MTV (Vietnamese TV channel)

MTV Vietnam

Broadcast area	Vietnam
Headquarters	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Programming
Picture format	4:3 576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Networks EMEAA (Paramount Global) IMC Group Vietnam Television (partial management)
Sister channels	MTV Southeast Asia Comedy Central Paramount Network Nickelodeon MTV Live Today TV You TV
History
Launched	1 July 2011 (2011-07-01)
Replaced	MTV Asia
Closed	1 January 2023 (2023-01-01)
Links
Website	MTVwe.com

MTV Vietnam was a music channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA, a division of Paramount Global and UTV Corporation, a division of BHD Group and was under management of Vietnam Television until 2015 when IMC became the manager of MTV Vietnam.^[1] The network featured domestic and international pop music along with music news features and limited reality television programming subtitled into Vietnamese.

In mid-2000s, in Vietnam, it only broadcast MTV Asia until 2008, when the company BHD have negotiations with MTV Singapore to buy the copyright and format them to Vietnamese program. On 1 July 2011, MTV Vietnam had officially broadcast in Vietnam with the joint venture of BHD buy the copyright and under management of Cable Television Editorial Board (later renamed the Multimedia Television Editorial Board) by Vietnam Television (VTV). The first show from MTV Vietnam is "MTV Vietnam Request Hour" which broadcast Vietnamese and international song that requested by Vietnamese viewer/audience. Then released the few shows when on 2 February 2015 when IMC Group now managed and operated MTV Vietnam, but still MTV Vietnam only does 4:3 aspect ratio.

MTV Vietnam ceased its broadcasting on January 1, 2023, with the last music that MTV Vietnam put it's 'LỜI NÓI DỐI SAU NỤ CƯỜI' by K-ICM^[2], because Paramount released Paramount+ in Vietnam that release in mid 2024.

Shows

Availability

• HTVC
• Hanoicab
• K+
• VTVcab
• myTV (IPTV)
• FPT (IPTV)

See also

• MTV (Music Television)
• MTV Networks Asia Pacific
• MTV Southeast Asia

References

External links

• List of television channels in Vietnam
• MTV Vietnam's Official Site
• MTV Vietnam at Facebook
• MTV Vietnam - Shutdown (January 1, 2023)
• Former online streaming defunct site (TVMienPhi)