MTV 90s (United Kingdom and Ireland)

MTV 90s
Final logo used from 31 March 2022 to 31 December 2025
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
NetworkMTV
Programming
LanguageEnglish
Picture format16:9 576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerParamount Networks UK & Australia
Sister channelsMTV
MTV 00s
MTV 80s
Club MTV
MTV Live
MTV Music
History
Launched27 May 2016 (launched as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic)
31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) (relaunched permanently)
ReplacedMTV Base
Closed31 December 2025 (2025-12-31)

MTV 90s is a British pay television music channel owned by Paramount Networks UK & Australia that launched on 31 March 2022 replacing MTV Base. It was first launched as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic from 27 May to 24 June 2016. It is temporarily replaced by MTV Xmas in the run up to and throughout Christmas each year.

The channel will close on 31 December 2025.[1]

International version

Main article: MTV 90s

In 2020, MTV 90s began broadcasting. The international version of the channel is registered with broadcasting regulators in Czech Republic.[2]

Broadcasting

Satellite

  • Sky UK: Channel 352

Cable

  • Virgin Media: Channel 283

Temporary rebrands

  • MTV Pride: From 27 June to 4 July 2022. A first temporary rebrand of MTV 90s due to the closure of MTV Classic. It returned in 2023.
  • MTV Xmas: From 7 November to 27 December 2022. It returned in 2023 and in 2024, and for the final time on the 3rd of November 2025.

References

  1. ^ "MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK". bbc.com. BBC. 2025-10-10. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  2. ^ "Rozhodnutí o udélení licence" [Decision to grant a license] (PDF) (in Czech). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-15.
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