History

• MTV Finland launched in September 2005 along with MTV Sweden
  MTV Sweden
  MTV Sweden is a general entertainment channel broadcasting to the Swedish market. The channel replaced MTV Nordic on September 18, 2005.-History:* MTV Sweden launched in September 2005 along with MTV Finland and MTV Norge...
  
   and MTV Norge
  MTV Norge
  MTV Norway is a general entertainment channel broadcasting in Norway. The channel replaced MTV Nordic on September 18, 2005.-History:*MTV Norway launched in September 2005 along with MTV Sweden and MTV Norge...
  
  . Before the start of country-specific channels, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland had been served by a common channel called MTV Nordic
  MTV Nordic
  MTV Nordic was a pan-European cable television network launched on June 5, 1998. A 24-hour English-language network aimed at viewers in the Nordic countries and other European territories. Between 1998 and 2006 MTV Nordic served the majority of European territories under the branding MTV Europe &...
  
  , launched on June 5, 1998 which replaced the MTV Europe
  MTV Europe
  MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
  
   feed.

• MTV Finland's offices are based at MTV Networks International
  MTV Networks Europe
  MTV Networks Europe is a division of Viacom International Media Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom.MTV Networks Europe includes the multimedia entertainment brands: MTV, VH1, TMF, VIVA, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Nick Jr...
  
  's Nordic offices in Stockholm
  Stockholm
  Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
  
   with a local office in Helsinki . The channel is broadcast from the MTV Networks Europe
  MTV Networks Europe
  MTV Networks Europe is a division of Viacom International Media Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom.MTV Networks Europe includes the multimedia entertainment brands: MTV, VH1, TMF, VIVA, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Nick Jr...
  
   headquarters in London and Warsaw.

• During the days of MTV Nordic, languages other than English were rarely spoken on MTV in Finland. With the start of MTV Finland, several Finnish language
  Finnish language
  Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
  
   programmes were produced for example MTV News, Axl Meets, MTV Festival Report and Headbangers Ball
  Headbangers Ball
  Headbangers Ball is a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV...
  
  . All hosted by MTV VJ Axl Smith.

• Since the mid-2000s MTV Finland shares a similar schedule to its other European counterparts featuring mainly reality based content from MTV US and very few music videos.

• Since 2009, MTV Finland's localized content has been reduced this is seen both on-air and on-line. Its website musictelevision.fi is entirely in English where previously it was available in Finnish. All programming is in English with Finnish subtitles, with exception to local produced programming and local advertising. Both MTV Norge
  MTV Norge
  MTV Norway is a general entertainment channel broadcasting in Norway. The channel replaced MTV Nordic on September 18, 2005.-History:*MTV Norway launched in September 2005 along with MTV Sweden and MTV Norge...
  
  and MTV Finland share the same content and schedule.