18 Facts About MTV UK

MTV UK first became available in the UK when MTV UK Europe launched on 1 August 1987.

MTV UK launched a UK and Ireland specific channel to target existing competition within the market.

MTV UK began to drop some of its localised programming in favour of MTV UK US shows.

MTV UK2 was renamed 'MTV UK Two' to follow the consistent branding across the channels.

From 2010, MTV UK increased its music output which has since been diluted by reality based television programmes.

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On 29 May 2013 MTV UK was moved to the entertainment section of Virgin Media's EPG on channel 134.

MTV UK was rebranded to the current logo on 1 July 2011, and began broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen at the same time.

In 2016, MTV UK started showing repeats of Big Brother UK in the UK, the day following its broadcast on Channel 5.

MTV UK Classic is the channel that plays music from the 1960s through to the 1990s.

Direct from Warsaw and broadcast throughout Europe, MTV UK Live is a 24-hour standard and high definition music and entertainment channel.

MTV UK Extra was launched in 1999 and was a mixture of music videos and repeats of MTV UK programming.

MTV UK Extra is notable for being the only spin-off MTV UK channel to use the same song title graphics as its parent channel .

MTV UK had announced that the "Flux" format would be integrated into its other channels, and so the website still remains.

MTV UK Dance was the dedicated dance music channel with music videos and programming of underground and mainstream dance tracks.

MTV UK Rocks was a channel dedicated to alternative rock music, with other commercial mainstream music types found on MTV UK's other music channels.

MTV UK OMG was the channel for music and gossip, replacing Viva.

Club MTV UK was the channel plays dance, EDM and urban music, replacing MTV UK Dance.

Original MTV UK logo used from 1997 to 2007 and again from 1 July 2009 to 1 July 2011.