Country | Australia New Zealand |
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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 (Australia) 1 December 2011 (New Zealand) Relaunch 1 July 2020 |
Replaced | MTV Music (Relaunch) |
Closed | 2023 Original 1 January 2014 (Australia) 1 December 2015 (New Zealand) Relaunch 1 August 2023 (Australia) September 2023 (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.