MTV Denmark was a music and entertainment channel broadcasting to the Danish market.
The channel replaced
MTV Nordic
MTV Nordic was a pan-European cable television network launched on 5 June 1998. A 24-hour English-language network aimed at viewers in the Nordic countries and other European territories. Between 1998 and 2006 MTV Nordic served the majority of Eu ...
in May, 2005, however on February 22, 2019, it was replaced by the return of
MTV Nordic
MTV Nordic was a pan-European cable television network launched on 5 June 1998. A 24-hour English-language network aimed at viewers in the Nordic countries and other European territories. Between 1998 and 2006 MTV Nordic served the majority of Eu ...
.
History
*The channel started in May 2005 as part of MTV's expansion into the
Nordic region
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Swed ...
, which followed with launches of
MTV Finland
MTV Finland was a music and entertainment channel broadcasting to the Finnish market.
The channel replaced MTV Nordic on September 18, 2005, however on February 22, 2019, it was replaced by the return of MTV Nordic.
History
* MTV Finland laun ...
,
MTV Sweden
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
, and MTV Norge, MTV Norway in September 2005. Before the start of country-specific channels, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland had been served by a common channel called
MTV Nordic
MTV Nordic was a pan-European cable television network launched on 5 June 1998. A 24-hour English-language network aimed at viewers in the Nordic countries and other European territories. Between 1998 and 2006 MTV Nordic served the majority of Eu ...
, launched on 5 June 1998 to replace the MTV Europe feed.
*The channel was broadcast from the MTV Networks Europe headquarters in London, along with other MTV channels i.e. MTV Sweden. As of 2011, MTV Denmark is broadcast from its operations in Stockholm.
*On February 22, 2019, the local MTV channels for the Nordic region were replaced by the relaunch of
MTV Nordic
MTV Nordic was a pan-European cable television network launched on 5 June 1998. A 24-hour English-language network aimed at viewers in the Nordic countries and other European territories. Between 1998 and 2006 MTV Nordic served the majority of Eu ...
which features no advertising or sponsorships.
Despite this, separate websites still exist for the local languages.
Availability
*MTV Denmark was available from virtually all major television distributors in Denmark. Most cable networks carry the channel in their basic packages.
*It also had a radio network called MTV Radio (Danish Radio Network), MTV Radio that launched on November 1, 2019, and was available online, in DAB+ and on 98.6 MHz in Zealand. It got replaced by NRJ (Denmark), ENERGY at early 2021.
Former local shows
During the days of MTV Nordic, languages other than English were rarely spoken on MTV in Denmark. With the start of MTV Denmark, several Danish language programmes were produced. These include:
*''MTV News''
*''Fusion Chart'', a daily top 10 chart
*''Spanking New''
*''Headbangers Ball''
*''Transistor'' (Daily Live Request Show)
Former presenters (VJs)
* Christine Roloff
* Freya Christine Clausen
References
External links
Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mtv Denmark
MTV channels
Television stations in Denmark
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Music organizations based in Denmark