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MTV Global
MTV Global (formerly MTV Europe) is the international version of the American TV channel MTV as 24-hour music video and entertainment pay television network officially launched on 1 August 1987 as part of the worldwide MTV network.
Initially, MTV served all regions of Europe, being one of the few TV channels focused on the entire European market. At the moment, MTV serves a number of European countries, Asian, Oceanian, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean territories.
Over the years, MTV Global has been divided into many different channels for certain countries. Most countries in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean now have their own versions of the channel, and therefore MTV Global is now mostly available in those countries where there is no localized version of MTV.
In January 1987, MTV Networks Europe began recruiting VJs, and MTV Europe was planned to launch in the spring, but the launch was postponed to August. The first auditions and filming took place in May.
On 1 August 1987 at 00:01 BST, MTV Europe started broadcasting, with British musician Elton John turning on the signal from Amsterdam. The first music video shown was Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. The beginning and end of the video were supplemented with the slogan "I want my MTV", voiced by Sting. For the launch, the channel organized a party at the Roxy club in Amsterdam; many stars were invited, such as Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden, Fish from Marillion, Terence Trent D'Arby, etc., the main guest and presenter was Elton John. The initiators of the launch of MTV in Europe were Robert Maxwell and two executives from MTV Networks USA; as a result, Robert Maxwell Group, British Telecom and Viacom (the owner of the MTV brand), jointly created MTV Europe. The TV channel's office is still located in London.
The channel was launched in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden; a year later MTV Europe expanded to West Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece and Norway. At launch, the channel was available in 1.6 million households, increasing to 3.6 million subscribers by August 1988; by year's end, it had reached 6.7 million households.
The original line-up of VJs included presenters from Belgium, Denmark and France, as well as Ray Cokes and Steve Blame from the UK. MTV popularized the use of the term VJ to describe music TV presenters.
Programs as MTV's Greatest Hits, Headbanger's Ball, MTV's Most Wanted, The Big Picture (a program about cinema), The Pulse (about fashion and style), 120 Minutes and MTV Coca-Cola Report (music news, interviews and tour dates of musicians) were produced.
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MTV Global
MTV Global (formerly MTV Europe) is the international version of the American TV channel MTV as 24-hour music video and entertainment pay television network officially launched on 1 August 1987 as part of the worldwide MTV network.
Initially, MTV served all regions of Europe, being one of the few TV channels focused on the entire European market. At the moment, MTV serves a number of European countries, Asian, Oceanian, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean territories.
Over the years, MTV Global has been divided into many different channels for certain countries. Most countries in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean now have their own versions of the channel, and therefore MTV Global is now mostly available in those countries where there is no localized version of MTV.
In January 1987, MTV Networks Europe began recruiting VJs, and MTV Europe was planned to launch in the spring, but the launch was postponed to August. The first auditions and filming took place in May.
On 1 August 1987 at 00:01 BST, MTV Europe started broadcasting, with British musician Elton John turning on the signal from Amsterdam. The first music video shown was Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. The beginning and end of the video were supplemented with the slogan "I want my MTV", voiced by Sting. For the launch, the channel organized a party at the Roxy club in Amsterdam; many stars were invited, such as Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden, Fish from Marillion, Terence Trent D'Arby, etc., the main guest and presenter was Elton John. The initiators of the launch of MTV in Europe were Robert Maxwell and two executives from MTV Networks USA; as a result, Robert Maxwell Group, British Telecom and Viacom (the owner of the MTV brand), jointly created MTV Europe. The TV channel's office is still located in London.
The channel was launched in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden; a year later MTV Europe expanded to West Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece and Norway. At launch, the channel was available in 1.6 million households, increasing to 3.6 million subscribers by August 1988; by year's end, it had reached 6.7 million households.
The original line-up of VJs included presenters from Belgium, Denmark and France, as well as Ray Cokes and Steve Blame from the UK. MTV popularized the use of the term VJ to describe music TV presenters.
Programs as MTV's Greatest Hits, Headbanger's Ball, MTV's Most Wanted, The Big Picture (a program about cinema), The Pulse (about fashion and style), 120 Minutes and MTV Coca-Cola Report (music news, interviews and tour dates of musicians) were produced.