VH1 (European TV channel)

VH1
Broadcast area
NetworkMTV
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerViacomCBS Networks EMEAA
Sister channelsMTV
Club MTV
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV Hits
MTV Live
History
Launched1995; 29 years ago (1995) (2 separate feeds in the UK and Germany)
June 1999; 25 years ago (1999-06) (as VH1 Export)
2001; 23 years ago (2001) (as VH1 Europe)
7 October 2020; 4 years ago (2020-10-07) (HD feed launch; launch in Latin America)
ReplacedVH1 (Latin America)
VH1 (Poland)
Closed2 August 2021; 3 years ago (2021-08-02)
Replaced byMTV 00s
Availability
Terrestrial
Zuku TV (Kenya)Channel 775

VH1 (referred as VH1 Europe) was a European music television channel owned by ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA. It played a wide variety of music programs on a daily or weekly basis, and various VH1 original series.

The channel focused on current music, as well as music from the 2000s and the 2010s. In the 2000s, the channel used to focus on then current music – with a heavier focus on so-called adult contemporary pop and pop rock than today, – as well as music from the 1980s and the 1990s. From 2020 until the closure, the channel also played some Hip Hop hits, from artists like Roddy Ricch and DaBaby.

On 2 August 2021, the channel was replaced by MTV 00s.[1] On 1 August - the 40th anniversary of MTV - the channel's programming was adapted to MTV 00s, where as the next day the logo and graphics were updated to MTV 00s. On the former programming, the last song broadcast on VH1 Shuffle was the 2014 single "Are You with Me" by the Belgian DJ Lost Frequencies.[2] The last music video shown on VH1 before being replaced by MTV 00s on 2 August 2021 at 05:00 CET, was "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.[3]

  1. ^ "MTV 00s žádá o českou licenci". Parabola.cz (in Czech). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "VH1 Europe is not say goodbye (01.08.2021 - 5:00 CET)". YouTube.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Goodbye VH1 Europe, Hello MTV 00s! (02.08.2021. - 5:00 CET)". YouTube.