MTV Brand New was a 24-hour specialist music channel featuring new music videos, alternative and indie music available in the

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. An Italian version of the channel launched on September 14, 2003. It also launched in

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in 2011.

History

MTV Brand New was derived from the hit pan-European MTV music show brand:new which launched in 1999 on MTV's regional channels. The show was known as mtv:new or brand:new on MTV. The show focused primarily on new music releases, cutting edge music videos, introducing new artists and bands, interviews and live performances. The programme was turned into a stand-alone music channel in Italy in 2003. Since then MTV Networks Europe has begun to roll out localized Brand New channels gradually. In 2006, the flagship program became a stand-alone channel in the Netherlands and

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featuring new music videos, alternative, punk and rock videos 24 hours a day without any commercial breaks. In the evening the channel also broadcasts MTV Live shows as well. The channel kicked of on

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network,

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, UNET

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network and @Home Cable television on August 1, 2006. Followed by

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on October 5, 2006. The channel was previously available in

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. The channel identity was designed by Dutch creative studio PostPanic. On 1 February 2021, the channel was replaced by MTV Hits.MTV Brand New (Germany) - Closedown / MTV Hits (Germany) - Launch (06/01/2021 - 06:00 AM CEST)
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References

External links

MTV Official site

MTV Networks Benelux Site

MTV Networks Europe Site
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