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Over on the Digital Home forums. It looks like another MTV channel will be shutting down at the end of this year. Bell Media announced that MTV will no longer be offered. Just like MTV2 shut down this past March it looks like MTV will suffer the same fate as well. MTV is available on Pluto TV and it appears that Paramount Global is parting ways with Bell Media.
Bell Media to shut down MTV on December 31, 2024
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Am I reading this right? An 11 million dollar loss? Good reason to shut MTV Canada down!!
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Revenues went from $17.1 million to $7.7 million in four years. No one was watching.
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Easily Amused wrote:
I want my MTV! 😠
Call Bell, I'm sure they'll let you have it for a song!
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cash wrote:
Revenues went from $17.1 million to $7.7 million in four years. No one was watching.
And subscriber revenue down close to the same percentage...cord-cutters abound
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Binson Echorec wrote:
Easily Amused wrote:
I want my MTV! 😠
Call Bell, I'm sure they'll let you have it for a song!
Maybe the Buggles can update their classic to "Digital Killed the Video Star."
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the "Zombie" channels are falling one-by-one. Wonder if they will be missed?
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tvguy wrote:
the "Zombie" channels are falling one-by-one. Wonder if they will be missed?
Don’t be ridiculous(ness)
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Now another channel is also shutting down on Dec 31st along with MTV Canada. It is CBS Sports and it will be ceasing broadcasting in Canada. I am not a 100% sure if it will shut down in the US. But I could not find any more information. So the shut down will be just in Canada.
CBS Sports Discontinued December 31, 2024
Last edited by haydenmatthews14 (October 31, 2024 12:43 am)
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Maybe if MTV had stayed with it's original mandate of broadcasting music videos and interviews etc, it may not have suffered such a decline in viewers.
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mic'em wrote:
Maybe if MTV had stayed with it's original mandate of broadcasting music videos and interviews etc, it may not have suffered such a decline in viewers.
The switch away from that content was *because* of the decline in viewers.
Music videos are alive and healthy; just not in a linear format.
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RadioAaron wrote:
mic'em wrote:
Maybe if MTV had stayed with it's original mandate of broadcasting music videos and interviews etc, it may not have suffered such a decline in viewers.
The switch away from that content was *because* of the decline in viewers.
Music videos are alive and healthy; just not in a linear format.
Actually, MTV Canada wasn't initially licensed by the CRTC to be a music channel.
As per Wikipedia:
"The channel launched as Talktv in 2000 by Bell Globemedia, but was not as widely available prior to its relaunch in March 2006. Unlike MTV channels in the United States and elsewhere, the channel was restricted in its ability to carry music programming until 2015, due to conditions in the channel's licence issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Thus, the channel never used the "Music Television" tagline as its international counterparts did prior to 2010.
"On September 28, 2005, CTV and MTV Networks announced that Talktv would be relaunched as a new Canadian incarnation of MTV, while continuing to maintain its licence requirement of "documentary programming" with over 68% Canadian content."
MTV (Canadian channel) - Wikipedia
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RadioAaron, thanks for your reply. To be honest, I haven't watched MTV Canada in probably 20 years, especially after it just became a channel for old sitcoms etc.
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mic'em wrote:
RadioAaron, thanks for your reply. To be honest, I haven't watched MTV Canada in probably 20 years, especially after it just became a channel for old sitcoms etc.
You and me both mic’em, In fact, I’m pretty sure that I only watched their original launch here and maybe once or twice after that. Wasn’t a fan I guess.
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betaylored wrote:
Maybe the Buggles can update their classic to "Digital Killed the Video Star."
The Limousines already managed to do something similar with Internet killed the video star.
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mic'em wrote:
Maybe if MTV had stayed with it's original mandate of broadcasting music videos and interviews etc, it may not have suffered such a decline in viewers.
MTV Canada was never allowed to run music videos (at least not more than 10% per broadcast week) as per their conditions of license.