{"id":190360,"date":"2025-10-10T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/190360\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:47:07","slug":"mtv-to-axe-its-music-tv-channels-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/190360\/","title":{"rendered":"MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paramount is also expected to close MTV music channels in countries including Australia, Poland, France and Brazil, according to media reports in those countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The closures come as the company seeks to cut costs by as much as $500m (\u00a3376m) across its global portfolio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In August, it closed Paramount Television Studios, which produced series including action thriller Jack Ryan and children&#8217;s adventure series The Spiderwick Chronicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The layoffs also affected MTV productions in the UK, where original shows Gonzo and Fresh Out UK were cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to the latest ratings from Barb, MTV&#8217;s music channels continued to attract modest audiences in the UK. MTV music had 1.3 million viewers in July, with MTV 90s attracting 949,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The brand will also continue to have a presence on social media and Paramount&#8217;s streaming service Paramount+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paramount is also expected to close MTV music channels in countries including Australia, Poland, France and Brazil, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-190360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}