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MTV Rewind streams over 33,000 classic music videos from the 1970s onward with decade and program-specific channels, created as a nostalgic tribute after MTV ended many 24/7 music channels.
- On December 31, an anonymous developer known as Flexasaurus Rex launched MTV Rewind, a web app streaming more than 33,000 music videos nonstop without modern ads or logins.
- Driven by nostalgia, Flexasaurus Rex built the site after MTV rug-pulled 24-7 video content and shifted toward reality TV, aiming to preserve what MTV used to be.
- Built in roughly 48 hours, Flexasaurus Rex's MTV Rewind pulls videos from YouTube, uses IMVDb for its database, and offers 11 channels with shuffle, skip, triple-click save, and retro ads.
- Though unaffiliated with MTV or Paramount Skydance, MTV Rewind uses the MTV name, prompting hopes Paramount's lawyers won't 'crack down' as Upworthy reached out and online viewers praised its nostalgia.
- The shift toward online platforms means viewing habits moved to YouTube and social media, contributing to MTV's decline amid Paramount Global's $8billion merger and international MTV channel closures reported by outlets.
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