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

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.

Presenters and VJs

• 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

MTV HD

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

Closure

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

See also

• Paramount Networks EMEAA
• Music of Greece

References

External links

• Official site of RISE TV