:Club MTV (British and Irish TV channel)
{{Short description|British and Irish television channel}}
{{EngvarB|date=December 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Club MTV
| logo = Club MTV 2021 logo.svg
| logo_size = 125px
| launch_date = {{Plainlist|
- {{start date and age|2001|04|20|df=yes}} (original)
- {{start date and age|2025|04|14|df=yes}} (relaunch)
}}
| replaced = MTV Hits (relaunch)
| closed_date = {{end date and age|2020|07|20|df=yes}} (original)
| picture_format = 576i 16:9 SDTV
| area = United Kingdom and Ireland
| language = English
| country = United Kingdom and Ireland
| network = MTV
| owner = ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia
| former_names = MTV Dance (2001–2018)
| sister_channels = {{plainlist|
}}
| availability_note =
| website = (at time of closure)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140404062426/http://www.mtv.co.uk/club-mtv mtv.co.uk/club-mtv]
}}
Club MTV is a British electronic dance music channel operated by ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia launched on 20 April 2001 as MTV Dance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2018/05/23/new-launch-club-mtv-goes-live/|title=New launch Club MTV goes live|date=23 May 2018|website=Broadband TV News|language=en-GB|access-date=9 April 2020}} The channel plays dance, trance, clubhouse, electronica, drum and bass, rap, R&B, hip-hop, techno and house music.
The channel closed on 20 July 2020 but was relaunched 5 years later on 14 April 2025, replacing MTV Hits.
Concept and expansion
MTV Dance originally started out as a night-time programming slot on the now defunct digital music channel MTV Extra. It was on air each night from 7pm until the following morning.
On 3 September 2001, The strand expanded to become a standalone music channel broadcast on Sky in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it initially timeshared with the Nick Jr. Channel every evening between 19:00 and 06:00. The sharing of a stream subsequently ended; since 13 August 2002 MTV Dance has broadcast as a 24-hour music channel.
MTV Dance began broadcasting in widescreen on 6 March 2012.
=Expansion around Europe=
{{Main|Club MTV (European TV channel)}}
On 7 March 2008, MTV Dance increased its presence around Europe, when MTV Networks Europe replaced the Europe-wide feed of MTV Base with a similar feed of MTV Dance.
From 10 January 2011 a feed of the MTV Dance channel launched in Italy on Sky Italia, replacing MTV Pulse.
In 2014, MTV Dance, as well as MTV Rocks and MTV Hits started broadcasting European versions, without commercials or teleshopping.
MTV Dance Europe was rebranded as Club MTV in June 2020.
=Expansion into Australia=
{{Main|Club MTV (Australian TV channel)}}
VIMN launched the channel in Australia on 3 December 2013 as MTV Dance Australia, it shows the same programmes from the UK version, then rebranded as Club MTV in 2020.
=Closure=
This channel, along with its sister channels MTV OMG and MTV Rocks closed on 20 July 2020, with a chart based on the channel's former content airing on MTV Base.{{Cite news|last=Wilkes|first=Neil|date=13 July 2020|title=MTV to close three UK channels next week|work=Media Mole|url=https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/entertainment/news/mtv-to-close-three-uk-channels-next-week_406279.html|url-status=live|access-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830222053/https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/entertainment/broadcasting/news/mtv-to-close-three-uk-channels-next-week_406279.html|archive-date=30 August 2020}} "High on Life" by Martin Garrix featuring Bonn was the last music video played on the channel.
MTV Dance Europe was later rebranded as the European version of Club MTV in June 2020, as was the Australian version a month later.
=Relaunch=
Club MTV was relaunched in the UK, on 14 April 2025, replacing MTV Hits.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-IKerF-Ug |title=MTV Hits - Club MTV Launching 14 April Graphic |date=2025-04-09 |last=TVmusic |access-date=2025-04-10 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-28 |title=Changes to the TV Guide - April 2025 |url=https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-TV-Guide-April-2025/td-p/4947081 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Sky Community |language=en}}
Logos
File:2010 MTV Dance.png|MTV Dance logo used 1 March 2010 to 1 July 2011.
File:MTV Dance.svg|MTV Dance logo used 1 July 2011 to 1 October 2013.
File:MTV Dance 2013 logo.svg|MTV Dance logo used 1 October 2013 to 5 April 2017.
File:MTV Dance 2017 logo.svg|MTV Dance logo used 5 April 2017 to 23 May 2018.
File:Club MTV logo 2018.png|Final logo as Club MTV from 23 May 2018 to 20 July 2020.
References
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External links
- [https://www.itizaps.net/zapper/club-mtv-uk.html Club MTV UK & Ireland – presentation, screenshots]
- {{Official website|http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv-dance}}
- [http://www.tvguide.co.uk/channellisting.asp?ch=189 TV Guide]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090824074345/http://www.onastra.com/how-to-receive-astra/index.php SES guide to receiving Astra satellites]
- [https://www.ses.com/our-coverage#/explore SES fleet information and map]
{{Paramount Media Networks}}
{{Paramount Networks UK & Australia}}
{{Music television in the United Kingdom}}
Category:Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom
Category:Dance music television channels
Category:Defunct music video networks
Category:Music video networks in the United Kingdom
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2001
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2025
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020