The channel was launched as MTV Dance on 7 March 2008, then became Club MTV from 1 June 2020. On 2 August 2015, it was removed from Sky Italia.
On 1 October 2017, MTV Dance ceased broadcasting in Benelux.[3]
On 4 October 2018, the channel was removed on Numericable along with MTV Rocks following Comedy Central launch in France.
In 2019, the channel disappeared in Portugal being substituted by MTV Live HD.
The channel was rebranded as Club MTV from 1 June 2020. VIMN EMEA applied for a new licence for the channel on 7 April 2020.[4]
On 1 March 2021, Club MTV expanded its broadcast area to the Middle East and North Africa through beIN Network.[5]
On 1 July 2021, Club MTV, MTV Hits and Spike Russia ceased broadcasting in Russia and CIS countries.[6]
On 1 August 2023, the channel replaced the Australian feed of Club MTV.
Format
Club MTV plays a selection of dance, trance, clubhouse, electronica, drum and bass, rap, r'n'b, hip-hop, techno and house music. The channel does not carry advertising.
Programming
100% Party Tunes!
Big Tunes!
Reload! Club Classics
Ultimate Rap & RnB
Club Caliente!
Big Weekend Tunes!
Non-Stop Bangerz!
Availability
The channel is registered with RRTV in the Czech Republic, where it is registered to broadcast in Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Croatia, Ireland, Iceland, Kosovo, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, South Africa, South Sudan, Cameroon, Cape, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Eswatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Central African Republic, Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. However, the channel may not be available in all countries listed.[7]
^Schmitt, Frédéric (21 September 2017). "TELESAT perd trois chaînes MTV". www.telesatellite.com (in French). Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
