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Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

NOV 23, 2008 07:29 AM

Accuser said:

bean said:
culminating in the launch of MTV2, which originally played music 24-hours a day, frequently without VJs



That one still amazes me. They made a separate station specifically for music videos.... and now it's just more reality TV.



Well... no one watched it. The same thing happened with MuchMusic. IMF went under, VH1 went with original programming, no one watches Fuse or MTV Hits.

Television simply can't compete with the internet when it comes to three minute clips.

Chainlink

Chainlink

Key West, FL
August 2005

NOV 23, 2008 10:21 AM

bean said:

Chainlink said:

ckdexterhaven said:
Complaining about the lack of music on MTV is so 10 years ago.



. . . 10 ???

I wish.
You need to go back 20 years, at least, to recall that golden era when it was still hip to complain about MTV not playing music anymore.


20 years ago they played lots of music. It was almost entirely music, in fact, until 91-92, when Liquid Television and the Real World premiered. The success of those shows (and their spinoffs) created a downward spiral for the playing of actual music videos, culminating in the launch of MTV2, which originally played music 24-hours a day, frequently without VJs. Incidentally, we can also all blame the Real World for bringing on the plague that is "reality TV."



So what your saying is, don't exaggerate, it was only 16-17 years ago ?

TheEnnis

TheEnnis

Chicago, IL
March 2008

NOV 23, 2008 10:34 AM

Cigarette said:

Accuser said:

bean said:
culminating in the launch of MTV2, which originally played music 24-hours a day, frequently without VJs



That one still amazes me. They made a separate station specifically for music videos.... and now it's just more reality TV.



Well... no one watched it. The same thing happened with MuchMusic. IMF went under, VH1 went with original programming, no one watches Fuse or MTV Hits.

Television simply can't compete with the internet when it comes to three minute clips.



I always thought it was that and the licenses/rights they have to play it.

Don't they have to pay to air that specific video?

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

NOV 27, 2008 03:12 PM

Many Tedious Videos

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

NOV 27, 2008 05:05 PM

TheEnnis said:

Cigarette said:

Accuser said:

bean said:
culminating in the launch of MTV2, which originally played music 24-hours a day, frequently without VJs



That one still amazes me. They made a separate station specifically for music videos.... and now it's just more reality TV.



Well... no one watched it. The same thing happened with MuchMusic. IMF went under, VH1 went with original programming, no one watches Fuse or MTV Hits.

Television simply can't compete with the internet when it comes to three minute clips.



I always thought it was that and the licenses/rights they have to play it.

Don't they have to pay to air that specific video?



I'm sure it's no different from the ASCAP/BMI licenses that the radio stations get to play music. Sure, they have to pay, but it's not like they have to license every song like a movie or TV show has to.

mildots

mildots

USA
September 2007

NOV 27, 2008 05:33 PM

Mediocre

grayness

grayness

USA
January 2006

NOV 27, 2008 06:03 PM

Mindless

Trevallion

Trevallion

Murfreesboro, TN
February 2004

NOV 27, 2008 06:47 PM

bean said:
20 years ago they played lots of music. It was almost entirely music, in fact, until 91-92, when Liquid Television and the Real World premiered. The success of those shows (and their spinoffs) created a downward spiral for the playing of actual music videos, culminating in the launch of MTV2, which originally played music 24-hours a day, frequently without VJs. Incidentally, we can also all blame the Real World for bringing on the plague that is "reality TV."



I'd be perfectly happy if they had gone the other way with that and started playing nothing but weird cartoons.

_kungfoo_

_kungfoo_

Los Angeles, CA
April 2005

NOV 28, 2008 09:38 PM

Manwich

Jena

Jena

New York, NY
June 2003

NOV 29, 2008 03:17 AM

TAFKASP said:
Mulva



Dolores!

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