MTV Hits (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)

MTV Hits

2021-
Country	Australia New Zealand
Broadcast area	Australia New Zealand
Network	MTV
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) 576i (SDTV 16:9)
Timeshift service	MTV Hits +2
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks UK & Australia ZIPPLAY Media Rights Ltd.
Sister channels	MTV Club MTV MTV 80s CMT MTV Live MTV live HD
History
Launched	Original 1 April 2007; 17 years ago (1 April 2007) (Australia) 1 December 2011; 12 years ago (1 December 2011) (New Zealand) Relaunch 1 July 2020; 4 years ago (1 July 2020)
Replaced	MTV Music (Relaunch)
Closed	Original 1 January 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-01) (Australia) 1 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-01) (New Zealand) Relaunch 1 August 2023; 13 months ago (2023-08-01) (Australia) September 2023; 1 year ago (2023-09) (New Zealand)
Replaced by	MTV Hits Europe
Former names	TMF (prior to 1 November 2010)
Availability
Streaming media
Foxtel Go Screenplay TV	Channel 801 Channel 608
Fetch Mobi	Channel 237

MTV Hits was an Australian and New Zealand subscription music channel focused on hit music. The channel first launched in Australia in April 2007 (as The Music Factory), and later launched in New Zealand on 1 December 2011.

The channel closed on 1 December 2015 to be replaced in all markets by MTV Music, but was revived 5 years later on 1 July 2020 as a rebrand of MTV Music.