VH1 (Poland)
VH1 Poland was a Polish music pay television channel from ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA that was active from 1 December 2005 to 3 March 2020.
First launched on 1 December 2005 to replace "MTV Classic", another Polish MTV channel which used to broadcast mainly classic videos, VH1 Poland shows almost only music-based programs and plays a much broader range of videos than its predecessor. Many themed music programs were broadcast on a daily or weekly basis. It ceased broadcast on 24 April 2010 and was succeeded on 14 January 2011 by timeshare Comedy Central Family. It relaunched on 24 April 2012, only to shut down again and for the final time on 3 March 2020; it was succeeded first by VH1 Europe until 2 August 2021 and then MTV 00s thereafter.
History
As a Polish feed of MTV Classic
MTV Classic was a Polish pay television channel which was centered towards airing music videos from the 1960s up to the 1990s. It was launched on 30 May 2002. On 1 December 2005, it was replaced by VH1 Poland.On 24 April 2010, VH1 Poland ceased to operate as a 24-hour music channel and instead share space with Comedy Central branded channel Comedy Central Family. The new channel lined-up is more skewed towards female audiences.
On April 24, 2012, VH1 Poland started broadcasting again replacing VH1 Europe.
On September 30, 2015, VH1 Poland began to use the current branding from VH1 Europe and UK. However, the music on those idents were changed, plus, a title of each programme were added at the start of each programme.