MTV India
| MTV India | |
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| Launched | 28 October 1996 |
| Owned by | Viacom 18 |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Slogan | Stay Raw. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi & English |
| Broadcast area | South Asia |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Sister channel(s) | VH1 India, Nickelodeon India, Sonic, Colors |
| Website | Official website |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Airtel digital TV (India) | Channel 380 |
| Big TV (India) | Channel 703 |
| Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 41 |
| DirecTV (U.S.) | Channel 2006 |
| Dish Network (U.S.) | Channel 776 |
| CanalSat Maurice (Mauritius) | Channel 141 |
| Dish TV (India) | Channel 667 |
| Tata Sky (India) | Channel 807 |
| Optus D2 (Globecast Australia / New Zealand) | 12519 V 22500 3/4 (Irdeto Encryption) |
| Videocon d2h (India) | Channel 521 |
| Cable | |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 176 |
| UCS (Bangladesh) | Channel 9 |
| Fastway (India) | Channel 321 |
| In Digital (India) | Channel 251 |
| Asianet Digital TV (India) | Channel 544 (SD) Channel 843 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
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PEO TV (Sri Lanka) |
Channel 67 |
| mio TV (Singapore) | Channel 658 |
| My.T (Mauritius) | Channel 55 |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 779 |
MTV India is the Indian version of MTV, a channel specialising in music, reality, and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai, a 50/50 joint venture operation between Viacom Inc. and Network TV 18. MTV India is one of the oldest music television networks in Asia. Music has always been distinctively recognized and acknowledged with respect to India, thus MTV India has been very successful there. MTV India is one of the most popular music channels across the Indian subcontinent, having viewership shares in India and also countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Most of the programming on the channel is in Hindi.
MTV India creates shows across genres of music (Coke Studio, MTV Unplugged), reality television (MTV Roadies, Splitsvilla) and youth-based sitcoms (MTV Reality Stars).
MTV India has its office in Vile Parle in Mumbai.
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, Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel and Living, SET, MAX, SAB, Aaj Tak, NDTV India, NDTV Profit, Headlines Today, Vh1, AXN, Nick, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Science, and NDTV 24x7.
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