MTV (Dutch TV channel)

MTV
CountryNetherlands
Broadcast areaNetherlands & Belgium
NetworkMTV
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)[1]
Ownership
OwnerParamount Networks EMEAA
Sister channelsMTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
MTV Hits
MTV Live
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Nick Jr.
Nicktoons
NickMusic
Paramount Network
History
Launched1 August 1987; 37 years ago (1987-08-01) (Pan-European MTV)
12 September 2000; 24 years ago (2000-09-12) (Dutch version of MTV)
ReplacedMTV Europe
Former namesMTV NL
Links
WebsiteOfficial site
Availability
Terrestrial
DigitenneChannel 13 (HD)
Streaming media
Ziggo GOZiggoGO.tv (Europe only)

MTV Nederland en België is a Dutch speaking free-to-cable television channel broadcasting in the Netherlands. It launched as MTV NL on 12 September 2000. Before the start of country-specific channels, the Pan-European version of MTV aired in the Netherlands.

The channel is broadcast from a Paramount Networks EMEAA office in Amsterdam, but it uses since January 1, 2022 a broadcast licence from Czech Republic in order not to have obligations under Netherlands medialaw.