[1] The channel was launched in Portugal with the support of private broadcaster SIC as it previously had a MTV branded block in the early 1990s.

The channel is based at MTV Networks Europe in Madrid and supported by a local office is Lisbon.

In 2012, MTV Portugal aired a new local television program which aims to look for new VJs across the country.

It began its search by going across the country to ten different cities across six months and selects its top candidates to progress to the next stage.

[2] During the VJ casting process it has visited Almada, Aveiro, Coimbra, Faro, Funchal, Guimarães, Lisbon, Montijo, Sintra, Viseu.