MTV+Television

The President and Ceo of the network is Michael J Wulf, the Ceo and Chairman is Judy Mcgrath, and lastly the Evp and Cfo is Colette Chestnut.

MTV Networks is a leading operator of entertainment cable channels with a portfolio that includes music video networks MTV, VH1, and CMT (Country Music Television). It also operates channels for kids through Nickelodeon Networks, the young male oriented Spike TV, Comedy Central. MTV Networks International oversees more than 120 channels worldwide. In addition to its TV properties, MTV Networks produces films through MTV Films (in association with sister firm Paramount Pictures) and it operates online destinations connected to its TV channels, including MTV.com, VH1.com, and Nickelodeon.com. MTV Networks is a unit of media giant Viacom.

MTV (Music Television) is a cable television network headquartered in New York City. Originally devoted to music videos, especially popular music videos, MTV has since opted to show almost no music oriented programming, and has become an outlet for a variety of different television shows aimed at adolescents and young adults, often showing videos only late at night or early in the morning.

Broadcast began on August 1, 1981 as an operation of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company, a joint venture of Warner Communications and American Express known as WASEC. In 1984, Warner and Amex attempted to take some cash out of their WASEC investment. The companies divested WASEC and it was renamed MTV Networks Inc. The parent companies registered for a stock IPO, which eventually went public at $15.00 per share. A year later, MTV saw the introduction of a sister channel, VH1, short for Video Hits One. In 1986, MTV Networks Inc. was acquired by Viacom Inc., and was renamed MTV Networks, still a division of Viacom today. By 1987, Viacom itself was the target of a successful hostile takeover by National Amusements.

MTV pre-history began in 1977, when Warner Cable (a division of Warner Communications and an ancestor of WASEC, Warner Satellite Entertainment Company) launched the first two-way interactive cable TV system, Qube, in Columbus, Ohio. The Qube system offered many specialized channels, including a children's channel called Pinwheel which would later become Nickelodeon. One of these specialized channels was Sight On Sound, a music channel that featured concert footage and music oriented TV programs; with the interactive Qube service, viewers could vote for their favorite songs and artists.

After so many shots to the network about the content of programmes from left-wing activists, MTV started airing a plethora of political and economic shows that seemed to cater to the viewpoints of these groups. These shows included: "think MTV," which discusses current political issues such as gay marriage, the 2004 U.S. presidential election, and war in other countries, among other topics. The slogan of the program is "Reflect. Decide. Do." MTV aired a popular band's Sum 41 trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, documenting the conflict there. The group ended up being caught in the midst of an attack outside of the hotel and were subsequently flown out of the country (Rocked: Sum 41 in Congo). In 1992, MTV started a pro-democracy campaign called "Choose Or Lose", to encourage up to 25 million people to register to vote, and hosted a town hall forum for Bill Clinton[citation needed].