MTV (Greek TV channel)

Television channel

MTV Greece

Country| Greece
Broadcast area| Greece
Cyprus
Network| MTV
Headquarters| Marousi, Athens, Greece
Programming
Language(s)| Greek
English
Picture format| 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner| Radio TV Piraeus S.A.
(d.t. MTV Greece S.A.)
Sister channels| Nickelodeon
Nick Jr.
Nickelodeon Plus
History
Launched| 1 September 2008
Closed| 11 January 2016
Replaced by| RISE (terrestrial television)
MTV Global (pay television)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digea| Channel 50 - 54
Greek MTV journalists interviewing a cosplayer at the Comicdom 2012 comics convention in Athens, Greece

MTV Greece was a Greek free-to-air regional television channel launched on 1 September 2008, replacing Smart TV. Owned by Radio TV Piraeus S.A., it closed down suddenly on 11 January 2016, one year prior the proper MTV copyrights come to an end, despite the good ratings. It was replaced by RISE on terrestrial television. Also, it OTE TV and Nova subscription providers, it was replaced by MTV Global and MTV Live.[1]

MTV Greece used to air mainly British, American and Greek music, MTV original shows like Date My Mom, Made, Nitro Circus, Room Raiders, America's Most Smartest Model, etc. subtitled in Greek, as well as three Greek shows (Hitlist Hellas, MTV Pulse, MTV Take 20). It was available on terrestrial television in Athens and via satellite to the rest of the country had the signal reach until Cyprus. MTV also launched MTV Plus, a regional spin-off channel based in Thessaloniki.

MTV Greece's launch event took place in Panathenaic Stadium on 5 October 2008 with live performances from R.E.M., Kaiser Chiefs, Gabriella Cilmi, and C Real. The concert was also broadcast live in Italy, France, Portugal and Spain on MTV. On 9 October 2009 MTV organized the first MTV Day, a celebration for the 1 year of airing in Greece.

To celebrate the date,MTV held a concert at the Olympic Indoor Hall, in Athens, with quests Myronas Stratis, Professional Sinnerz, Moral, Aloha From Hell and Tokyo Hotel. The concert was recorded and was later shown on the MTV World Stage.

A high-definition feed of the channel was launched on 17 October 2011.

Closed on 11 January 2016 and replaced by Rise.

## Programming[edit]

The channel combined local and international music, and aired international MTV shows (with Greek subtitles) including Jackass, Pimp My Ride, When I Was 17, If You Really Knew Me, My Super Sweet 16, Viva La Bam, Life of Ryan, 16 and Pregnant, as well as some original content produced exclusively for Greece.

### Local Shows[edit]

* MTV News \- Music and entertainment news updates.
* Your Noise Live \- Daily variety program with music, news, games and interviews.
* MTV Take 20 \- Weekly show focuses on movie news, trailers, interviews and a look at the latest new releases.
* MTV Headbangers Ball \- Heavy metal music videos and news.
* MTV Game On \- Weekly show focuses on video games.
* Every Day Girls! \- Weekly show focuses on girls, fashion, horoscopes, entertainment and celebrity news and interviews.
* MTV New Generation
* Yo! MTV Raps
* myMTV
* Mission Lydia \- Entertainment program hosted by Lydia Papaioannou
* MTV Summer Clash
* MTV SHOW US YOUR STYLE
* MTV Greeklips
* Wake Up with MTV
* MTV Coolwave Challenges
* Only Hits
* Clip Of The Week
* Your Noise Daily
* MTV City Life
* Party Zone

## Presenters and VJs[edit]

* Nafsika Lalioti
* Katerina Tsavalou
* Lydia Papaioannou
* Konstantinos Koutsoumpas
* Vanessa Christodoulou
* Orfeas Spiliotopoulos
* Thomas Protopapas
* Vasiliki Arvanitaki
* Estel Ameti
* Marianthi Mpairaktari
* Myrto Kazi
* Giorgos Satsidis
* Spiros Margaritis

## Spinoff channels[edit]

### MTV Plus[edit]

Main article: MTV Plus

Launched on 18 October 2009, MTV Plus was a regional channel available in Thessaloniki. Its programming was similar to its sister channel MTV Greece. On 13 December 2011 it was replaced by Nickelodeon Plus.

### MTV Music[edit]

Main article: MTV Music (Greek TV channel)

Launched on 7 October 2009, MTV Music was a 24-hour music channel playing non-stop music videos, live performances and artist interviews. It closed on 2011 and was replaced by MTV Greece and, from 17 October 2011, MTV HD.

## MTV HD[edit]

MTV HD was launched on 17 October 2011 on OTE TV.

## Closure[edit]

MTV was closed from Greece territories on 11 January 2016 and replaced by Rise.

## See also[edit]

* Paramount Networks EMEAA
* Music of Greece

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Τέλος από τους τηλεοπτικούς δέκτες το MTV Greece". Retrieved 2 October 2016.

## External links[edit]

* Official site of RISE TV

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Paramount Media Networks

Kids and Family Group|

* Nickelodeon
* Nick at Nite
* Nick Jr. Channel
* Nicktoons
* TeenNick
* Production
* Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Paws, Inc.
* Events
* Nickelodeon SlimeFest

Entertainment and Youth Group|

* Comedy Central
* CMT
* CMT Music
* Ha!
* Logo TV
* NickMusic
* MTV
* MTV2
* MTVU
* MTV Classic
* MTV Live
* Tres
* Paramount Network
* Pop TV
* Smithsonian Channel
* TV Land
* Production
* MTV Entertainment Studios

Premium Network Group|

* Showtime Networks
* Showtime
* The Movie Channel
* Flix

Other assets|

* Awesomeness
* MTV News
* VidCon

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Paramount Networks EMEAA

European headquarters: Madrid
Asian headquarters: Singapore

MTV|

* MTV Base
* France and French-speaking regions
* Germany
* Global
* Club MTV
* MTV 00s
* MTV 80s
* MTV 90s
* MTV Hits
* MTV Live
* India
* Israel
* Italy
* MTV Music
* Japan
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Taiwan
* UK and Ireland
* MTV 80s
* MTV 90s
* MTV Hits
* MTV Music

Nickelodeon|

* Arab world
* Africa
* Asia
* Malaysia
* Philippines
* Central/Eastern Europe
* Ukraine
* Croatia
* Serbian
* Slovenia
* Denmark
* Europe
* Flanders
* France and French-speaking Switzerland
* Nickelodeon Junior
* Nickelodeon Teen
* Germany
* Austria
* German-speaking Switzerland
* Greece
* Nickelodeon Plus
* Iberia
* Israel
* Italy
* Netherlands
* NickMusic
* Poland
* Scandinavia
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Wallonia
* Pakistan
* TeenNick

| Nick Jr.|

* Arab world
* Africa
* CIS, Ukraine and Georgia (previously Russia and Belarus)
* Germany, Austria and Switzerland
* Greece
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* Scandinavia
* Southeast Asia
* Turkey

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Nicktoons|

* Arab world
* Africa
* Europe
* Germany
* Netherlands
* Scandinavia

Comedy Central|

* CIS and Georgia
* Flanders
* France
* Germany
* Austrian subfeed
* Swiss subfeed
* Hungary
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Polsat Comedy Central Extra
* Romania
* Spain
* Ukraine

Paramount|

* Paramount Network
* International
* Netherlands

Other|

* BET
* Ego
* Game One
* Hot Comedy Central
* J-One
* JV's with AMC Networks International
* CBS Europa
* CBS Reality
* Super!

Defunct
channels|

* CBS Action Poland
* Comedy Central
* Extra
* Family Netherlands
* Sweden
* Kindernet
* MTV
* Adria
* Africa
* Australia and New Zealand
* Austria
* Belgium
* Czech Republic and Slovakia
* China
* Denmark
* Eesti
* Finland
* Greece
* Hungary
* Indonesia
* Lithuania and Latvia
* Middle East
* New Zealand
* Nordic
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Romania
* Russia, CIS and Georgia
* Southeast Asia
* Sweden
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Philippines
* Original
* MTV Pinoy
* MTVph
* MTV Base
* MTV Brand New
* Germany
* Italy
* Netherlands
* MTV Classic
* Australia and New Zealand
* Italy
* Poland
* Club MTV
* Australia
* MTV Hits
* Australia and New Zealand
* Italy
* MTV Idol
* MTV Music
* Greece
* Poland
* MTV Music 24
* MTV Plus
* MTV Pulse
* France
* Italy
* MTV Rocks
* MTV2 Pop
* Nickelodeon
* Russia, CIS and Georgia
* QOOB
* Spike
* Hungary
* Italy
* Russia
* UK
* TeenNick
* Italy
* Flanders
* Netherlands
* The Box
* The Music Factory
* Flanders
* Live HD
* Nederland
* TMF Dance
* TMF NL
* TMF Pure
* VH1
* Adria
* Denmark
* Europe
* Germany
* Poland
* Italy
* Russia
* VH1 Classic
* VIVA
* Austria
* Germany
* Hungary

See also|

* Paramount Global
* Paramount Media Networks
* Paramount International Networks
* Paramount Networks UK & Australia
* Rainbow S.p.A. (30% stake)
* List of Paramount channels

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Local television stations in Greece

Attica|

* Action 24
* a.Epsilon TV
* Alert TV
* ART
* Attica TV
* Blue Sky
* Extra Channel
* High TV
* Kontra Channel
* MAD TV
* Nickelodeon
* One Channel
* RISE TV
* Smile TV

Macedonia|

* 4E TV
* Atlas TV
* Center TV
* Diktyo 1
* Diktyo TV
* Dion Channel
* Egnatia TV
* ENA Channel
* Epiloges TV
* Epsilon Thessaloniki
* Epsilon TV Delta
* Euro Channel
* Flash TV
* Gnomi TV
* Lydia TV
* Nickelodeon Plus
* Osios Nikanor
* Pella TV
* Star TV
* TOP Channel
* TV 100
* Vergina TV
* West Channel

Thrace|

* Alfa TV
* Delta TV
* Next TV
* Orestiada TV
* Smile TV Xanthi
* Thraki NET
* TV Rodopi

Thessaly|

* Astra TV
* FORMedia
* Smile Plus
* Thessalian Radio Television
* Thessalia TV

Epirus|

* ART TV
* Epirus TV1
* ITV (Ioannina Television)
* Vima TV

Central Greece|

* Acheloos TV
* ENA TV
* Epsilon TV
* Lepanto TV
* Star Central Greece

Peloponnese|

* Achaia Channel
* a.NET
* ART
* Axion TV
* Best TV
* Ionian Channel
* Lepanto TV
* Lyxnos TV
* Mesogeios TV
* ORT
* Patra TV
* ProNews
* RTP Center
* Super Korinthos

Ionian Islands|

* Corfu TV
* Ionian Channel
* Start TV

Aegean Islands|

* Aeolos TV
* Alithia TV
* Patrida TV
* Samiaki TV
* Syros TV1
* Volcano TV

Dodecanese|

* Aigaio TV
* Irida TV
* Kosmos TV
* Kos TV (Municipal)
* Tharri TV (Monastery)

Crete|

* Creta Channel
* CreteTV
* Kriti TV1
* New Television
* Notos TV
* Sitia TV
* TeleKriti

Defunct|

* Channel 9
* MTV (Athens/Thessaloniki)
* PLP
* SBC
* Super B
* Super TV
* Tele Time

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