MTV Extra was a music channel by MTV Networks Europe, the channel first launched on 1 July 1999 on the Sky Digital platform, alongside MTV Base and VH1 Classic and was a mixture of music videos and repeats of MTV programming. Towards the end of the channel's life, programming was dropped and the channel showed solely music videos (under the "Pure Music" name), with MTV Dance in the evenings. MTV Dance was spun off into its own channel on 20 April 2001, and MTV Extra was renamed MTV Hits! (now MTV Hits) at 6am on 1 May 2001. MTV Extra is notable for being the only spin-off MTV channel to use the same song title graphics as its parent channel (although it had its own separate idents). In 2005, Viacom proposed two channels to the ''

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'' to obtain a licence to air in the French free digital terrestrial television:

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and MTV Extra. Viacom didn't find a French partner and the CSA preferred French groups projects.

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Extra Extra, Xtra, or The Extra may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * The Extra (1962 film), ''The Extra'' (1962 film), a Mexican film * The Extra (2005 film), ''The Extra'' (2005 film), an Australian film Literature * Extra (newspaper), ...

Defunct music video networks Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations established in 1999 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2001 1999 establishments in the United Kingdom {{Europe-tv-station-stub