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MTVin full Music TelevisionU.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. Soon virtually every major pop or rock performer was making videos to be shown on MTV, and the reception of their videos directly affected future sales. The network later expanded to include original programming such as the animated Beavis and Butthead and the reality series Real World, separate international networks (e.g., MTV Europe, MTV Latin America, and MTV Russia), and the MTV Video Music Awards. MTV is controlled by the media conglomerate Viacom Inc. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Cisneros Television Group, the Miami arm of Venezuelan media mogul Gustavo Cisneros' empire, purchased HTV, an international Latin music television channel based in Miami, Florida. At least 10 percent of the videos on each network depicted tobacco use, and at least 20 percent showed drinking, they report in the July American Journal of Public Health Music Television (MTV) led the pack in both categories, DuRant notes, "with almost 26 percent of its videos containing smoking--more than twice as many as on Country Music Television. The Tube Music Network, an original concept in music television uniquely distributed via emerging multicasting technology, expects to announce several major market launches in the next few weeks as well as expanded cable penetration in those cities that have recently begun carrying it. |
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