At precisely 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2025, MTV Music broadcast "Video Killed the Radio Star" for the final time—the ...

The classic MTV logo—a symbol of music television’s golden age—faces a bittersweet farewell as five U.K. music channels prepare to sign off. | ©Image Credit: MTV Forty years after revolutionizing how ...

It used to be a joke among people of a certain age that “I remember when MTV still played music.” This is because, after years of being branded Music Television and showing videos based on the latest ...

MTV stopped being “Music Television” this week. For Gen Xers, MTV was a foundational part or our youth. You were more likely ...

Jenny McCarthy got emotional over the end of MTV’s all-music era, 30 years after the beloved cable channel launched her career. In a January 2026 video posted by TMZ, the former MTV host admitted she ...

WASHINGTON — MTV is closing several of its music-focused television channels across the U.K. and other international markets at the end of the year. But the changes do not impact American channels.

Every generation has that one place where everything cool happens. Whether it was “American Bandstand,” “Solid Gold,” “Soul ...

After more than 44 years of continuous music video programming, MTV has officially shut down all of its remaining music-only channels globally as of December 31, 2025, parent company Paramount ...

On December 31, 2025, MTV quietly ended the version of itself that once mattered most to music fans. After 44 years, its last round-the-clock music channels shut down, closing a chapter many people ...

The former president of MTV Networks, Freston headed the “I Want My MTV” marketing campaign that transformed the network into a cultural touchstone. So, he knows better than anyone just how deep the ...

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 ...