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After 44 years of redefining music and pop culture, MTV will shut down five of its iconic music channels by December 31, 2025. Parent company Paramount Global’s decision marks the end of a defining era in entertainment history.

Talk show host Ananda Lewis dies at 52 after battling stage IV breast cancer

Ananda Lewis was one of the most iconic MTV VJs of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. She revealed she was privately battling breast cancer in 2020.

Splitsvilla 15's Rushali Yadav and Harsh Arora get engaged, says, "Just perfectly us"

Splitsvilla contestants Rushali Yadav and Harsh Arora got engaged after dating for the last few years. The couple proposed to each other at separate events.

Delhi's Uday Pandhi wins 'MTV Hustle 03'

At 19, Pandhi became the youngest contestant of the season to claim the title of the "next desi hip-hop sensation".

From Roadies to MTV Hustle 2.0: Viacom18's Youth Music English cluster to offer 3x content in 2022

Viacom18's Youth Music English cluster is also launching two new YouTube channels one for short video content and the other for new emerging talent in music.

Brightcom board okays 2:3 bonus, preferential offer to non-promoters

Brightcom Group chairman and managing director M Suresh Kumar Reddy informed stock exchanges that the latest allotment of shares on a preferential basis expands the company’s share capital to Rs 236.33 crore, divided into 1181.6 billion equity shares of Rs 2 each, fully paid-up.

Viacom18 enters into a strategic partnership with LaLiga for three years

Enabled and supported by Rise Worldwide, LaLiga will air exclusively on MTV in India, along with select national and regional network channels and live streamed on Voot & Jio platforms. LaLiga this year is set commence on August 13.

Lady Gaga dominates at MTV VMAs 2020, The Weeknd wins top award

Gaga won five honors on Sunday, most of them for her No. 1 hit with Ariana Grande, “Rain on Me,” which the pop stars performed live for the first time.

Controversy erupts over MTV Dropout winner, accusation found fake

The winning group is making a product which will help people carry their Aadhaar linked digital profiles everywhere...

MTV launches Dropout Pvt. Ltd, to create a startup on live TV

The television show aims at recruiting dropouts from jobs or colleges and recruit them for an ideal startup team.

Viacom to sell Snapchat ads in multi-year deal: Report

Viacom already has a deal with Snapchat that carries content for Viacom-owned networks Comedy Central and MTV. Snapchat is a mobile app where photos, videos and messages disappear in seconds.

Viacom revenue down, but US ad sales declines ease

Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman told analysts on a conference call that he expected US ad sales to continue to improve this quarter. Viacom shares rose nearly 3 percent.

Sony online TV service to carry 22 Viacom channels

The Viacom networks will be available when the new service launches, the companies said in a statement on Wednesday. Customers also will have access to on-demand programming from Viacom.

Distribution income helped margins grow in Q3: Network18

In an interview to CNBC Awaaz, Network18 Group CEO B Sai Kumar says with two Union Budgets next year— one hopefully in July-August and the other in February — TV channels are poised for growth.

TV18 delivers record Q3 profits, EBITDA up 61%, net up 177%

TV18's Broadcast operations turned in a very strong quarter with an operating profit of Rs. 91.1 crores, up 110 percent on a year over year basis.

Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012

According to an analysis by The Associated Press and Equilar, CEO pay rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011.

Actress-VJ Sophiya Haque passes away in London

Actress Sophiya Haque, best known for her stint as a video jockey on MTV, passed away in London on Thursday morning. According to sources, she was diagnosed with cancer and had been admitted to a London hospital for treatment for close to a week.

More TV apps come to Xbox Live as usage grows

Microsoft is rolling out dozens of new apps for the Xbox 360, building on statistics that show members of its paid online subscription...

HUL's Sudhanshu Vats is Group CEO of Viacom18

Viacom18 Media today appointed Sudhanshu Vats as its Group chief executive, effective August.

Youth Marketing Forum: Decoding young India's culture

The Youth Marketing Forum is MTV‘s flagship marketing forum. Over the last decade MTV‘s Youth Marketing Forum has brought together thought leaders around the globe to discuss the mysteries surrounding the young culture.

Book Review : What Makes Business Rock

You wouldn’t associate someone who commanded three nuclear bases at the height of the Cold War in the 1970s with running the world’s largest entertainment businesses. But that’s exactly what Bill Roedy has done, and this book chronicles that journey.

Music channels are getting the music back

After a long list of non-performing reality shows all the music channels are turning back to the old ways. CNBC-TV18's Pavni Mittal finds out if the non-music programming experiments of the past that have failed.

Kingfisher woes: Are fliers unnerved?

The king of good times is going through a bad time. As more and more flights get canceled Kingfisher Airlines is becoming the favorite whipping boy of the markets and the sector. CNBC-TV18's Animesh Das finds out if Kingfisher's 2 million strong frequent flyer base, will stick with it through the bad times.

MTV music awards gets record 12.4 m viewers

The buzz-heavy 2011 Video Music Awards scored the biggest audience in MTV's history, MTV said on Monday.

Lady Gaga, on charity trip, urges visits to Japan

Pop superstar Lady Gaga, in Japan for a charity concert, on Thursday praised the country for its beauty and encouraged visitors, whose numbers have dropped in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, to return.