On this day, 1983, MTV aired the most influential music video of all time, which featured a big budget and lengthy runtime.

All the reports about the death of music videos have been wildly exaggerated. But that’s only fair, since wild exaggerations are exactly what music videos are all about. These days MTV and CMT might ...

We can’t talk about ’80s MTV without mentioning Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller.” It’s perhaps an obvious choice, but it wouldn’t feel right to leave it out. “Thriller” epitomized the music video ...

You can't think of the landscape of music and pop culture in the 80s and 90s specifically without thinking of MTV in some form. First launched in 1981, it became the exclusive home to music videos on ...

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

Music's Most Iconic Night is here -- and the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards have arrived! The awards show -- hosted by rapper and actor LL Cool J-- is broadcasting live from the UBS Arena in Elmont, New ...

What has happened in jukeboxes of days gone by. Well, for one thing, video, jukeboxes are fast replacing the old machines we used to love and there is good reason. Dollar for dollar or rather quarter ...

MTV is shutting down all five of its music channels in the United Kingdom on Dec. 31, according to the Sun and BBC News. The U.K.-based MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will ...

MTV will stop broadcasting on five music channels in the United Kingdom, according to reports. MTV will be shutting down MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live channels on Dec. 31, BBC and ...