MTV India is the Indian version of MTV (Music Television), a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18

Viacom 18

Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. founded in November 2007 is a 50/50 joint venture operation in India between Viacom and the Network 18 Group based in Mumbai. Viacom 18 owns and operates various channels of the Viacom group for the Indian viewers, as well as manage various Viacom's consumer products in...

 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai

Mumbai

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. (A 50/50 joint venture operation between Viacom Inc. and Network TV 18

Network 18

Network18 Media & Investments Limited is an Indian media conglomerate with interests in television, print, internet, film, mobile content and allied businesses. Network 18 FinCap is the holding company for several media entities in India such as Television Eighteen India Ltd , IBN 18 Broadcast...

). "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia. Music has always been distinctively recognized and acknowledged with respect to India and so thus the MTV India. MTV India happens to be one of the most popular music channels across the Indian subcontinent, having viewership shares in India and also countries like Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 and Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

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MTV India has its office in Parel

Parel

Lower Parel or Parel is central part of Mumbai. It is also lends its name to two railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway. Most of the mills in Mumbai used to be in this area till some years ago...

 in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. It is the most popular music channel in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Partnerships

The service is available on most Indian cable networks as a part of The One Alliance, a bouquet of many sought after channels, including Animal Planet

Animal Planet India

Animal Planet India is an Indian television channel.The channel launched on March 29, 1999. The launch was delayed by a few months. A Hindi language feed was introduced on April 1, 2008. The channel adopted its current logo on October 1, 2008....

, Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel (South East Asian TV channel)

Discovery Channel is an Asian satellite and cable TV channel which provides documentary programming. Its documentaries focused mainly on popular science, technology, history and culture similar to that of the National Geographic Channel and History.It is owned and operated by Discovery Networks...

, Discovery Travel and Living, SET

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

, MAX

SET Max

SET Max is Sony Entertainment Television Network's channel that provides its viewers a mix of Hindi Movies and cricket based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Among Hindi movie channels it competes mainly with Zee Cinema and STAR Gold in India. An HD version of the channel was introduced in 2010.-External...

, SAB

SAB TV

SAB TV is an Indian general entertainment television channel that is owned by Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was launched on April 23, 2000 by Sri Adhikari Brothers as a general entertainment channel. In 2003, it was repositioned as a comedy-centric channel...

, Aaj Tak

Aaj Tak

Aaj Tak is a 24-hour Hindi news television channel owned by TV Today Network Ltd. Aaj Tak loosely translates as "Till Today" or "Up to the Minute". Watched by some 45 million viewers in India’s cable and satellite universe, Aaj Tak is one of India’s largest privately owned news channels...

, NDTV India

NDTV India

NDTV India is a premier Hindi language news channel in India that is owned by New Delhi Television Ltd. Noted journalist Vinod Dua has been associated with this channel.-History:...

, NDTV Profit

NDTV Profit

NDTV Profit is a business news channel started by New Delhi Television in January 2005. Started to provide competition to the monopoly enjoyed by CNBC-TV18, the channel has managed to garner a decent market share....

, Headlines Today

Headlines Today

Headlines Today is a popular 24-hour English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India, the channel is sponsored by TV Today Network Ltd. which is a part of the well-known India Today Group...

, Vh1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

, AXN

AXN

AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America...

, Nick

Nick

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, Discovery Turbo

Discovery Turbo

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, Discovery Science

Discovery Science

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  , NDTV 24x7

NDTV 24x7

NDTV 24x7 is a premier English language television network that carries news and current affairs in India, it is owned by New Delhi Television Ltd. NDTV 24x7 won the Asian Television Award for Best News Programme in 2005....

 etc.

The channel is also available as a standalone on CAS

CAS

' may refer to:-Institutions:* California Academy of Sciences, a museum of natural history, San Francisco, California, USA* Casualty Actuarial Society, a professional society of actuaries in the United States...

 networks.

Shows

For previous and present progams on MTV India please click the main article.

MTV India broadcasts many famous television programmes for people with varied interests. Its main emphasis is on music based entertainment but of-late the programming has included reality shows.

Music to Reality

Of late MTV has put a greater focus on reality shows, which makes one wonder of it being called as Music Television or Masala Television. The show MTV-Roadies seems to have eclipsed entire MTV india with series of reality shows. The quality and tone of VJ's has also changed significantly. Earlier the vj's were knowledgeable in music and had a good humor, but now the channel has spawned a host of amateur vj's from their reality shows who have nothing but a false ego without a substance.

The shows include

• MTV Roadies
  MTV Roadies
  MTV Roadies is a youth-based popular reality television show on MTV India.When asked about the show, executive producer said, "Roadies has travel, adventure, drama, touch of voyeurism..."-Format:...
  
  - an adventure reality series, with bikers traveling across the country.
• Mtv Rock On
  MTV Rock On
  MTV Rock On or Kukure Desi Beats Rock On with MTV is a show hosted on Mtv India.This show is a platform for musicians in India.-Hosts:The first season was hosted by VJ's Ayushmann and Anusha Dandekar.and the second season by Lisa Haydon and VJ Ayushmann....
  
  
• MTV Style Check
• MTV Fanta Fantastic Five
• MTV Kickass Mornings
• MTV Wassup - Voice Of Youngistaan
• MTV What the Hack! - co-hosted by VJ Jose & Ankit Fadia
  Ankit Fadia
  Ankit Fadia is an independent computer security consultant. He runs a program on computer security for corporates in alliance with Reliance Info.-Biography:He started a website called "HackingTruths"....
  
  
• MTV Splitsvilla
  MTV Splitsvilla
  MTV Splitsvilla, is an Indian television reality show that airs on MTV India. Splitsvilla is one of its kind hunt for love show. The series is based on the american dating reality show Flavor of Love.-Season 1:...
  
  A dating reality show
• MTV Stuntmania - A biking stunt show hosted by famous stunts director Allan Amin
  Allan Amin
  Allan Amin is an action director in India's Bollywood, Tollywood and Mollywood film industries. He received the Filmfare Award for Best Action in 2001, 2004 and 2006 for Mission Kashmir , Qayamat: City Under Threat and Dus ....
  
  
• MTV Nuon Making The Cut
• MTV Gone In 60 Seconds
• MTV Stripped
• MTV Why So Cyrus?
• MTV One Short Plot
• Idea! MTV VJ Hunt
• MTV Girls Night Out
• MTV Pyaar Vyaar and All That
• MTV Crunch
• MTV True life

VJs

VJs serve as hosts of MTV shows. A few of popular VJs are listed here -

• Nikhil Chinapa
• Cyrus Sahukar
  Cyrus Sahukar
  Cyrus Sahukar is an MTV India VJ and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic wit in shows like Semi Girebaal and other such satirical comedy shows, hosting and spoofs.-Early life:...
  
  
• Cyrus Broacha
  Cyrus Broacha
  Cyrus Broacha is a TV anchor, Theatre Personality, Political Satirist, columnist and author. He is also a stand-up comedian and prankster, best known for his show Bakra on MTV and his show The Week that Wasn't on CNN-IBN.-Early years:...
  
  
• Anusha Dandekar
  Anusha Dandekar
  Anusha Dandekar is a Sudan born Australian-Indian actress and VJ.She has 2 other sisters Shibani Dandekar- who is elder to her & Apeksha Dandekar who is younger to her....
  
  
• Rannvijay
• Ayushmann Khurrana
  Ayushmann Khurrana
  Ayushmann Khurrana : Former Radio Jockey and now a Video Jockey and Television Anchor and soon to become Actor, Ayushmann Khurrana began as a contestant of the reality show MTV Roadies Season 2 which catapulted him to fame and he moved on to become a VJ on MTV as well as anchoring popular shows and...
  
  
• Bani J
• Shraddha Haribhai
• Jose Covaco
• Rhea Chakraborty
  Rhea Chakraborty
  Rhea Chakraborty, also known as VJ Rhea, is currently a video jockey on MTV India.-Career:Rhea's job with MTV India has been her first job. After Teen Diva, she was gave an interview at MTV Delhi wherein she was asked to stay back and audition for a vj spot...
  
  
• Siddharth Bhardwaj
  Siddharth Bhardwaj
  Siddharth Bhardwaj is the winner of MTV Splitsvilla 2, a dating television reality show on MTV India and is a Vj on the same channel. Siddharth won this reality show along with Sakshi Pradhan winning Rs 5 lakhs. Siddharth is 24 years old and from Delhi. -MTV Splitsvilla:Siddharth entered...
  
  
• Deepti Gujral
• Gaelyn Mendonca
• Sunanda Wong
• Ankit Fadia
  Ankit Fadia
  Ankit Fadia is an independent computer security consultant. He runs a program on computer security for corporates in alliance with Reliance Info.-Biography:He started a website called "HackingTruths"....
  
  
• Raghu Ram
• Rajiv laxman

Awards

MTV awards include -

• MTV Immies
  MTV Immies
  The MTV Immies are held every year with an aim to award the best talents in the Indian music industry. In 2005 The Immies supported relief for the quake victims of India and Pakistan. Also, proceeds from donor passes were given to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund...
  
  
• Lycra MTV Style Awards
• Fully Faltoo Film Awards

External links

• Official Site
• Rhea Chakraborty
  Rhea Chakraborty
  Rhea Chakraborty, also known as VJ Rhea, is currently a video jockey on MTV India.-Career:Rhea's job with MTV India has been her first job. After Teen Diva, she was gave an interview at MTV Delhi wherein she was asked to stay back and audition for a vj spot...
  
  Rhea The VJ
• Viacom18
• MTV Orkut Community
• MTV YouTube Channel
• !dea MTV VJ Hunt
• Pulsar MTV Stunt mania
• Kurkure Desi Beats Rock On MTV