MTV Rocks (UK and Ireland)

Contents
1997–1999	1999–2007	2007–2010	2010–2011
2011–2013	2013–2017	2017–2020	2018–2020

M2

1997–2000

MTV2

2000–2007

On May 1, 2000, M2 was renamed to MTV2.

• M2 Revamp - Digital Spy, April 3, 2000
• m2 Becomes MTV2 - Digital Spy, May 4, 2000

A new look - designed by DixonBaxi - was launched in September 2002.

• MTV2 Channel Rebrand - DixonBaxi, November 4, 2011

MTV Two

2007–2010

The UK MTV channels were relaunched in July 2007, with MTV2 becoming MTV Two at the same time.

MTV Rocks

2010–2011

MTV channels in the UK were relaunched again on 1 March 2010; in the process, MTV Two changed its name to MTV Rocks. The new idents for MTV Rocks were created by the Amsterdam-based Post Panic.

• MTV channel idents - Creative Review, March 8, 2010

2011–2013

2013–2017

2017–2020

This channel, along with Club MTV and MTV OMG, was closed on 20 July 2020, with a chart based on the channel's former content airing on MTV Music.

• MTV to close three UK channels next week - MediaMole, July 13, 2020

VH1 Christmas

2018–2020

On 9 November 2018, MTV Rocks was temporarily rebranded as VH1 Christmas; this would be repeated in 2019.