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officially launched on 1 August 1987 as part of the worldwide MTV network. Initially, MTV served all regions of Europe, being one of the few TV channels focused on the entire European market. At the moment, MTV serves a number of European countries, Asian, Oceanian, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean territories. Over the years, MTV Global has been divided into many different channels for certain countries. Most countries in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean now have their own versions of the channel, and therefore MTV Global is now mostly available in those countries where there is no localized version of MTV.

History

In January 1987, MTV Networks Europe began recruiting VJs, and MTV Europe was planned to launch in the spring, but the launch was postponed to August. The first auditions and filming took place in May. On 1 August 1987 at 00:01 BST, MTV Europe started broadcasting, with British musician

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turning on the signal from

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. The first music video shown was Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. The beginning and end of the video were supplemented with the slogan "I want my MTV", voiced by Sting.1987-1996
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and two executives from MTV Networks USA; as a result, Robert Maxwell Group,

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and Viacom (the owner of the MTV brand), jointly created MTV Europe. The TV channel's office is still located in London.Viacom Gets MTV Europe — New York Times
/ref> The channel was launched in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden; a year later MTV Europe expanded to West Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece and Norway. At launch, the channel was available in 1.6 million households, increasing to 3.6 million subscribers by August 1988; by year's end, it had reached 6.7 million households. The original line-up of VJs included presenters from Belgium, Denmark and France, as well as

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from the UK. MTV popularized the use of the term ''VJ'' to describe music TV presenters. Programs as ''MTV's Greatest Hits'', ''Headbanger's Ball'', ''MTV's Most Wanted'', ''The Big Picture'' (a program about cinema), ''The Pulse'' (about fashion and style), ''120 Minutes'' and ''MTV Coca-Cola Report'' (music news, interviews and tour dates of musicians) were produced. In February 1988, MTV Europe moved to the Camden Town area at 20-23 Mandela St. In October of the same year, MTV Europe management visited the

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for preliminary negotiations on bringing the channel there. At the same time, an application for registration of the TV channel was submitted. In 1989, MTV Europe covered the Moscow Music Festival live from the Lenin Stadium. At the same time, the TV channel started in

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, the same day as the dissolution of the East German cabinet. 10 million subscribers across Europe were now picking the channel. Soviet artists officially debuted on MTV in the summer of 1989. The Moscow group "Kruiz" released the ''Hit for MTV'' manifesto song at the same time. In February 1990, MTV Europe was launched in

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. In the same year, Viacom bought 25% of MTV Europe's shares from British Telecom. A British winner got

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's gold stage costume designer for her Blonde Ambition tour in a competition held by the channel; other such cases included a 50-year old Yugoslavian winning a

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and a winner receiving radio station. In early 1991, Metromedia International Group together with Lencentel signed a contract with MTV Europe for five years, the first contract for broadcasting a foreign channel signed in the USSR. On March 8, 1991, the channel began broadcasting in Leningrad, and later in other major cities, which made it possible to become the first Western 24-hour channel broadcast in the USSR. Nirvana led the rapid transition to the rise of alternative rock and grunge on MTV in 1991, releasing a music video for the song "

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. In the early-mid-1990s, MTV added gangsta rappers with a less pop sound to its rotation, such as

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, Ice Cube, Warren G, Ice-T, Dr. Dre, Us and Snoop Dogg. In August 1991, Viacom bought the remaining 50.1% of the shares from Robert Maxwell Group. The London-based company was short of cash, and sold its assets to reduce debts accumulated during aggressive acquisitions in the 1980s. That same month, MTV Europe broadcast the MTV 10 special, for the tenth anniversary of its US parent. By 1992, MTV Networks Europe had become the largest pan-European broadcasting company. MTV Europe was hosted by 38 million households in 28 countries. In the same year, a teletext called MTV Text appeared on the TV channel, through which you can watch a TV program, news, charts, participate in contests and communicate with the audience. From 1989 to 1997, MTV programs were rebroadcast on Russia's main TV channels – "VID", "ORT", "2x2", "TV-6", "Muz-TV" and others. Also from 1991 to 1996 on the Polish TV channel

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. The channel premiered the following programs:

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, etc. In 1994, the channel began holding the

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ceremony. Every year the ceremony takes place in a major European city. On July 1, 1995, MTV Europe switched to pay TV broadcasting, and was also one of the first channels in Europe to start digital broadcasting. In September, the channel was fined a total of £60,000 by the UK's Independent Television Commission for showing obscenities, scenes of sadomasochism and similar things at a time of day when children could be watching. In November of the same year, MTV Europe was hosted by 51.3 million households in 36 countries. At the end of 1995, Chello Zone became the distributor of the channel in Russia In 1996–1997, two websites were registered – mtve.com and mtveurope.com. From the end of 1997 MTV gradually reduced the number of rock music videos it broadcast, which skeptics labelled: "Rock is dead." Among the reasons cited for the change are that rock music fans bought less of what they saw advertised on TV. Instead, MTV began to devote its musical airtime mainly to pop and hip-hop/R&B music. All rock shows were eliminated, and the rock-related categories at the Video Music Awards were reduced to one. At the dawn of the new millennium, in the period from 1997 to 2001, MTV broadcast the animated comedy drama series ''

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''. MTV Networks Europe rapidly begun to open local divisions of the MTV channel. In March 1997, MTV Germany was launched. MTV UK & Ireland launched on July 1, followed by MTV Italy in September. MTV Nordic for Scandinavia launched in June 1998, MTV Russia appeared on September 25. In 2000, other regional channels were launched – MTV France in June, followed by MTV Poland in July and MTV Spain and MTV Nederland in September. MTV Networks Europe continued to launch local channels in other European countries. In the same year, another website appeared – mtv.tv On April 1, 2002, MTV Europe became MTV European. At the same time, the channel began to abandon some of its programs in favor of American MTV shows. The channel significantly reduced the overall rotation of music videos during the 2000s. Similar trends were observed on other European MTV channels. In 2004 and 2008, MTV continued to focus on reality shows, releasing projects

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were launched. In August 2007, the editorial department moved to Warsaw, but broadcasting continued from the London office. MTV European also expanded to South Africa and the Middle East. On July 1, 2009, during the unified standardization of the design of the global MTV network, a new corporate identity was introduced, as well as a new design. Since January 2010, MTV Networks Europe has started rebranding localized websites, creating standards for each country. In August, music programs disappeared from the air, and reality shows from the American branch of MTV began to be shown instead. In 2010, the channel began broadcasting under a Czech license, since the Czech Republic has minimum broadcasting rules, it was chosen for licensing purposes in the EU. The broadcasting center is still located in London (the website presents a photo of the broadcasting center of London, which was taken in 2012. MTV UK HD (launched in 2012) and Nick Replay (closed 2012) are listed there) MTV European began to focus on viewers from 16 to 35 years old, the audience was more than 100 million people in 43 countries. On July 1, 2011, the logo and design of the channel changed, the inscription "Music Television" disappeared from the logo. The former name MTV Europe has also returned. In 2012, all music charts disappeared from the channel. At the beginning of 2013, three charts returned to the air of MTV Europe — Hitlist UK, Base Chart and Dance Floor Chart. At the same time, the channel covered 101 countries. In the fall of 2014, the channel's website was transferred to the organizers of the MTV Europe Music Awards, now when switching to the website mtv.tv, redirects to the site tv.mtvema.com. In the summer of 2015, MTV Europe reissued the inter-program screensavers of TV channels, focusing on the initiative MTVBump.com, and provided more social screensavers created by MTV viewers. On March 1, 2016, MTV Europe switched to widescreen broadcasting (16:9). In December 2017, MTV received a new design, similar to Latin American and Brazilian MTV. Other local MTV channels across Europe have also started using similar on-air branding. Since June 2019, all music videos are broadcast only until 8:00 Central European time, with the exception of the Euro Top Chart on Friday from 9 to 11:00. In 2020, the editorial department moved to Amsterdam from Warsaw. On January 26, 2021, MTV Europe has been renamed MTV Global, now the channel has the right to serve 111 countries of the world the channel is only available in those countries where there is no localized version of MTV, and in some countries the channel cannot broadcast due to conflicting content with local laws. MTV Global retains the Czech license (RRTV) in order to ensure the continuation of legal broadcasting in the European Union in accordance with the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and the Single Market Law after the UK leaves the European Union. On September 14 of the same year, a rebranding was carried out, which included an updated version of the logo and a new design. On September 8 and 19, 2022, due to the death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the TV channel removed all entertainment programs from the air. Two music blocks were introduced: "Programming Pause" and "Nothing but Music", which broadcast relaxed and gloomy music videos. At the beginning of 2023, a new program "MTV Movies" was presented, it tells about the novelties of cinema. In August 2023, MTV Global replaced the local MTV channel in

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Logo

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Distribution

As of 2023, MTV Global broadcasts in the following territories: Europe: *Albania *Balkans *Belarus (with some localised content and advertising) *Bosnia and Herzegovina *Bulgaria *Croatia *Cyprus *Czech Republic *Denmark (with some localised content, advertising and subtitles) *Estonia *Finland (with some localised content, advertising and subtitles) *Greece *Iceland *Hungary *Kosovo *Latvia *Lithuania (no longer served by any national cable provider, replaced by MTV Hits) *Luxembourg *Malta *Moldova (with some localised content and advertising) *Montenegro *North Macedonia *Norway (with some localised content, advertising and subtitles) *Romania *San Marino *Serbia *Slovakia *Slovenia *Sweden (with some localised content, advertising and subtitles) *Turkey *Ukraine Middle East: *Bahrain *Iraq *Jordan *Kuwait *Lebanon *Oman *Israel *Qatar *Saudi Arabia *Syria *United Arab Emirates *Yemen Asia: *Armenia (with some localised content and advertising) *Azerbaijan (with some localised content and advertising) *Georgia (with some localised content and advertising) *Hong Kong *Indonesia *Kazakhstan (with some localised content and advertising) *Kyrgyzstan (with some localised content and advertising) *Macau *Mainland China *Malaysia *Myanmar *Philippines *Singapore *South Korea *Sri Lanka *Tajikistan (with some localised content and advertising) *Taiwan *Thailand *Turkmenistan (with some localised content and advertising) *Uzbekistan (with some localised content and advertising) *Vietnam Oceania: *Australia *Fiji *New Zealand *Papua New Guinea

Free-to-air satellite transmissions

MTV Germany was available FTA on Astra 19,2E, but it became encrypted on 1 January 2011. Until August 2015 the Italian MTV-station was free to air available on Eutelsat 12 West A. However, with the take-over of Sky Italia of this channel, it has been rebranded TV8. MTV Italia has become an exclusive Sky-channel only for subscribers. On 23 December 2017, MTV Germany turned itself into a free-to-air channel.

Programming

Current local music shows *''M Is for Music'' *''MTV Push'' *'' MTV Top 20'' (formerly ''Euro Top Chart'') (Fridays 8:25 to 11:40 CET, Saturday 9:55, Sunday 6:00) Former local shows *''HitList UK'' *''MTV Asks'' *'' MTV Base Chart'' *''MTV Dance Floor Chart'' *''MTV Movies'' *'' MTV News Daily Update'' *''MTV Only Hits'' Award shows and live music specials *''

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Former shows

Past VJs

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'', ''MTV News'', ''Morning Mix'', ''HitList UK'', ''XPO'', ''First Look'', ''

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'', ''Music Non Stop'', '' European Top 20'', ''HitList UK'', ''XPO'', '' MTV's Greatest Hits'', ''MTV Coca-Cola Report'', ''MTV News'', ''First Look'', ''RockBlock'' * Maiken Wexø (1987–1992; 1993) ''Pure Pop'', ''MTV Coca-Cola Report'', '' European Top 20'', ''MTV News'', ''XPO'', ''MTV Prime'' *

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(1987–1990; 1991) ''Cokes & Vanthilt'', ''

'', ''XPO'', '' Most Wanted'' * Sophie Bramly (1987–1991) ''

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(1987–1993) ''MTV News'', ''Reverb'' * Nunu (1990) ''Awake on the Wild Side'' * Sonya Saul (1990-1992) ''MTV News'', ''XPO'' *

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(1991) ''XPO'', ''Morning Mix'' * Richie Rich (1993-1994) ''The Soul of MTV'', '' MTV's Greatest Hits'', ''HitList UK'' * John Dunton-Downer (1987-1997) ''

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(1989–1996) '' European Top 20'', ''MTV Coca-Cola Report'', '' MTV's Greatest Hits'', ''Awake on the Wild Side'', ''XPO'', ''Party Zone'', ''

'', ''RockBlock'', ''MTV at the Movies'' *

Rebecca de Ruvo Rebecca Anna de Ruvo is a Swedish TV presenter, actress, artist and model who is best known as host of the then new MTV Europe during the early 1990s. De Ruvo became known as the first Swedish VJ on MTV. Career Rebecca De Ruvo started in 1981 as ...

(1991–1995) ''

'', ''Awake on the Wild Side'', ''MTV Prime'', '' European Top 20'' *

Marijne van der Vlugt Marijne van der Vlugt (born 6 October 1965 in De Meije) is a Dutch musician, former model and MTV Europe VJ. She is the daughter of Dutch actor Bram van der Vlugt. Van der Vlugt started her career as a VJ for MTV Europe Central from London in t ...

(1991–1996; 2013; 2015; 2016) ''The Pulse'', ''MTV Coca-Cola Report'', ''Alternative Nation'', ''

'', ''

'', '' European Top 20'', ''

'', ''Music Non Stop'', ''

2013-2015-2016-2022'' (voice-over) *

Davina McCall Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter. She has presented various television shows for Channel 4, including ''Streetmate'' (1998–2001, 2016), ''Big Brother (British TV series), Big Brother'' (2 ...

(1987; 1992–1998) ''Hanging Out'', ''HitList UK'', ''MTV Coca-Cola Report'', '' MTV's Greatest Hits'', '' European Top 20'', ''First Look'', ''Music Non Stop'', '' Most Wanted'', ''Party Zone'', ''MTV Dance'', ''Cinematic'', ''Singled Out'', ''The End?'' *

Lisa I'Anson Lisa I'Anson (, born 31 May 1965) is a British radio presenter, television presenter, and VJ. Career I'Anson first started as a broadcaster on the then pirate radio station Kiss FM, and through to its legal licence, presenting the magaz ...

(1993–1996) ''The Soul of MTV'', ''MTV News'', ''HitList UK'', ''Hanging Out'', '' European Top 20'', ''Music Non Stop'', ''Party Zone'' * Ingo Schmoll (1993–1996) ''Morning Mix'', ''MTV News'', ''First Look'', '' MTV's Greatest Hits'', '' European Top 20'' *

Enrico Silvestrin Enrico Silvestrin (born 30 May 1972) is an Italian actor, television and radio presenter and musician. Life and career Born in Rome, after a supporting role in Michele Placido's '' Close Friends'', in 1994 Silvestrin started working as a VJ o ...

(1993–1997) ''Select MTV'', ''Hanging Out'', '' European Top 20'', ''

'' * Hugo de Campos (1994–1997) '' Stylissimo'', ''

'', '' European Top 20'', ''Music Non Stop'', ''First Look'', ''Hanging Out'', ''The End?'' *

Maria Guzenina Maria Edith Guzenina (née Stieren, previously Guzenina-Richardson and Lindell; born 12 January 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish politician who became a household name in Finland after working as the first Finnish video jockey for MTV E ...

(1994–1997) ''KickStart'', ''Awake on the Wild Side'', ''Morning Mix'', ''Music Non Stop'', '' European Top 20'', '' MTV's Greatest Hits'', ''MTV Amour'', ''MTV at the Movies'' *

Carolyn Lilipaly Carolijn "Carolyn" Lilipaly is a Dutch news anchor and actress. Early life and education Dutch-Moluccan Carolijn Lilipaly was born in Middelburg. Her father was former Dutch Labour Party parliament member John Lilipaly (1943-2022). She studied ...

(1994–1998) ''MTV News'', ''HitList UK'', ''The Big Picture'', ''MTV Winter Parties'' *

Miles Hunt Miles Stephen Hunt (born 29 July 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He fronts the alternative rock band The Wonder Stuff. Early life His father was a union official for the TGWU. In the 1970s, his father was based at Derby, an ...

(1994-1995) ''

'' * John Kearns (1995–2012) ''MTV News'', ''The Big Picture'', ''

'' (voice-over) *

Toby Amies Toby Amies is a filmmaker and broadcaster who specialises in making programmes about art, music, and travel with an emphasis on fringe culture and alternative perspectives. He is best known for his feature-length documentary '' The Man Whose Min ...

(1995–1999) ''Alternative Nation'', ''MTV News'', ''MTV Hot'' *

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(1995–2000) '' European Top 20'', ''Select MTV'', '' Dance Floor Chart'', ''Hanging Out'', ''

'' * Kimsy von Reischach (1995-1998) ''First Look'', '' European Top 20'', '' MTV's Greatest Hits'', ''MTV Winter Parties'', ''Hanging Out'' * Julia Valet (1996–1997) ''Superock'', ''MTV Hot'' * Nikolai (1996-1997) '' MTV's Greatest Hits'', '' European Top 20'', ''HitList UK'', ''Morning Mix'' * Boris (1996-1997) '' European Top 20'', ''MTV Snowball'', ''First Look'' *

Christian Ulmen Christian Ulmen (born 22 September 1975) is a German television presenter, actor, entertainer, voice actor, narrator, filmmaker and businessman. Career Ulmen was born in Neuwied. He started his television career in 1996 as a video jockey on ...

(1996–1997) ''MTV Hot'' * Crispin Somerville (1996-1997) ''Select MTV'', ''HitList UK'', ''Hanging Out'' * Camila Raznovich (1996–1998) ''MTV Amour'', ''Hanging Out'', ''MTV Summer Festivals'', ''MTV Beach House'' * Lily Myrhed (1996-1998) ''HitList UK'', ''MTV Winter Parties'', ''Awake on the Wild Side'', ''Morning Mix'' *

Lars Oostveen Lars Oostveen (born 6 September 1976 in Heiloo, Netherlands), also known by his pseudonym Lawrence Ray, is a Dutch presenter, producer and actor. He is best known for his stint as a VJ at MTV Europe, and his role as Vico Maesland in the Dutch TV se ...

"Vico" (1996-1999) ''Select MTV'', ''

'' * Thomas Madvig (1996-1999) ''Select MTV'', ''MTV News'' *

Katja Schuurman Katja Schuurman (born 19 February 1975) is a Dutch actress, singer and television personality. Early life Schuurman grew up as the eldest daughter of a Dutch people, Dutch father and a Curaçao-born Surinamese mother of mixed Dutch, Chinese, In ...

(1997-2000) ''So 90's'' *

Melanie Sykes Melanie Ann Sykes (born 1970) is an English former television and radio presenter. She is best known for co-hosting '' Today with Des and Mel'' with Des O'Connor and '' Let's Do Lunch'' with Gino D'Acampo. She also co-hosted ''Going Out with Ala ...

(1997) ''HitList UK'' *

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(1997–2002) ''HitList UK'', ''Stylissimo'', ''MTV News'', ''MTV Amour'', '' Dance Floor Chart'' *

Ulrika Eriksson Ulrika Eriksson (born 12 July 1973, Stockholm) is a Swedish television presenter and model. Eriksson has worked for MTV Europe, TV3 and TV4 as a presenter for several shows like Silikon, Spårlöst, Äntligen trädgård, Rampfeber and the morni ...

(1998-2003) ''MTV News'', ''Select MTV'', ''HitList UK'', ''Nordic Top 5'', ''MTV:New'', ''Morning Glory'' * Kicki Berg (1998–2006) ''MTV News'', ''Select MTV'', '' European Top 20'', ''Nordic Top 5'', '' Dance Floor Chart'', ''Top Selection'', ''MTV Supermercado'' *

Trevor Nelson Trevor Ricardo Nelson, MBE (born 7 January 1964) is an English DJ and radio presenter. He is best known for presenting a range of shows across BBC Radio. Early life Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, Nelson attended Centra ...

(1998-2004) ''

The Lick "The Lick" is a lick (music), lick (a stock musical phrase) that has been used in numerous jazz and pop music, pop songs and several classical music, classical compositions, to the point that it has been described as "the most famous jazz cli ...

'' *

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(1999-2000) ''Select MTV'', ''MTV News'' * Lars Beckung (1999–2006) ''MTV:New'', ''Select MTV'', ''Nordic Top 5'', ''MTV News'', ''Morning Glory'', ''MTV Source'', ''This Is Our Music'' *

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(2000–2004) ''The Fridge'', ''MTV News'', ''Select MTV'', '' European Top 20'', '' World Chart Express'', ''MTV:New'' *

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(2000–2004) ''MTV News'', '' European Top 20'', ''MTV Movie Special'', ''Select MTV'', ''MTV:New'', ''MTV Top 20 Countdown'', ''MTV's Winterjam'', ''MTV Presents'' * Fleur van der Kieft (2000–2002) ''Top Selection'', ''Select MTV'' * Frederique Bedos (2001) ''Select MTV'' * Erickka Jones (2001) ''MTV Top 20 Countdown'' * Mimi Kalinda (2001-2002) '' Dance Floor Chart'', '' World Chart Express'', ''Top Selection'', ''Select MTV'', ''The Fridge'' * Ina Geraldine (2003–2004) ''

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'' *

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(2003-2005) '' Dance Floor Chart'', '' World Chart Express'' * Amelia Hoy (2004–2005) ''

'', ''Up North'' * Axl Smith (2004-2007) ''Spanking New'', ''Axl Meets'', ''MTV at the Festivals'' * Pernille Fals Bahrt (2005-2007) ''MTV News'' * Archie Archibald (2005-2006) ''MTV News'' * Charlotte Thorstvedt (2005–2009) ''

'', ''Spanking New'' *

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(2006) ''Switched On'' * Shire Raghe (2006-2009) ''MTV News'', ''SuperStar Saturday'' *

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(2007-2009) ''Fahrenheit'', ''Spanking New'', ''MTV News'', ''MTV Source'' * Janika Nieminen (2008-2010) ''MTV Overdrive'', ''SuperStar Saturday'' * Matthew Bailey (2009–2010) ''

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