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Mtv was founded by 4 men, John sykes, Tom Freston, Robert Pittman, Les Garland. It is owned by CBS and Viacom and the purpose was for people to view popular music videos.
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The Video Music Awards, known as the VMAs, was the first award show created by MTV.
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MTV News was created for MTV not just to have music videos, but to give viewers the lastest news about their favorite artists and events.
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MTV unplugged was a music series showcase, that showed popular artists perform acoustic songs for a live audience.
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The first two reality shows were Road Rules and Real World, and immediately started to get popular and then they started creating more each year.
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MTV Movie Awards were made for the viewers to vote for their favorite actors and actresses to win awards.
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MTV2 was created for people to see nonstop music videos, since MTV was changing into reality shows and specials.
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Total Request Live, known as TRL was a show that showed the top 10 music videos in the country to a live audience. Artists came by to get interviewed and to perform.
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Laguna Beach was a reality show about 8 teenagers and their everyday life and drama.
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MTV TR3S was a channel created just for focusing on popular music videos by Latin artists.
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TRL unfortunately ended because ratings weren't enough to keep the show. The final iconic music video was "...Baby One More TIme" by Britney Spears.
