From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-03 05:48:24 +0000, Your Name said:   
      
   > On 2026-01-03 00:21:18 +0000, super70s said:   
   >>   
   >> I just found out the main MTV channel is still around, Paramount is   
   >> discontinuing MTV's sister channels that were still playing videos. I   
   >> wasn't even aware of those because my provider doesn't offer them. No   
   >> wonder they're being discontinued if none of the providers are offering   
   >> them.   
   >>   
   >> (Not the most concise subject header someone could've come up with.)   
   >   
   > It's probably just whoever was meant to flick the switch of 'off' is on   
   > their holidays until Monday.  ;-)   
   >   
   >   
   > The reality is that it was only most of the MTV channels have been   
   > shutdown internationally, but they are still going in the USA.   
   >    
   >   
      
   Thanks, that cleared it up (even if I had to go to archive.today to   
   bypass a signup and read it).   
      
   I just checked my provider's schedule -- even the channels I don't get   
   -- and the only thing related to MTV I saw was MTV and VH1 (I was wrong   
   about VH1 going away, shows how much their current programming got my   
   attention, lol).   
      
   I didn't see any kind of MTV "Classic, Live, Biggest Pop, Spankin' New,   
   Yo!, Flow Latino" etc.   
      
   The (static picture) music channels my provider offers are "Stingray"   
   branded. They probably let the provider have them for free, which is   
   why the provider offers them for free (even to Basic subscribers). MTV   
   probably charges extra for their branded channels.   
      
   One thing that article jogged my memory with was the old MTV "120   
   Minutes" program from the 90's. I was a loyal viewer of that show every   
   Sunday night, it turned me on to some of the great old alternative acts.   
      
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