Club MTV was a 24-hour Electronic dance music channel operated by Viacom International Media Networks Europe. The channel originally started out as MTV Dance, a night-time programming slot on the now defunct digital music channel MTV Extra. On 3 September 2001, The strand expanded to become a standalone music channel broadcast on Sky in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, where it initially timeshared with Nick Jr. every evening between 19:00 and 06:00. The sharing of a stream subsequently ended; from 13 August 2002 MTV Dance broadcast as a 24-hour music channel. MTV Dance began broadcasting in widescreen on 6 March 2012. In 2018 the channel was rebranded as Club MTV. The channel closed on 20 July 2020.
MTV Dance 2017 to 2018 Idents & Presentation
On Wednesday 5 April 2017 MTV Dance and its sister channels were rebranded. New full color logos were introduced with each channels logo and presentation based around a unique color pallet.
MTV Dance 2013 to 2017 Idents & Presentation
MTV Dance refreshed its presentation on 1 October 2013 with the addition of a new channel logo. The channels idents from 1 March 2010 were retained. The channel uses 5 idents created by View. The idents take place in unusual places where abstract and dynamic shapes reflect the energy of dance. Motion tracking was used to create realistic fluid dance routines for the idents.
