MTV debuted its flagship channel MTV Music in 1981 with the same Buggles song that it went permanently dark with Wednesday.

Though the main channel remains, it's the end of a long era for MTV, as channels such as MTV Music, MTV Live, and others have ...

Some major changes are coming for MTV in the UK and potentially across the globe (Picture: ) Viewers across the UK are set ...

MTV launched on August 1, 1981. The Music Television Network gave a new dimension to songs as artists had the opportunity to pair videos with their music. Some of the videos wound up being the fabric ...

MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing "Video Killed the Radio Star" as its debut music video. More than four ...

When MTV launched in August 1981, few understood how it would revolutionize the music industry. By 1982, music videos had come to define artists as much as their studio recordings. Video directors ...

If there's one channel that made all the groove-worthy songs trend among a generation and make them part of people's music playlist, then MTV is it. The channel that shaped the music and youth culture ...

(UPDATE) LONDON — MTV kickstarted a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” as its debut music video.