MTV Base was a British pay television music channel from Paramount Networks UK & Australia that focused primarily on hip hop, R&B, grime, garage, reggae, funk, soul and dance music.

It was launched as part of MTV's digital offering of music channels on July 1, 1999 in both the United Kingdom and in Ireland.

[3] MTV Base Africa launched in February 2005 throughout the African continent.

On 3 July 2013, Viacom International Media Networks Africa launched a localised feed of MTV Base exclusively for South Africa,[4] with local programming, advertising and VJs.

The channel was replaced by French versions of MTV Hits and BET on 17 November 2015.