The channel is available in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Southeast Asia (excluding Malaysia), and is a commercial-free network.

From 27 May to 24 June 2016, MTV 90s was originally broadcast as a temporary pop-up channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which it replaced MTV Classic during that time period.

The idents and promos from the pop-up channel would later be reused four years later, when MTV 90s was launched as a standalone channel in Europe on 5 October 2020.

On 1 March 2021, MTV 90s expanded its broadcast area to the Middle East and North Africa via beIN Channels Network.

[3] The channel is then ceasing distribution in the Netherlands on 1 January 2025.