2. Information
• launched on August 1, 1981
• Began in new York
• Originally the idea was to create it to watch
music videos
• MTV stands for Music Television
3. Biggest Hits
• One of the biggest hits this year on MTV was
Jersey Shore with over 4.8 Million viewers
every Thursday
4. Daytime hits
• The Hills was also a huge hit for MTV with 3.8
million viewers
5. Facts
• MTV’s original plan was to make a music video
guild for music but now has many shows and
series.
• But it still plays thousands of music videos so
it hasn’t completely changed courses since it
started in 1981.
