MTV Italy

MTV Italia, the Italian branch of MTV, is a national channel in Italy.

It was officially launched on September 1st, 1997, the day when its transmissions entered into the TV programmings of Rete A. On May 1st, 2001, after having been acquired by Telecom Italia Media, MTV Italia moved to the frequencies of the late TMC2 (formerly known as VideoMusic) thus becoming a standalone channel and getting more and more like every other "big" network in Italy, showing news, movie trailers and other things which would never have fit into the former schedules of the channel.

MTV Italia is currently controlled by Telecom Italia Media (51%) and Viacom (49%), and its main offices are located in Milan. Several shows are made up locally, featuring Italian music and artists. Some of the most popular shows on the channel are the Italian version of Total Request Live, LoveLine, [[Brand: New]], MTV Playground, Very Victoria, Italo (Spagnolo), Avere Ventanni, Hitlist Italia. MTV Italia also shows a variety of reality shows (mainly imported from MTV US) and tv series such as Scrubs and Less Than Perfect. Since 1999, the channel has shown several Japanese animes on a regular basis. However, the best music videos and programs are mainly shown through the night, as in the old MTV Europe days. Several classic shows are still on after many years: Chill Out Zone, Party Zone, Superock, Yo! among others.

In the Summer of 2003 MTV Italia launched two satellite channels: MTV Hits Italia, mainly dedicated to showing chart hits and classic clips from the MTV archives and [[MTV Brand: New]], devoted to showing all the best cutting-edge, indie, electronic, metal, experimental music out there. In 2006, a fourth channel was launched: Flux, creating a whole new concept of television consisting of showing eclectic / alternative music videos 24/7 along with some artistic footages sent in by the viewers through the channel's website and other bits taken from the MTV2 US programming. The channel shows no commercials at all and is distributed through analogue and digital television in Italy.

Main Italian hosts for MTV Italia are Victoria Cabello, Camila Raznovich, Giorgia Surina, Alessandro Cattelan, Marco Maccarini and Paola Maugeri. Some of the former hosts of the channel are Andrea Pezzi, Enrico Silvestrin (who is also a former MTV Europe vj), Kris Grove, Kris Reichert and Daniele Bossari.

External links

Italian nationwide television stations
RAI group: Rai Uno - Rai Due - Rai Tre
Mediaset group: Canale 5 - Italia 1 - Rete 4
Telecom Italia Media: La7 - MTV Italy
Others: Sky Italy - All Music TV - Sportitalia

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