MTV's Music-Only Channels Go Off the Air

An anonymous reader shares a report: MTV shut down many of its last dedicated 24-hour music channels Dec. 31. The move, announced back in October, affected channels around the world, with the U.K. seeing five different MTV stations going dark. These include MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live. As Consequence notes, MTV Music - which launched in 2011 - notably ended its run by airing the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," the first visual to air when MTV launched ...