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  2. History of MTV - Wikipedia

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    MTV, originally an initialism of Music Television, is an American cable television channel that launched on August 1, 1981 by Warner Communications. It is currently owned by Paramount Global, and is one of the company's flagship brands. MTV's original focus was on music-related programming, including blocks of music videos.

  3. MTV - Wikipedia

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    The experiment began in April 2005 as MTV Overdrive, a streaming video service that supplemented the regular MTV.com website. [126] Shortly after the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards , which were streamed on MTV.com and heavily used the MTV Overdrive features, MTV introduced a massive change for MTV.com, transforming the entire site into a Flash ...

  4. MTV Entertainment Studios - Wikipedia

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    MTV Entertainment Studios (formerly the MTV Production Development from 2003 until 2018 and MTV Studios from 2018 until 2021) is an American film and television production and distribution company and is the film and television production arm of the MTV Entertainment Group, itself a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global.

  5. The original VJs look back, 40 years later: 'The first ... - AOL

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    At midnight on Aug. 1, 1981, Martha Quinn, Mark Goodman, Nina Blackwood, Alan Hunter, and J.J. Jackson stood inside the Loft restaurant in Fort Lee, N.J., to watch ...

  6. 'TRL' launched 25 years ago. Here are 10 memorable ... - AOL

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    Celebs in any kind of media, whether movies, TV or music, usually made a TRL stop before a new release. In honor of the show's format, here's a countdown of TRL 's most memorable moments: 10.

  7. Peter Gunn (song) - Wikipedia

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    It was the opening song of their medley video that premiered on the day that MTV began operation: August 1, 1981. It was the 40th song ever shown on the network (see list of all videos). The video was played in regular rotation on MTV and was voted the #3 most popular video of 1981.

  8. Duran Duran’s banned 'Girls on Film' video still shocks, 40 ...

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    When Duran Duran and directors Kevin Godley and Lol Creme convened at Surrey, England’s Shepperton Studios 40 years ago, on Aug. 13, 1981, a new American cable network called MTV — which would ...

  9. List of first music videos aired on MTV - Wikipedia

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    MTV's first day on the air was rebroadcast on VH1 Classic in 2006 and again in 2011 (the latter celebrating the channel's 30th anniversary). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first hour on the air was broadcast again on August 1, 2016, and was called MTV Hour One, as part of VH1 Classic's planned re-launch as MTV Classic, MTV itself, and additionally streamed on ...