Tag archive: MTV

Twitter has played a very active and vital role in several recent world events by being able to quickly spread information amongst its users.  Today Twitter announced that the service broke its previous tweets per second record during MTV’s Video Music Award show.  Moments after Beyonce finished her performance at the award show she proceeded to open her jacket which revealed the baby bump that set Twitter a blaze with 8,868 tweets per second.… Read More

Media behemoths Time Warner Cable and Viacom Inc have filed lawsuits against each other over an iPad app that allows users to stream live TV, the Associated Press reports. The companies have asked a New York judge to decide whether Time Warner has the right to distribute channels on its cable network via the Apple tablet, rather than through a traditional TV set, without negotiating additional deals with the cable networks. Time Warner was… Read More

Instead of relying solely on conventional metrics such as CD sales or radio play, Music Meter ranks the top 100 artists based on their social media buzz. Each listed artist is featured in a widget-like box with a drop-down menu that offers links to preview and purchase songs, as well as tabs with videos, photos, tweets, news stories and a bio. There's also a “similar” button that will help users find other artists they… Read More

Real Networks and media giant Viacom have announced plans to spin music subscription service Rhapsody as an independent company. To make the move Viacom will restructure its minority stake in the company and turn over necessary intellectual property rights, while RealNetworks will surrender its majority stake and contribute about $18 million in operating capital to get Rhapsody up on its feet as an independent player. Once the deal is done,… Read More

According to Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks' Music, Logo, and Films Group, the numbers have far-exceeded MTV's expectations: in the eight weeks since its release, the video game Rock Band has sold more than 2.5 million songs to wannabe rock stars who want to play along on their video game consoles. According to MTV, the most popular song three-song bundle downloads are from Metallica, The Police, and Queens of the Stone… Read More

Viacom's MTV Networks and well-known television and movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI,Armageddon,Top Gun, the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, etc.) have inked a deal to launch a new video game development studio. The new units will operate with the existing MTV Games operation and work on developing new games and intellectual property that, of course, can be promoted and leveraged across the entire MTV broadcast and digital… Read More

Activism isn’t easy, but MTV is doing its best to make it a little more convenient for the average Joe and Jane. The television network attempted to light a fire under young do-gooders on Friday with the launch of ThinkMTV, a social network that makes activism its mission. The site’s motto: “Get Educated, Get Connected, Get Heard, Get Active and Get Rewarded.  Parts of the site are aimed at accomplishing each of… Read More

MTV’s forays into reality television, global activism, film and other niches have made the name “Music Television Network” a bit of a running joke over the years, so it should come as no surprise that games are the next medium in MTV’s sights. Reuters reported Thursday that MTV plans to sink $500 million into its game division over the next two years. "As we take our brands narrow and deep to serve our… Read More

In an unusual move, MTV announced today it is making the entire six-episide third season of The Andy Milonakis Show available via Apple's iTunes store more than a month before its debut on the company's MTV2 cable channel. Individual episodes will also be available via a plethora of digital video services, including Amazon Unbox, AOL Video, Wal-Mart Video Down,ods, Xbox Live Marketplace, and MTV's own digital video services… Read More

Viacom's MTV Networks today announced it has formed a content and advertising partnership with Baidu, China's leading Internet search engine. The new partnership will put over 15,000 hours of MTV and Nickolodeon programming online for viewing and download via five top Asian and Chinese music companies starting today. MTV will also run a new MTV Zone on Baidu, while will feature branded MTV content and boasts Motorola and P&G… Read More

Viacom's MTV Networks has acquired online puzzle and sharing site Quizilla from Gorilla Nation Media LLC, on behalf of the company's Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. “Quizilla.com is a terrific destination and another interactive and creative online environment that we're adding to MTV Networks' portfolio of targeted digital brands,” said Judy McGrath, MTV Networks' Chairman and CEO.… Read More

Viacom's MTV Networks has announced an agreement to acquire game maker Harmonix for $175 million in cash. Harmonix wasfounded in 1995 in Cambridge, Massachusetts with the idea of finding ways for non-musicians to have fun making music; the company shot into the industry spotlight with its rock guitar simulation gameGuitar Hero, published by RedOctane and Activision, which ships for Playstation 2 with a unique guitar-shaped game controller.… Read More

Google and Viacom, owner of MTV Networks, have announced a new test program which will enable selected Web publishers to put advertising-supported video content from MTV Networks on their sites. The program ties in directly with Google AdSense network (which already handles test and image advertising), and is slated to fire up later this month. The goal: expose MTV Network's programming to more viewers, create new video-based online… Read More

Apple Computer and MTV Networks (a unit of Viacom) have inked a deal to make a wide range MTV Networks video content available for sale at Apple's iTunes Music Store. Some MTV Networks programming debuted on iTunes in early 2006 (with South Park alone selling more than 1 million episodes); the companies now look to deepen the relationship and offer a deeper body o content which crosses more genre and demographic boundaries.… Read More

Over six months after the companies announced their partnership, MTV and Microsoft today unveiled URGE, the companies' joint online music and video subscription service. URGE works a lot like other Microsoft-based subscription services, with a song catalog of about 2 million tracks from all the major distributors plus a bunch of smaller labels: tracks can be purchased outright for a 99 cent fee which should look familiar to digital… Read More