MTV's descent from youth culture powerhouse to obsolescence represents one of entertainment's most dramatic collapses. The ...

MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing ...

MTV launched in 1981 with the promise of bringing music to television screens across America, but not every video made the cut. From its earliest days, the network faced tough decisions about what ...

MTV’s international music channels will shut down by year’s end, marking the end of an era for the network that once shaped ...

MTV Music, MTV Hits and its 80s and 90s music shows will be shut down in the UK and other European countries in the coming ...

MTV launched on August 1, 1981. The Music Television Network gave a new dimension to songs as artists had the opportunity to pair videos with their music. Some of the videos wound up being the fabric ...

MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981 when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing ...

MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing ...

WASHINGTON — MTV is closing several of its music-focused television channels across the U.K. and other international markets at the end of the year. But the changes do not impact American channels.

The Original VJs: MTV launched in 1981 with a small cache of videos by mostly unknown British bands and five VJs, or video jockeys: J.J. Jackson, Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn and Alan ...

"Ladies and gentlemen, rock 'n' roll." Those were the words spoken by Warner Cable executive John Lack on Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 am when MTV — Music Television — went on air for the very first time.