MTV Live (TV network)

Not to be confused with MTV Live HD.
"Palladia" redirects here. For the anti-cancer drug, see Toceranib.
MTV Live
Launched January 16, 2006 (2006-01-16) (as Music: High Definition)
September 1, 2008 (2008-09-01) (as Palladia)
February 1, 2016 (2016-02-01) (as MTV Live)
Owned by Viacom Media Networks (Viacom)
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Slogan Epic. Awesome. Music.
Country United States
Language English
Broadcast area Nationwide
Headquarters New York City, New York
Formerly called Music: High Definition (2006–08)
Palladia (2008–16)
Sister channel(s) MTV
MTV2
MTV Hits
mtvU
Tr3s
VH1
VH1 Classic
CMT
CMT Music
Logo TV
Website www.mtv.com/live
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV Channel 572
Dish Network Channel 369
Cable
Available on some cable systems Check local listings for channels
IPTV
AT&T U-verse Channel 1505
Verizon FiOS Channel 715

MTV Live (formally Palladia) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom. The channel, which exclusively broadcasts in 1080i high definition, broadcasts music videos and music-related programming from Viacom-owned networks MTV, VH1, VH1 Classic and CMT, along with other concert and live music programming from outside producers.

History

In the winter of 2005, F. Stone Roberts (director and producer), Agent Ogden (editor and post supervisor), Colin Oberschmidt (director of photography), Sonia Taylor (production assistant), and George Oliphant (VJ) took residence in Vail, Colorado to launch the channel. The team produced live concerts and a one-hour weekly music show, called Uncompressed, from a lookalike ski lodge built inside the Eagle's Nest at the top of Vail Mountain at 10,350 feet (3,450 yd). The channel's original executive producer was Morgan Hertzan, who had worked with mtvU. Olympic bump skier, pro football player, Jeremy Bloom was a guest VJ during the original run in Vail. Original concerts produced at Vail Resorts included James Blunt, Jamie Cullum, Yellowcard, Train, P.O.D, Hoobastank, Goo Goo Dolls, Gary Allan, The Fray, Death Cab For Cutie, and Mat Kearney.

The network officially launched on January 16, 2006 as Music: High Definition (MHD). At its debut, the channel had limited distribution with Verizon FiOS being the only provider to carry MHD. Two months later, Cox Communications reached an agreement to carry the channel, which was subsequently added to Cox systems in New Orleans, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Phoenix. Around the same time, Comcast started carrying the channel on its systems in Boston and Atlanta.

Logo as Palladia, 2008-2016

Charter Communications began carrying the channel on its St. Louis system on July 18, 2006, adding the channel to its systems in the northern Midwest in early November of that year. Time Warner Cable began carrying the channel in some regions in late December 2006. In 2007, Service Electric Cable Television began to carry the channel on its systems in northeastern and central Pennsylvania. On October 4, 2007, DirecTV began carrying the network nationwide. The channel changed its name to Palladia on September 1, 2008. Initially, Mitsubishi Electric Digital Televisions was the exclusive sponsor.

In January 2015, Viacom Media Networks gave notice to cable providers that they would rebrand Palladia as MTV Live on February 1, 2016, making it the fifth all-music channel Viacom has rebranded in the last year. Currently no other details outside of the rename notice, along with the addition of "best of" episodes of the PBS/KLRU music series Austin City Limits, have been revealed.[1] Despite the rebranding, network officials made clear no change in focus towards any reality programming (as has been seen with MTV and VH1) is planned.

Programming

Specials formerly broadcast on MTV Live included the HD simulcasts of the MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, CMT Music Awards and VH1 Hip Hop Honors. As carriage of the MTV, CMT and VH1 HD simulcast networks expanded, these programs became exclusive to their parent channel's HD broadcast streams.

Like other channels in the MTV Networks division, music video programming is confined exclusively to the early morning hours each day (6-9 a.m. ET), and has decreased as more acquired programming has been added to the schedule.

List of programs broadcast by MTV Live

Current programming

Former programming

References

  1. ↑ "Palladia will rebrand as MTV Live 2/1/16". Comcast Cable official forum posting. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Palladia Acquires 'Later With Jools Holland' and 'Live From Daryl's House'". Billboard. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

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