On Dec. 31, 2025, the network shut down a number of its music-only channels Charlotte Walsh is an evergreen editor at PEOPLE. She has been contributing to PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously ...
MTV channels dedicated to 24/7 music videos began going permanently dark on Wednesday with a nod to the video that started it all: airing the Buggles' iconic "Video Killed the Radio Star." Earlier ...
In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with it, the music video. (SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, "THRILLER") ...
MTV is reportedly shutting down five of its music channels in the United Kingdom. The television channel will stop broadcasting on its MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live channels, ...