MTV Offering...Music Videos?

With the launch of a first season of The Real World, the transformation of a "music" channel into a reality TV showcase had truly begun. Sure, it didn't happen all at once, but as the years went on, MTV strayed further and further away from its roots.

Of course they offered a variety of spin-off networks like MTV2. I believe MTVX died after a short life, and MTV2, which was also originally dedicated to filling the music video void left behind by MTV, eventually went down a similar path as its predecessor. There are a few other MTV spin-off channels that may show some music videos, but hardly make up for the channel that "killed the radio star."

As a kid who grew up on music videos, that is why I am happy to share the news that MTV has launched a Hulu-style site strictly for music videos. All that stuff we've been missing over the years, we can simply search for with
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MTV Music seems to be something music video lovers can get on board with. They don't have every video for every artist I searched for, but they have plenty that wouldn't necessarily make the regular rotation if this was a traditional television channel, and that makes me happy.

This is the part, where I say how online video is taking over and all that jazz. Well, isn't it?