MTV’s international music channels are set to shut down by the end of the year, marking the final chapter for a network once credited with reshaping global pop culture. MTV Music, MTV Hits and its 80s ...
MTV didn’t technically create the idea of a music video, but it certainly popularized its use. The dedicated network encouraged artists to try their hand at visuals, broadening the concept from taped ...
LONDON - MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing Video Killed The Radio Star (1979) as its debut music video. More ...
Music videos nowadays are complete spectacles and high-quality forms of film entertainment. However, that hasn’t always been the case, and there is one music video to thank for this shift—Michael ...
(UPDATE) LONDON — MTV kickstarted a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” as its debut music video.
More than four decades later, the channel, now owned by US media giant Paramount Skydance, will wind down its international music broadcasting by the end of the year as it struggles to compete with ...
MTV's descent from youth culture powerhouse to obsolescence represents one of entertainment's most dramatic collapses. The network that revolutionized music television with its August 1, 1981 ...
From the May 1981 issue of Car and Driver. A half-hour into the journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles, the all-too-fa­miliar red lights are flashing in my rear­view mirrors. Damn. I'm doing ...
MTV is closing its iconic music channels after 44 years. Here’s what led to the decision and why the era is officially ending ...