It launched on 1 May 2001, taking over the transponder left by the analogue service of MTV UK and Ireland when it closed down.

MTV2 Pop also broadcast anime such as InuYasha, Lupin III, Golden Boy, Cowboy Bebop and The Vision of Escaflowne.

Since 1 May 2001, the channel has been broadcasting Europe-wide via satellite, in the German-language cable networks, partly terrestrial analogue and later also occasionally via DVB-T.

Hits of the Century was advertised as a retrospective of the past twenty years, but the same current mainstream clips were broadcast as in the rest of the day and evening program.

The first moderated format was created in August 2001: ODC 40 with Simone Heppner was a two-hour dance chart show.

The moderations were recorded in advance; in contrast to other call-in formats, the participant had to answer several questions about pop culture after registration in five rounds.

[1] With Lots of Dots, a graphic world with light bulb surfaces and 3D elements, the disco and nightlife theme was taken up.

The graphics were from 06:00 to 12:00 in yellow, from 12:00 to 18:00 in orange, from 18:00 to 24:00 in magenta (a special feature is that in the trailers no self-producing music, but "One More Time" was incorporated) and from 00:00 to 06:00 in blue.

The design package, created by the station's own on-air promotion, represented a playful, flat flora and fauna landscape.

Obviously the final logo with the internationally established brand MTV2 fit better to the general appearance, so that at first it was called MTV2 The Pop Channel or simply MTV2.

With the first revision in mid-May 2001, the short form MTV2 Pop, which is more distinguishable from other MTV2 programs, gradually gained acceptance.

On 11 September 2005, MTV2 Pop was replaced by the children's channel Nickelodeon Germany, which started broadcasting after a 24-hour countdown.