MTV Hits (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)
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For other national versions of the channel, see MTV Hits.
MTV Hits was an Australian and New Zealand subscription music channel focused on hit music. The channel first launched in Australia in April 2007 (as The Music Factory), and later launched in New Zealand on 1 December 2011.
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Country | Australia New Zealand |
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Broadcast area | Australia New Zealand |
Network | MTV |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Paramount Networks UK & Australia |
Sister channels | MTV Club MTV MTV 80s CMT |
History | |
Launched | Original 1 April 2007; 17 years ago (1 April 2007) (Australia) 1 December 2011; 12 years ago (1 December 2011) (New Zealand) Relaunch 1 July 2020; 4 years ago (1 July 2020) |
Replaced | MTV Music (Relaunch) |
Closed | Original 1 January 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-01) (Australia) 1 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-01) (New Zealand) Relaunch 1 August 2023; 12 months ago (2023-08-01) (Australia) September 2023; 11 months ago (2023-09) (New Zealand) |
Replaced by | MTV Hits Europe |
Former names | TMF (prior to 1 November 2010) |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Foxtel Go | Channel 801 |
Fetch Mobi | Channel 237 |
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The channel closed on 1 December 2015 to be replaced in all markets by MTV Music, but was revived 5 years later on 1 July 2020 as a rebrand of MTV Music.