MTV has announced a return to its original music video format, first debuted in 1981, ahead of the 2025 VMAs. For one week, the network will play exclusively music videos, but there's a catch. Here ...

The brilliant and cathartic release and the characters demand to finally be seen resonated strongly in the MTV era, too.

MTV flipped a switch on August 1, 1981, and gave music a face. Labels started treating videos like serious investments, and artists began competing for airtime. As viewers kept the channel on, ...

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 ...

When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...

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 UK will stop showing rolling music videos when it shutters its five channels at the end of the year, according to reports. The channel launched in 1981 in the US and the first video to be aired ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MTV has announced a return to its original music video format, first debuted in 1981, ahead of the 2025 VMAs. For one week, the ...

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 ...