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MTV 80s was 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.

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 music videos from other decades, MTV EMA, commercials and airs Teleshopping segments.

At 06:00 GMT on 31 December 2025, MTV 80s (alongside MTV’s other music channels) closed, with its final music video being “Together in Electric Dreams” by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder.[1]

Broadcasting

Satellite

  • Sky UK: Channel 353
  • MNC Vision: Channel 151

Cable

  • Virgin Media: Channel 284

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ “MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK”. bbc.com. BBC. 2025-10-10. Retrieved 10 Oct 2025.