MTV 80s (British and Irish TV channel)

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MTV 80s
Programming
Logo used since 2022
Broadcast area	United Kingdom Ireland
Network	MTV
Language(s)	English
Picture format	16:9 576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks UK & Australia
Sister channels	MTV MTV 00s MTV Live MTV 90s MTV Hits MTV Music
History
Launched	28 February 2020 (launched as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic) 31 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-31) (relaunched permanently)
Replaced	MTV Classic
Closed	31 March 2020 (temporary rebrand of MTV Classic)

MTV 80s is the British version of the international music TV channel MTV 80s, which began broadcasting on 31 March 2022, replacing MTV Classic. It was first launched as a temporary rebrand of MTV Classic from 28 February to 31 March 2020.

The first video to be broadcast on MTV 80s at 6 am on 31 March 2022 was The Sun Always Shines on T.V. by a-ha. A little Respect by Erasure.

Beginning in the first quarter of 2024, MTV 80's UK feed switched its programming to match the MTV 80's European feed, Unlike the commercial-free European feed, the UK feed includes commercials and airs Teleshopping segments.

Broadcasting

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Satellite

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Sky UK: Channel 353
MNC Vision: Channel 151

Cable

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Virgin Media: Channel 284

Notes

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MTV 80s and MTV 90s will launch on 31 March

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Pop/mixed hits	MTV Hits MTV Live MTV Music
Hip hop/R&B/dance/club	Clubland TV That's Dance Trace Brazuca (Channelbox) Trace UK (Channelbox) Trace Latina (Channelbox) Trace Urban (Channelbox)
Rock/alternative	Now Rock Qello (Channelbox)
Country/Folk/specialist	Balle Balle (Channelbox) Music & Memories (Channelbox) Qwest TV Jazz & Beyond (Channelbox) Qwest TV Mix (Channelbox) Stingray CMusic (Channelbox) Stingray Karaoke (Channelbox)
Oldies/melodic	MTV 80s MTV 90s Now 70s Now 80s NOW 90s and 00s That's 60s That's 70s That's 80s That's 90s That's Memories
Former channels	4Music The Amp Bedroom TV Bliss The Box Box Hits Box Upfront Brit Hits Bubble Hits BuzMuzik Capital TV Club MTV Flaunt Flava Greatest Hits TV Heart TV The Hits Kerrang! Kiss Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox Magic MinX MTV Base MTV Classic MTV Dance MTV Extra MTV Flux MTV Love MTV OMG MTV Rocks Music Box NME TV oMusic TV P-Rock Play UK The Power Station Q TV Rock On TV Rockworld TV Scuzz Starz TV TMF Trace Hits Trace Vault VH1 VH2 Vintage TV Viva
Channel operators	Channel Four Television Corporation Paramount Networks EMEAA List of MTV channels Penny Street TV (a division of Universal Music Group, formally All Around the World Productions) Qwest TV Stingray Music That's Television Ltd TRACE Group