It was in a meeting with network president Tom Calderone that McIntire hit upon the idea of promoting the show with Pop-Up Video -type commercials. These ads would benefit VH1 and also aid ...

With awards like "Rockin' and Rulin'" and "Strange But True," the VH1 Big In 2002 awards honored, in irreverent fashion, some of the most memorable entertainment moments of the year.

It's been nearly a month since VH1, on a renewed mission to become something more than an anonymous video jukebox, handed the keys to a half-hour time slot to one Zach Galifianakis.

Of course, in all seriousness, VH1 also spotlighted plenty of other nostalgia-worthy phenomena hyper-specific to 2002 and 2003—like the return of the movie musical, Nelly’s evergreen musical ...

advertisement 12-20-2011 TECH VH1 Programs Ads With Pop-Up Video Pyrotechnics Telling music videos apart from commercials just got a little bit harder.