satellite provider Agilasat sometime in 2018.
Rest in peace, MTV Classic UK. You'll be missed.