MTV 00s

MTV 00s
Final logo, used 2021 to 2025
Broadcast areaEurope
Latin America and Caribbean
Israel
NetworkMTV
HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic[1]
Programming
LanguageEnglish
Picture format1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerParamount Networks EMEAA
Sister channelsMTV
Club MTV
MTV Hits
MTV Live
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
History
Launched2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
1 January 2026 (2026-01-01) (Local feed, Israel)
ReplacedVH1 Europe
Closed28 April 2022 (2022-04-28) (Russia)
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) (Belarus)[2]
1 November 2025 (2025-11-01) (Australia)
31 December 2025 (2025-12-31) (globally)
Availability
Terrestrial
Zuku TV (Kenya)Channel 750
Streaming media
Canal Digitaal LiveWatch Live

MTV 00s was a pay-TV channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA carrying mainly music videos from the 2000s. It was launched on 2 August 2021, replacing VH1 Europe.[3][4] The channel was commercial-free.

History

From 29 May to 22 June 2020, MTV OMG was temporarily rebranded to MTV 00s.[5][6][7]

Starting from 5 June 2021, the channel VH1 Europe introduced more singles from the 00s era, and partially adapted its programming towards it. On 1 August 2021 — the 40th anniversary of MTV — VH1 Europe stopped its broadcasts and broadcast only 2000s singles under the MTV 00s name and logo.[8] Since 2 August 2021, the channel MTV 00s broadcast round the clock, having replaced VH1 Europe.[9]

The first music video seen was "Can't Fight the Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes.[10] The channel carried some songs from 1999 which charted in 2000. The channel used the "Eurostile Unicase" font for its titles and overall branding.

The channel closed in Australia on 1 November 2025.[11]

At 07:00 CET on 31 December 2025, MTV 00s (along with MTV's other music channels) closed in the Pan-European market, with its final music video being "Bye Bye Bye" by N*Sync.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

Following the official shutdown, various international feeds remained in a 'frozen' or 'glitched' state, followed by video lock errors and signal degradation before the transponders were fully deactivated later that January.

On 1 January 2026, after shutting down the European Feed, MTV Israel launched its own local version of MTV 00s along with MTV Hits, with a minor change to the logo.[18]

References

  1. ^ License document
  2. ^ "Телеканалы MTV, Nickelodeon и Paramount прекращают вещание в Беларуси". Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ - TV channels are changing: MTV 00s replaces VH1, NickMusic replaces MTV Music 24 Archived 12 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
  4. ^ Robert (12 May 2021). "VH1 va deveni MTV 00s". Blog Media Max (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. ^ Music Channel Archive, MTV 00s - 29 May 2020 (rebrand of MTV OMG), retrieved 14 August 2021
  6. ^ "Prezentacja MTV 00s UK & Ireland | Zapper". www.itizaps.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. ^ "MTV TV Channel Guide". Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  8. ^ Скуратовский, Борис (12 August 2021). "Ушла эпоха: музыкальный телеканал VH1 преобразован в MTV 00s | Mediasat" (in Russian). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  9. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Goodbye VH1 Europe, Hello MTV 00s! (02.08.2021. - 5:00 CET)". YouTube.
  10. ^ "VH1 acabou. Os primeiros dias do MTV 00s em Portugal". zap.aeiou.pt (in European Portuguese).
  11. ^ Laidlaw, Kyle (19 September 2025). "FETCH TV set to lose all PARAMOUNT branded channels from November". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  12. ^ Dániel, Szalay (15 July 2025). "Ez tényleg súlyos: nem 8, hanem 10 tévécsatorna tűnik el év végén Magyarországon, köztük a Comedy Central és a Paramount Network – itt a bizonyíték!". Media1 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  13. ^ "MTV music channels to be switched off across Europe by end of 2025". euronews. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  14. ^ McPherson, Chris (30 December 2025). "After 44 Years, MTV Is Officially Dead". Collider. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  15. ^ Blez, Andrea (31 December 2025). "El adiós de los videos musicales en la televisión: la historia de la MTV, el canal que cambió el consumo musical". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  16. ^ Durr, Matt (31 December 2025). "MTV shutting down music TV channels after nearly 40 years". mlive. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  17. ^ en, Por Virginia GarcíaSeguir (31 December 2025). "MTV apaga sus canales musicales icónicos y despide una era de videos las 24 horas". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  18. ^ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PartyZoneMTV/posts/10163663657338774/