MTV India

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MTV India
Launched 1996
Owned by MTV Networks Asia Pacific (Viacom)
Slogan Enjoy!
Country India
Broadcast area Across South Asia
Sister channel(s) VH1, Nickelodeon
Website Official Site
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV (U.S.) Channel 2006
Tata Sky (India) Channel 702
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) Channel 41
Vision Asia (Australia) Channel ???
Cable
First Media (Indonesia) Channel 176
UCS (Bangladesh) Channel 9

MTV (Music Television) India is the Indian subsidiary of MTV Networks Asia Pacific, a cable television network headquartered in New York.

MTV India has its office in Parel in Mumbai. It is the most popular music channel in India and has large impact on Urban Youth. Anuj Poddar is Managing Director of MTV India. The channel aimed at adolescent and young audience continues to be flag bearer of pop-culture in the country. While the operation is still based in MTV Asia headquarters in Singapore.

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[edit] Partnerships

The service is available on most Indian cable networks as a part of The One Alliance, a bouquet of many sought after channels, including Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel and Living, SET, MAX, SAB, Aaj Tak, Headlines Today, Vh1, AXN, Nick , NDTV etc.

The channel is also available as a standalone on CAS networks.

[edit] Shows

Main article: List of programmes broadcast by MTV in Asia

For previous and present progams on MTV India please click the main article.

MTV India broadcasts many famous television programmes for people with varied interests. Its main emphasis is on music based entertainment but of-late the programming has included reality shows, fun-oriented programmes and a lot of emphasis on hip-hop culture.

Some of the very popular shows include -

  • MTV Super Select - a show in which callers can request videos from a list of selected ones.
  • MTV Bakra - a show based on playing pranks on people and catching them unawares.
  • MTV Roadies - an adventure reality series, with bikers travelling across the country.
  • MTV Style Check
  • MTV Meet or Delete
  • MTV JLT
  • MTV Kickass Mornings
  • MTV Saturday Shuffle
  • MTV Wassup
  • teen diva
  • MTV ibibo I-superstar
  • MTV Splitsville

[edit] VJs

VJs serve as mascot of MTV shows. Few of popular VJs are listed here -

[edit] Awards

MTV awards include -

[edit] External links