MTV Hits (European TV channel)

For other versions of the channel, see MTV Hits.

MTV Hits is a pay television music video channel which carries current-day pop music videos ranging from 2010 until the present day. A pan-European network owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA, the network also has wide availability throughout Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

MTV Hits

Broadcast area	List Albania Argentina Armenia Austria Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Caribbean Central America Chile Colombia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Estonia Finland Georgia Germany Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Mexico Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Paraguay Peru Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Uruguay Venezuela Brazil Haiti Kenya United Kingdom
Headquarters	London
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	576i/480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks EMEAA
Sister channels	MTV Club MTV MTV Live MTV 80s MTV 90s MTV 00s
History
Launched	27 May 2014 (2014-05-27)
Replaced	VIVA Hungary (Hungary) MTV Hits (Latin America) MTV Brand New (Germany & Netherlands) MTV Music 24 (South Africa) VH1 (Greece) MTV Hits (Australia) MTV Hits (UK)
Closed	17 November 2015 (17 November 2015) (France) 2 May 2020 (2 May 2020) (Italy) 1 July 2021 (1 July 2021) (Russia) 31 October 2022 (31 October 2022) (South Africa)
Replaced by	MTV Hits France (France) Qwest TV (South Africa)

It ceased broadcasting in Benelux on 1 October 2017, but came back on 1 February 2021 by replacing MTV Brand New.

Though the network started as exclusive to mainland of Europe, its broadcast range has expanded over time as successor companies Viacom and ViacomCBS wound down domestic versions of MTV Hits and other MTV networks due to budgetary concerns and the rise of streaming, including MTV Brand New in the Benelux region (1 February 2021) and Germany (6 January 2021), and local versions of MTV Hits in Latin America (5 August 2020), Australia (1 August 2023) and the UK & Ireland (1 August 2024). MTV's operations in Russia were wound down on 1 July 2021, including its domestic version of MTV Hits.

Some versions of the network continue to feature local insertions for MTV EMA live broadcast (UK & Ireland only), domestic advertising and teleshopping slots.