The first music video was created in 1894 by Joe Stern and Edward B. Marks to promote their song "The Little Lost Child" by projecting images on a screen to accompany the music. The first music video shown on television was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles in 1981, which helped launch the MTV music channel on August 1st, 1981. MTV stands for Music Television and became the most influential music television network in the world.