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20 unusual facts about MTV


Appnovation

Some of Appnovation's clients include MTV, NBC Universal, Sage Software, World Wildife Fund and Nerve Media.

Arioch

Arioch is also the name of an escape artist and magician who rose to fame in the 1990s after performing on MTV.

Chris Rado

• Chris also revved up the MTV Special: Life in the Fast Lane- documenting the wild lifestyle and heavy foot of Pro Drag Racer Chris Rado.

Dicta License

Dicta License also collaborated with Urbandub to do the theme song for the 2006 MTV Music Summit for HIV/AIDS, which was held December 2006 at The Fort Open Grounds.

Diederiekje Bok

Famous creations of Diederiekje Bok are mainly her scripts and productions for MTV Europe as the MTV shorts Deutschland Liebt Günther (2005), Das Ist So Togo (2006) and John From Burlington (2010).

Distorted Lullabies

The single "Sometimes" found moderate success with MTV and many modern rock radio stations.

Fliper

Fliper became more popular in 2002 when they released their debut album Wypas and MTV Polska, VIVA Polska and other music TV stations begun to air Fliper’s first videoclip “Kocham Cię i Kocham”, which was also the first single promoting the album.

Gipsy.cz

Their music has recently hit the charts there and they are gaining a following throughout Europe, featuring on MTV.

Hastang

The band’s first big break came in May 2005 when they made it to the finals of the MTV Hits Cebu band showdown held at the SM City Cebu Parking Lot.

Hughes/Thrall

It was released as a single and a promotional video was shot, which received heavy rotation on MTV.

Intoxicate O.S.

The video caused some controversy due to the fact it contained "flashing images", reason for which it was banned from MTV.

Maanam

In 1988, Maanam's "Sie ściemnia" became the first Polish music video to air on the international MTV.

MTV-82

Nizhny Novgorod tram & trolley museum has a third operable MTV-82 in its tramcar collection.

Patashnik

A music video made for the track "The Shield" was often played on MTV's Chill Out Zone show.

Ryan Sakoda

Sakoda returned to UPW in March 2005 as a full-time trainer and made his return to full time in-ring competition in 2007 with MTV's Wrestling Society X.

Spring of Two Blue J's

The album cover was a solarized photograph by renowned Japanese jazz photographer K. Abe, and the record labels designed by Frank Olinsky (the future designer of the MTV logo from Manhattan Design).

T. L. Hanna High School

MTV came to T.L. Hanna High School in September 2007 to cast for "Made", a reality-show featuring the makeovers of high school students.

Taxxi

The band formed in the late 1970s and first came to prominence in the early 1980s with a few minor AOR hit singles and some MTV airplay.

The Fashion

The Fashion's debut album Rock Rock Kiss Kiss Combo was released in Denmark in September 2003 and gained extensive airplay across Danish radio, receiving MTV's Fresh Pick of the Week and positive reviews from Rolling Stone's David Fricke.

Toenut

CMJ charts, MTV spins, international exposure, and a spattering of singles followed.


100% Pure Love

The music video directed by Marcus Nispel and choreographed by Michael K. Williams (who later went on to star as Omar Little on The Wire) was nominated for Best Dance Video on The 1994 MTV Video Music Awards

Acura Legend

On an episode of MTV's reality show Cribs, hip-hop artist Ludacris owns a 1993 Acura Legend sedan, which he calls his favorite car.

Adobe Premiere Express

Later, MTV acquired Express on their website as a way of remixing music videos for contests, games, or for fun.

Alive from Off Center

Notable episodes included "As Seen on TV," starring comic actor Bill Irwin as an auditioning dancer who becomes trapped in a television, wandering among daytime dramas, MTV, and PBS's own Sesame Street and the atmospheric puppet melodrama "Street of Crocodiles," adapted by the Brothers Quay from the Bruno Shultz story.

Ally Burnett

Ally Burnett is an American pop and rock singer/songwriter best known for song placements on MTV shows such as 'Jersey Shore' and her theme song for 'The Seven'.

Anthony Sperduti

Trained as an art director, he has worked as creative director at advertising agencies Wieden & Kennedy (Portland, New York, and London offices), TBWA\Chiat\Day, Modernista and with brands like Nike, The Gap, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, ESPN, MTV, Volvo, and Heineken.

Are You Dead Yet?

The clip received its premiere in the US on MTV Headbangers Ball on March 18, 2006 wherein the band made a special appearance.

Barrio 19

Barrio 19 is a television program shown on MTV showcasing a diversity of street talents and urban underground pursuits in cities such as Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, London, Osaka, Hamburg, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.

Burn It Black

The song also made it onto the soundtrack for the MTV reality wrestling show Tough Enough.

Dexter Romweber

The band was also featured around this time on MTV's The Cutting Edge directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (who later went on to direct Little Miss Sunshine).

Force Theory

Their later work included composition and sound design on director Marjan Tehrani's Arusi: Persian Wedding (PBS, 2009) and a complete sound design for Benson Lee's Planet B-Boy, which aired on MTV in January 2009.

Hillsboro, Illinois

Brian Graden, (born 1963) president of entertainment, MTV Networks

I'm the Answer

The song and single "I'm the Answer" features Pete Townshend singing backing vocals, There were a couple of singles lifted from the album "So Real" and "I'm the Answer" both got little Album-oriented rock radio play the track "I'm the Answer" was the only song to feature a music video, the music video was played on MTV and Simon Townshend was Interviewed with Pete Townshend about the album of which MTV wrongly said the artist of the song was "Peter Townshend".

Jeff Kline

From 2006-2008 he was a consulting producer for Cartoon Network’s Banana Splits revival, wrote a Paris Hilton pilot for MTV, and co-wrote the feature film The Rosenbergs Save Christmas (with Goldie Hawn attached to star) for Fox Searchlight.

Jim Shearer

Since 2009 Shearer has been the host for VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown. He has also hosted the shows Advance Warning, 120 Minutes,Subterranean, Video Mods, Summer Gig, as well as other shows on both MTV and MTV2.

Johanna Klum

Johanna was a member of the German girl band Samajona until 2002, after which she became the presenter of Total Request Live on MTV.

John Beck Hofmann

He has also created music used in multiple television shows, such as FX's "Nip/Tuck", MTV's "The Real World", Travel Channel's "Eye of the Beholder" and multiple NASA documentaries.

Joshua Caldwell

In addition to winning the MTV Movie Award for Best Film on Campus in 2006, The Beautiful Lie, starring Michaela McManus, was also an official selection at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, the One Reel Film Festival and the Seattle True Independent Film Festival (where it won the Classic Beauty Prize).

Kara Saun

After Project Runway, Saun was costume designer for the hit WB series What I Like About You, starring Amanda Bynes and Jennie Garth, designed for the America’s Next Top Model Campaign 5 advertisement, and designed costumes for various TV series and pilots, such as UPN’s R U the Girl, the ABC sitcom Notes from the Underbelly and MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar.

Kerosene Hat

Contributing to the song's success was a noir-ish, black-and-white video shot by director Carlos Grasso, which was added to MTV's Buzz Bin.

Last 2 Walk

One of the reasons why the album was pushed back so many times is because of their reality TV show on MTV Adventures in Hollyhood.

Lo Bosworth

After the success of Laguna Beach, MTV developed The Hills, a spin-off series documenting the lives of Conrad and her friends (Heidi Montag, Audrina Patridge, and Whitney Port) in Los Angeles, California.

Mark Miremont

Much of his work was shown on MTV's alternative music program 120 Minutes.

Media Storm

The agency also specializes in advertising for entertainment clients and is the agency of record for: Fox, MTV, WE TV, Food Network, FX and TruTV.

Mia Carruthers

Mia Carruthers (born March 30, 1991) is one of the main cast members of MTV's Taking the Stage.

MTV Brasil

Cuca Lazarotto, who introduced the first music video aired on MTV Brasil, also introduced the last music video, "Maracatu Atômico" by Chico Science & Nação Zumbi.

Nino Alejandro

His second cd "Nocturnal" spawned "Why", his first top ten hit(#2), and his most recent solo effort, simply titled "NINO", introduced him to the rest of the world via MTV and MYX, with his music videos for the singles "I Still Love You" and "Alaala", both directed by top photographer Xander Angeles.

Northern Blue Entertainment

Working primarily in television, Northern Blue Entertainment has produced content for A&E, The Travel Channel, Sundance Channel, National Geographic, Lifetime, E! Entertainment, MTV, and WE: Women's Entertainment.

One Rode to Asa Bay

Even so, the video received play of MTV's Headbangers Ball, which got Quorthon interviewed on MTV and introduced the band to American audiences.

Over Now

The performance from MTV Unplugged can also be found on the box set Music Bank, the home video release Music Bank: The Videos, and the compilation album The Essential Alice in Chains.

Prudence Fenton

She was executive Producer and Story Editor for the award winning MTV series Liquid Television and with this series brought Beavis and Butt-head to MTV.

Reshawn Davis

Reshawn "Bam Bam" Davis(born January 26, 1972) is a professional bodyguard, but is best known for his role on MTV's Rob & Big, which followed him and his co-star/best friend Christopher Boykin.

Road Rules: X-Treme

Road Rules: X-Treme is the 13th season of the MTV reality television series, Road Rules, which takes a group of young people and places them on a series of quests and challenges to compete for prizes.

Robbie Rivera

The song became popular enough that it gave Rivera some face time on Top of the Pops and MTV.

Rockcityclub

One of the original creators of MTV and co-founder of Internet service provider NetZero are listed among the company's board.

Ruby Rose

In order to land her gig as an MTV VJ in Australia, she competed against 2000 other hopefuls in a three-week national search, as former VJ Lyndsey Rodrigues moved to the United States to co-host TRL.

Ryan A. Conklin

In 2008, after returning from his first tour in Iraq, Conklin was cast on the 21st season of the MTV reality series, The Real World in 2008.

Shane Theriot

He has performed with many influential musicians, authored guitar instruction books and DVDs, and composed and produced music for MTV and ESPN, among others.

Sinner or a Saint

Then it was featured on the mid-season 5 finale of MTV's series "The Hills".

Sister Crayon

Their debut video for the track "(In) Reverse" (directed by New York fashion photographer, Robert Ascroft) was aired several times on MTV's LOGO network in May 2010.

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around

The video was the 25th video to be played on MTV's launch date on August 1st 1981.

Sussie 4

They have participated in collaborative presentations at festivals such as Techno Geist, Vive Latino Union Fest y Playa MTV in Mexico, Rock al Parque in Colombia, and Espárragos in Spain.

The Veronicas: Mtv.com Live EP

The Veronicas: Mtv.com Live EP is an EP by the Australian pop rock duo The Veronicas.

Wanna Be a VJ

Contestants were selected from the crowd around MTV's Times Square office, and narrowed down via challenges testing the applicants' music knowledge and personality.

Waverly Films

Their members' portfolios include films commissioned for MTV, VH1, Channel 102, McDonald's, Heinz Ketchup and bands such as The Rapture, Fatboy Slim, LCD Soundsystem, Death Cab For Cutie, and TV on the Radio.

World Entertainment News Network

It began as the World Rock News Network (WRNN) and the company soon established a niche for itself, providing music news to subscribers including MTV, BBC, ABC and Russia's daily youth newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda.