MTV Nederland and België is a Dutch speaking free-to-cable television channel broadcasting in the Netherlands. It launched as MTV NL on 12 September 2000. Before the start of country-specific channels, the Pan-European version of MTV aired in the Netherlands. The channel is broadcast from a Paramount Networks EMEAA office in Amsterdam, but it uses since january 1, 2022 a broadcast licence from Czech Republic in order not to have obligations under Netherlands medialaw.