MTV (Russian TV channel)

MTV Russia
МТВ Россия
MTV Россия
CountryRussia
Broadcast areaArmenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerParamount Global
Sister channelsNickelodeon Russia
Paramount Comedy Russia
History
Launched25 September 1998, 0:30 (original)
1 October 2013 (relaunch)
Closed31 May 2013 (original)
28 April 2022 (in Russia)
13 December 2022 (in Belarus)[1]
15 December 2022 (in Commonwealth of Independent States)
Replaced byMTV Europe
Links
Websitemtv.ru

MTV Russia or MTV Россия (Russian: МТВ Россия) was a Russian music and entertainment TV channel, which carried out its broadcasting from 25 September 1998 to 31 May 2013. On 1 October 2013, MTV Russia was relaunched as a satellite pay TV channel.

In March 2022, Paramount Global announced that it intends to pause operations in Russia. The company did not comment on their plans of returning in the future.[2]

  1. ^ "Телеканалы MTV, Nickelodeon и Paramount прекращают вещание в Беларуси". Tvnews.by | Новости Тв, It И Коммуникаций.
  2. ^ "Paramount Pauses Russian Operations, Makes $1 Million Donation for Humanitarian Relief". 15 March 2022.