MTV

American

Trademark.

Music Television: a cable television subscription service featuring a format of music videos.

MTV British

abbreviation

music television: a US music channel that operates 24 hours a day

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They made it shorter and faster, to appeal to an audience used to new fast-paced pop videos on MTV.

From BBC

Perhaps you have feelings about MTV’s untimely alleged passing on Jan. 1.

From Salon

“MTV is going off the air at midnight tonight . . . man. There was a time when MTV was THE channel to be watching on New Year’s Eve,” rued one Bluesky user.

From Salon

But if anybody bothered to click through their TV provider’s schedules that day, they may have cheered right up at seeing that MTV is very much alive.

From Salon

How did so many come to believe that a premier pop culture brand would quietly go off the air without every major news outlet making a fuss, considering the countless obituaries that sent off MTV News when it shut down in 2023?

From Salon

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