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| Country | United States |
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| Network | MTV (2016–present) VH1 (1998–2016) |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Global |
| Parent | MTV Entertainment Group |
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| History | |
| Launched | August 1, 1998 |
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| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Affiliated Streaming Service | Paramount+ |
| Internet Protocol television | Philo, FuboTV, AT&T TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo TV, Hulu + Live TV |
| Part of a series on |
| MTV |
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| Programs on MTV |
| MTV personalities |
| Censorship on MTV |
| MTV Generation |
| MTV News |
MTV Classic (formerly VH1 Smooth, VH1 Classic Rock, and VH1 Classic) is an American pay television network owned by Paramount Media Networks. It was originally launched in 1998 as "VH1 Smooth", an adult contemporary and smooth jazz channel. It was relaunched as "VH1 Classic Rock" in 1999 (later renamed "VH1 Classic" until 2016), with an emphasis on classic rock. On August 1, 2016, in honor of MTV's 35th anniversary, the channel was rebranded as "MTV Classic", and now exclusively displays music videos from all genres from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
As of December 2019[update], MTV Classic is available to approximately 39,000,000 pay television households in the United States.[1]
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