MTV shut down five of its music channels in the United Kingdom. BBC journalist Jono Read captured MTV Music's final moments in an X post on Wednesday. The station ended its run with The Buggles' 1979 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MTV shut down five of its music channels in the United Kingdom. BBC journalist Jono Read captured MTV Music's final moments in an ...

Every generation has that one place where everything cool happens. Whether it was “American Bandstand,” “Solid Gold,” “Soul Train” or G4, it’s the place where young people would find out what they’re ...

You’ve probably seen a variation of this news on social media over the past few days: MTV officially shut down on New Year’s Eve, ending their final broadcast the same way the network started: With ...

It’s hard to overstate the impact of the first 24-hour music video channel on the world’s teens. But after four decades, and with the advent of Instagram’s direct fan connections, the endless variety ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve been on the Internet the last few weeks, you probably heard that MTV went off the air last ...

Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...

As the New Year approached, MTV shuttered its 24-hour music channels. The move wasn’t sudden, as an announcement was made in October that the network’s channels would “go dark” all over the world. On ...

Parent company Paramount was shutting down all MTV channels in late 2025. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: MTV’s 24-hour music channels in the United Kingdom did shut down, with other ...

On Dec. 31, 2025, the network shut down a number of its music-only channels On Dec. 31, MTV shut down a number of its music-only channels The flagship channels will continue airing programming MTV ...