MTV

Originally an initialism of Music Television, incorporating the earlier abbreviation TV for television.

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MTV

1. (television) A television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content.
   • 1985, Sting, Mark Knopfler, “Money for Nothing”, in Brothers in Arms, performed by Dire Straits:

     I want my, I want my MTV / Now look at them yo-yo's, that's the way you do it / You play the guitar on the MTV / That ain't workin', that's the way you do it / Money for nothin', and chicks for free

   • 1990, “Freedom! ’90”, in Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, performed by George Michael:

     We won the race, got out of the place / Went back home, got a brand new face for the boys on MTV

   • 2002, Eminem, “Without Me”:

     So the FCC won't let me be / Or let me be me, so let me see / They tried to shut me down on MTV

   • 2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.

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• KTV
• MTV generation

• MTV on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• MVT, mvt