MTV music channels to be switched off across Europe by end of 2025

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  1. Producer

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    So it seems that social media and online streaming had a major impact and now the "video killed the radio star" which was MTV's first video on air, might seem ironic. The news here is that Paramount Global who owns MTV now , choose to shut down all MTV broadcasting stations across Europe and leave just one playing mostly reality shows. I don't know what are your thoughts but it seems that this time "The end of an era" is not just a clickbait
     
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    Who´s gonna make song "TikTok killed the Video stars"?

    There´s wasn´t much music anyways in the end, it was more like Reality Show channel
     
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    Agree. Well I guess it's more my inner thoughts on Media giants handling shows , stations etc that took over. I guess you are right about reality shows on MTV. It turned from pure music channel to something that has to do with music.
     
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    it's about as much an "end to an era" as AOL finally ending dialup service, in recent news articles. It is sometimes lunacy how long these companies keep something around that has been already dead for years. A lot of times the mention of them only results in "that still exists?"
     
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    I'm not bothered at all. Haven't watched any MTV since they ditched MTV2. That channel had great shows like Head bangers Ball and Ray Cokes (Roy Cakes) as a VJay.
     
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    wow in the US Mtv died over 20yrs ago same with Aol
     
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    While most of it was pretty shit, there were great shows... 120 minutes, Chill Out Zone etc. etc.

    That said, Ray Cokes indeed was the man, I don't think I've ever seen show as self-consciously full of shit as that one was (what was it called... Most Wanted?). Yes, it was gloriously utter bullshit. The presenters and the staff knew it, the guests knew it, the viewers knew it. And we all loved every ridiculous minute of it. It was truly genius.
     
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