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MTV (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)
Entertainment television channel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MTV was a 24-hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand.[3] Paramount Networks UK & Australia headquartered in London with a local office at Network 10's headquarters in Sydney is responsible for marketing and advertising in Australia and New Zealand. The channel was replaced by MTV Global in August 2023.[4]
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Country | Australia |
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Broadcast area | Australia, New Zealand |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3) 720p (HDTV 16:9) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Paramount Networks UK & Australia |
Sister channels | Club MTV MTV Hits MTV 80s CMT |
History | |
Launched | 14 June 1996; 28 years ago (1996-06-14)[1] |
Closed | 1 August 2023; 12 months ago (2023-08-01) (Australia & New Zealand) |
Replaced by | MTV Global |
Former names | ARC Music Channel (prior to 20 March 1997)[2] |
Links | |
Website | www.mtv.com.au |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Fetch Mobi (AU) | Channel 104 |
Sky Go (NZ) | skygo.co.nz |
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