Umm What does the "M" in MTV stand for?

Accuser said:

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

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."

Cigarette said:

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.

TheEnnis said:

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?

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."

TAFKASP said:
Mulva