Shirt a Phobia

Sample Page

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.