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S. cable providers. Check local listings for channel numbers. IPTVVerizon Fi. OS7. HD)2. 11 (SD)AT& T U- verse. HD)5. 04 (SD)MTV2 is an Americandigital cable and satellite televisionchannel that is owned by Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom. The channel also broadcasts over- the- air in selected markets where the former all- request music channel known as The Box was broadcast (which was acquired by MTV Networks in 2. MTV2), though these stations have been sold off in recent years, and MTV2 is no longer broadcast over the air and is now only available by cable.[citation needed]When it was launched in 1.

MTV had started to change its direction from music and concentrate on reality television and soap operas. Today,[when?] the network carries mainly music- focused reality television programming, game shows, archived MTV reality programming, and some older sitcoms and dramas, with music programming limited to weekend and graveyard slots. The network has a mainly young male focus to its main original programming.[citation needed]As of February 2. American households (6. MTV2.[1]History. The beginning of MTV2.

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MTV2 began broadcasting as simply M2 on August 1, 1. MTV's 1. 5th anniversary – with Beck's "Where It's At" being the first video to air.[3] M2 was created to show more alternative types of music and older music videos than the flagship MTV channel did in 1.

In its first couple of years on the air, M2 was restricted to less widely available digital cable and satellite television, which limited its audience reach to around 1. M2 also broadcast live over the internet during its early years, which meant it was similarly ahead of its time in a period when few people had broadband internet connections.[2] The channel revised its name from M2 to MTV2 in the first quarter of 1. Original VJs and shows.

During the early years of the channel, music videos ran on eight- hour rotations, resulting in the same block of videos being repeated three times every day: from 6 a. A new block would then start again at 6 a. During these years, M2 only had three VJs: Jancee Dunn, Matt Pinfield and Kris Kosach, who were rarely seen on screen.

They hand- picked all of the music videos that were played for the eight hours every day. Throughout the next few years, Pinfield left to continue hosting shows on MTV and Kosach went on to host programs for Tech. TV, while Dunn remained at the channel through 2. M2 was almost always just a random blend of music, though occasional themed specials were aired.

One of the first was the Smashing Pumpkins Videography, in which all of the band's videos were played in chronological order. M2 would often invite musicians to hand- pick blocks of videos or air hour- long blocks (which would eventually be known as Artist Collections) of videos by one band or musician. On January 1, 1. 99. Prince continuously all that day.[5]A–Z video marathon.

Starting on January 1, 2. MTV2 attempted to play every music video in the MTV library in alphabetical order.[4] While a majority of videos were played, many were skipped over. The special ended in mid- April 2. MTV2's first relaunch. Watch Exit Speed Online Facebook. In 1. 99. 7, Viacom, MTV and MTV2's parent company, bought out the independent, viewer- requested "jukebox" music video channel known as The Box.[6] Starting on January 1, 2. The Box began to receive MTV2 in its place, putting the channel into millions of additional households. MTV2 also began adding television commercials to its broadcasts; beforehand, cable or satellite providers interrupted MTV2's feed to insert their own ads.[5] MTV2 also began to separate the types of videos it played by genre.

Hip- hop and soul music (hosted by a new VJ, Steph Lova) was played for one hour every weekday at 1. Rock music played every weekday at 9 a.

VJ: former K- Rock and then- WXRK radio DJ Chris Booker). A new show hosted by Jancee Dunn called MTV2 Request aired every weekday between 1. All of the videos played on MTV2 Request were selected by online viewer requests.[7] Another new show called Control Freak began in 2. It used real- time viewer voting to select the next video to be played on the channel (out of three choices), while the current video was playing.[8] The majority of the daytime schedule still featured a somewhat diverse mix of rap, rock, and pop, and new and old videos. The Strain Season 2 Torrent there.

By 2. 00. 3, the network had 5. United States.[9]Next set of VJs and shows.

In late 2. 00. 1, MTV2 held auditions for new VJs. Steph Lova, Jancee Dunn, Chris Booker and Dave Holmes all disappeared. They were replaced with Jim Shearer (who would go on to become the main VJ in the heavily genre- segregated MTV2), Abby Gennet (who began to host MTV2 Rock, which was now being played between 3 and 5 p. Quddus (a regular MTV VJ, who would host MTV2 Soul, which would air between 9 and 1.

La La Vasquez and DJ Clue (both of whom would host MTV2 Hip Hop, which was played between 1. During the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve of 2. MTV2 claimed to play every video that had debuted on the channel during the entire year of 2. Monday through Saturday between 1. As had happened with the marathon of all music videos in 2.

With the start of 2. MTV2's block of techno and dance music, AMP, which had aired Sunday nights between 1. MTV2 Dance. This became a three- hour block of dance and techno, which featured some more obscure music by little- known techno DJs, but also incorporated the videos for mainstream, popular dance songs, by artists such as Amber and Kylie Minogue. The show also was known for playing dance remixes of pop videos, such as the Hex Hector Remix of Jennifer Lopez' "Waiting For Tonight," the Metro Remix of Enrique Iglesias' "Hero," and the Thunderpuss Remix of Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right, But It's OK." MTV2 Dance originally aired every Sunday morning between 1 and 4 a. Around this time, 1. Minutes, was moved to Sunday nights between 1. Jim Shearer also took over hosting duty from Kevin Dunn.

In the spring of 2. MTV2 altered its format once again. New shows such as Chart. Chart (hosted by Jim Shearer), which aired the most popular videos from the pop, rap, rock, and dance, singles and albums charts, debuted. Spankin' New was a show that featured the newest videos of the week, and Extreme Rock began to air late nights on weekdays, showcasing hard rock and metal music, such as Godsmack, Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Guns N' Roses. Riffs & Rhymes appeared on the daily weekday schedule between 5 and 6 p. The Roots, Linkin Park, P.

O. D., and Limp Bizkit. Chris Booker, after only a brief absence from the channel, was brought back in order to host the show. Riffs & Rhymes only lasted until the summer of 2. Extreme Rock, Spankin' New and Chart. Chart remained through the end of 2. Special programming.