# MTV (Portuguese TV channel)

MTV was a Portuguese pay television channel that was launched on 4 July 2003, replacing MTV Europe in Portugal. A high-definition simulcast feed of the channel launched on 17 June 2015.
In its initial stages MTV Portugal shared similar content to MTV Spain and MTV Italy, while also airing programming from MTV US and MTV Europe. There was a strong focus on music content but gradually the channel began to air reality shows similar to other MTV channels. The channel was launched in Portugal with the support of private broadcaster SIC as it previously had a MTV branded block in the early 1990s. The channel is based at MTV Networks Europe in Madrid and supported by a local office is Lisbon.
In Spring 2011, MTV Portugal began to air new localised programming. The current MTV Portugal VJs are Diogo Dias – the first presenter of the channel, having hosted MTV Portugal since 2004 -, Luís Marvão and Patrícia Vieira. There are some Portuguese celebrities who also were MTV Portugal VJs: Filomena Cautela, Luísa Barbosa (in the second half of the 2000s) and Ana Sofia Martins (in the first half of the 2010s).
As of 2024, MTV Portugal’s schedule was merged into MTV Global’s. MTV Portugal branding still exists on social media platforms with localized content.

## History

MTV Portugal was launched at midnight on 4 July 2003 with a special pre-recorded concert by Blind Zero, replacing MTV Europe. The channel promised a "Portugalization" of its content, when, at launch, the channel had Portuguese staff, but no local programs were announced.
At the beginning, the channel broadcast mainly music, but gradually gave way to reality shows. Most of its programming consists of shows broadcast by MTV and MTV2 from the United States, but also shows from MTV UK (Geordie Shore, Just Tattoo of Us,...), MTV Spain (Gandía Shore,...) or MTV Brazil and MTV LATAM.

## VJ casting

In 2012, MTV Portugal aired a new local television program which aims to look for new VJs across the country. It began its search by going across the country to ten different cities across six months and selects its top candidates to progress to the next stage. During the VJ casting process it has visited Almada, Aveiro, Coimbra, Faro, Funchal, Guimarães, Lisbon, Montijo, Sintra, Viseu.

## Local programmes

* MTV Amplifica (entertainment news update hosted by VJ Diogo)
* MTV Breakfast Club (entertainment show hosted by VJ Patrícia and VJ Luís)
* MTV News (available on MTV Portugal Instagram)
* MTV Hits (nonstop video show)
* MTV Insomnia (nonstop video show)

## Programs

* 40 Greatest Pranks
* Acapulco Shore
* Amplifica
* Are You the One?
* Are You the One? Brazil
* Awkward
* Brothers Green: Eats
* Car Crash Couples
* Catfish: The TV Show
* The Challenge
* Daria
* Ex on the Beach
* Faking It
* Geordie Shore
* The Hills
* I Used to Be Fat
* Lip Sync Battle
* Made
* MTV #YouGotGot
* MTV Breakfast Club
* MTV Cribs
* MTV Dance Videos
* MTV Drive Time by Smart
* MTV Insomnia
* MTV It Girls
* MTV Movie Awards
* MTV Push
* MTV Retro
* MTV Summer Sessions
* MTV Sunset Braga
* MTV Suspect
* MTV Video Music Award
* MTV World Stage
* MTV's Bugging Out
* Pimp My Ride
* Pranked
* Punk'd
* The Ride
* Ridiculousness
* South Park
* Super Shore
* Teen Mom
* Thalia's Mixtape: El Soundtrack de Mi Vida
* Video Love
* Happy Tree Friends
* 16 and Pregnant
* America's Best Dance Crew
* Amplifica
* Beavis and Butt-head
* Blue Mountain State
* Bored to Death
* Bullied
* Caged
* Crash Canyon
* Dance Floor Chart
* Death Valley
* Degrassi: The Next Generation
* DISconnected
* Drawn Together
* Eastbound & Down
* Flash Prank
* From G's to Gents
* How to Make It in America
* Important Things with Demetri Martin
* Inbetweeners
* Instant Star
* Jersey Shore
* MTV Movie Awards
* MTV Push
* MTV U
* MTV Unplugged
* MTV Video Music Award
* MTV World Stage
* My Life as Liz
* My Super Sweet 16
* Na Cozinha
* Paris Hilton's My New BFF
* Peak Season
* Pranked
* Room Raiders
* Skins
* Soul Eater
* Taking the Stage
* Teen Mom
* The Buried Life
* The Challenge: Battle of the Exes
* The City
* The Osbournes
* The Pauly D Project
* The Real World
* The Sarah Silverman Program
* Top 10: O Teu Top
* Tosh.0
* Tough Love
* True Beauty
* True Life