MTV Nordic
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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 (that did not have their own localized MTV channel) under the branding MTV Europe & Nordic. The majority of programming was hosted by presenters from the Nordic countries, mainly Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
Additional veejays came from Israel
and the United Kingdom
. The channel gradually began to localize in 2005 with the launch of MTV Denmark
. Further in 2006 the relaunch of a pan-European MTV channel 'MTV Europe
an' and in September 2005 the launch of MTV Sweden
, MTV Norway and MTV Finland
resulted in the MTV Nordic ceasing as a brand.
Pan-European
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cable television network launched on June 5, 1998. A 24-hour English-language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
network aimed at viewers in the Nordic countries and other European territories. Between 1998 and 2006 MTV Nordic served the majority of European territories (that did not have their own localized MTV channel) under the branding MTV Europe & Nordic. The majority of programming was hosted by presenters from the Nordic countries, mainly Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
Additional veejays came from Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The channel gradually began to localize in 2005 with the launch of MTV Denmark
MTV Denmark
MTV Denmark or MTV Danmark is a television channel broadcasting to Denmark and the Faroe Islands market. It started in May 2005 as part of MTV's expansion into the Nordic region which followed with launches of MTV Finland, MTV Sweden and MTV Norway in September 2005...
. Further in 2006 the relaunch of a pan-European MTV channel '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...
an' and in September 2005 the launch of 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...
, MTV Norway and MTV Finland
MTV Finland
MTV Finland is a general entertainment channel broadcasting to the Finnish speaking market. The channel replaced MTV Nordic on September 18, 2005.-History:* MTV Finland launched in September 2005 along with MTV Sweden and MTV Norge...
resulted in the MTV Nordic ceasing as a brand.
Shows
- Nordic Top 5
- News Weekend Edition
- Hitlist UKHitlist UKHitlist UK is a weekly UK chart series which airs on MTV Europe. Its format has changed over the years. Originally airing in July 1992 as a two-hour television program that aired the official UK Top 40 singles chart. The programme originally aired Mondays at 20:00 hrs and repeated through the...
- European Top 20
- US Top 20
- Axl Meets
- Spanking New
- MTV at the Movies
- Select MTV
- Dance Floor Chart
- Stylissimo
- MTV NewsMTV NewsMTV News is the news division of MTV, one of the first and most popular music television network in the U.S., as well as some of MTV's related channels around the world. MTV News began in the late 1980s with the program The Week In Rock, hosted by Kurt Loder, the first official MTV News correspondent...
- Non-stop Hits
- Don't Stop The Music
- This is the new shit
- This is our Music
- MTV: New
- MTV Amour
- MTV Summer Festivals
- Superock
- MTV Hot
- Top Selection
- Total Request
- 3 from 1 on the Web
- Bytesize
- Data Videos
- Alternative Nation
Presenters
- Eden HarelEden HarelEden Harel is an actress and TV host from Israel. She was an MTV Europe VJ during the 1990s.-Early life:Harel was born Adva Harel in Eilat. growing up she went to the boarding school of 'WIZO Hadasim'...
(1994-2002) European Top 20, Select MTV, Dancefloor Chart - Lars Beckung mtv:new
- Axl Smith (2004-) Spanking New, Axl Meets, MTV News, MTV At The Festivals,
- Ulrika Eriksson Hitlist UK
- Thomas Madvig
- Maria GuzeninaMaria GuzeninaMaria Guzenina-Richardson is a Finnish politician who became a household name in Finland after working as a VJ for MTV Europe from 1994 until 1997. Guzenina-Richardson was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 2007 and in 2011. She was appointed Minister of Health and Social Services on 22 June...
- Vanessa WarwickVanessa WarwickVanessa Warwick is an English former MTV presenter, notable for her eight-year spell as a video jockey from 1990 to 1997 inclusive. She was for a time during the 1990s married to musician Ricky Warwick, guitarist with The Almighty...
Headbangers Ball - Rebecca De Ruvo Awake on the Wild Side, Dial MTV
- Camila Raznovich (1995–1998) MTV Amour, Hangin' Out, MTV Summer Festivals, MTV Beach House
- Cat DeeleyCat DeeleyCatherine Elizabeth "Cat" Deeley is an English television presenter and model. Since 2006, Deeley has also been the host of So You Think You Can Dance in the United States, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition...
(1997-2002) Hit List UK, Stylissimo, MTV News - Julia Valet Superock, MTV Hot
- Trevor NelsonTrevor NelsonTrevor Nelson MBE is an English DJ and presenter.Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, he attended Central Foundation Boys' Grammar School in Cowper St, Islington, London EC2 and Westminster Kingsway College...
The Lick - Becky GriffinBecky GriffinBecky Griffin is an Israeli model, TV presenter and an actress. She was born to Jewish parents, a Yemenite mother and an American father....
Dancefloor Chart - Neil ColeNeil ColeNeil Cole is an English television presenter, comedian, radio broadcaster and actor.-Early life:Cole was born in Bristol in 1972, and attended King Edward Grammar School in Chelmsford...
European Top 20, Select MTV, The Fridge - Joanne ColanJoanne ColanJoanne Colan is the former MTV Europe VJ and former anchor of the vlog Rocketboom. She currently is on Discovery's show "Dean of Invention" alongside Dean Kamen as a correspondent.-Television:...
European Top 20 - Kicki Berg European Top 20, Nordic Top 5, MTV Supermercado
- Ina GéraldineIna GeraldineIna Geraldine, born in Berlin to a German mother and Beninese father.Ina Geraldine started her acting career on the German hit series Drei Damen vom Grill at age 5 and continued on as a child model for a successful German children’s clothing company....
(2003-2004) Euro Top 20 - Amelia Hoy (2004-2006) Euro Top 20
- Jason Danino-HoltJason Danino-HoltJason Danino-Holt is an Israeli television presenter and former MTV Europe presenter.-Biography:Danino-Holt was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to a Morocco French-Canadian mother and a British father. He was raised in a trilingual home and attended summer school in Cambridge at age 12.He went to Teva...
(2006) Switched On - Charlotte Thorstvedt (2006-2009) Euro Top 20
See also
- List of MTV Europe VJs
- MTV NorgeMTV NorgeMTV 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...
- MTV SwedenMTV SwedenMTV 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...
- MTV Networks BalticMTV Networks BalticMTV Networks Baltic part of MTV Networks Europe represented MTV within the region. In 2006, MTV established: MTV Latvia, MTV Lithuania and MTV Estonia. In 2008, Israeli telecommunications company Ananey communications purchased MTV Networks Baltic under a new licensing agreement with MTV Networks...
- MTV DenmarkMTV DenmarkMTV Denmark or MTV Danmark is a television channel broadcasting to Denmark and the Faroe Islands market. It started in May 2005 as part of MTV's expansion into the Nordic region which followed with launches of MTV Finland, MTV Sweden and MTV Norway in September 2005...
- MTV EuropeMTV EuropeMTV 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...