MTV (Turkish TV channel)

MTV Türkiye was a Turkish pay-television channel owned by Paramount. It launched on October 23, 2006.

MTV (Turkey)
CountryTurkey
Broadcast areaTurkey
HeadquartersIstanbul
Programming
Picture format16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerParamount Global & Dijimedya Grup
Sister channels
History
Launched23 October 2006
23 October 2023 (relaunch)
Closed31 August 2011
Replaced byMTV Europe

History

Launch

MTV Türkiye's opening party was held on 17 November 2006 in Istanbul, with a Pussycat Dolls performance. It was officially launched on October 23, 2006. The first broadcast of the channel was Nil Karaibrahimgil's music video Peri.

Digiturk and MTVNI

MTV Turkey was removed from Digiturk on May 22 to 23, 2010 with no reason given to the customers, which caused a small controversy amongst customers.[1] On June 20, 2010, it was reported that MTV Networks International cancelled Multichannel Developers's (the company that operated MTV Turkiye) licence a month ago.[2] On the same day, MTV Turkiye's website closed with a text saying that their new site will be available as soon as possible. As of October 2010, the channel operates on cable TV (e.g. on D-Smart Ch. 63, see Digital television in Turkey) and free-to-air satellite.

The channel ceased broadcasting on August 31, 2011.

MTV Europe was aired instead of MTV Türkiye, on March 1, 2012 on channel 107 of the Digiturk platform.

Festivals/Special programming

See also

References
  1. "MTV Türkiye ve Nickelodeon, Digiturk'ten çıkarıldı!". 21 May 2010.
  2. "Mtvnı, MCD İle Olan Lisans Sözleşmesini Feshetti haberi 02 Haziran 2010 Çarşamba haberleri". www.haberfx.net. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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