"The main MTV network shifted its focus to reality shows long ago and it occasionally dips back into music with things like the Video Music Awards, but this shutdown felt like the end of an era. If you yearn for the days when MTV actually played music videos, though, you might be in luck. A developer who goes by the name of Flexasaurus Rex has paid tribute to the MTV of old with a web app that has several channels of non-stop streaming music."
"MTV Rewind has 11 channels at the time of writing, including one that features videos from the original channel's first day of existence in 1981. There's a channel dedicated to MTV Unplugged performances, a rap-focused stream, one for each decade from the '70s to the '20s and (my personal faves) 120 Minutes and Headbangers Ball options. MTV Rewind has so far pulled in more than 33,000 music videos. That's over two months worth of music, as notes."
MTV shut down its remaining 24/7 music channels in several countries at the end of 2025, signaling an end to continuous music programming. A developer named Flexasaurus Rex created MTV Rewind, a web app that offers nonstop streaming channels that recreate era-specific MTV content. The app includes 11 channels such as videos from MTV's first broadcast day in 1981, MTV Unplugged performances, decade channels from the ’70s to the ’20s, and specialty feeds like 120 Minutes and Headbangers Ball. The database uses IMVDb and streams videos from YouTube. Users can shuffle channels, skip tracks, and encounter era-appropriate ads.
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