Paramount Skydance has officially shut down MTV’s last dedicated 24-hour music channels.

The shutdown affected the music-only channels that aired music videos exclusively around-the-clock: MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live, which went dark as of December 31, 2025. Paramount Skydance is also expected to shutter music-only channels in Australia, Poland, France, and Brazil. The main MTV network will continue airing reality and pop culture programming.

MTV was revolutionary in the music business when it launched as Music Television on Aug. 1, 1981, arriving as the first 24-hour music video channel. In many regions, the final song played before the channels went dark was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles — which was the same video that launched the original MTV in 1981. (check it out: HERE.)

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