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Sign in to saveMTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel and the flagship namesake property of the MTV Entertainment Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance. Launched on August 1, 1981, the channel originally aired music videos and related music entertainment programming guided by television personalities known as video jockeys (VJs). MTV soon began establishing its presence overseas, eventually gaining an unprecedented cult following and becoming one of the major factors in cable programming's rise to fame, leading
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MTV is an American cable television channel that launched in 1981 and originally featured music videos hosted by on-air personalities called video jockeys (VJs). The channel became hugely influential in popularizing cable television and eventually expanded its reach globally, establishing itself as a major force in entertainment media.
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- Music channel (formerly)Entertainment (present)
- Television channel.name
- MTV
- Television channel.logo
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- Television channel.logo_size
- 220px
- Television channel.logo_caption
- Logo since September 9, 2021, paying homage to the original 1981 logo
- Television channel.picture_format
- 1080p HDTV
- Television channel.owner
- Paramount Media Networks (Paramount Skydance)
- Television channel.parent
- MTV Entertainment Group
- Television channel.country
- United States
- Television channel.area
- United StatesCanada
- Television channel.headquarters
- One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway, Times Square, Manhattan, New York, NY
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35 sectionsContents
- History
- Programming
- Video Music Awards
- Special, annual events
- Live concert broadcasts
- Logo and branding
- "I Want My MTV!"
- Influence and controversies
- Breaking the "color barrier"
- Subsequent concepts
- Censorship
- Trademark suit
- Andrew Dice Clay
- ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
- ''Dude, This Sucks''
- Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show
- Nipplegate
- Moral criticism
- ''Jersey Shore''
- Social activism
- ''Choose or Lose''
- ''Rock the Vote''
- ''MTV Act'' and ''Power of 12''
- ''Elect This''
- ''Vote Early Day''
- Beyond MTV
- Sister channels in the United States
- Internet<!--'MTV.com' redirects here-->
- Termination of music programming
- MTV Ceased Broadcasting
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel and the flagship namesake property of the MTV Entertainment Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance. Launched on August 1, 1981, the channel originally aired music videos and related music entertainment programming guided by television personalities known as video jockeys (VJs). MTV soon began establishing its presence overseas, eventually gaining an unprecedented cult following and becoming one of the major factors in cable programming's rise to fame, leading American corporations to dominate the television economy in the 1990s.
In the years since its inception, the channel significantly shifted its focus away from music in favor of original reality programming for teenagers and young adults. , MTV is available to approximately 67 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 99 million households.
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