MTV2
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MTV2 (formerly M2) is an American pay television channel owned by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance Corporation, through PMN’s MTV Entertainment Group subdivision.
Key facts
- Television channel.type
- Sequel channelMusic channel (formerly)Entertainment
- Television channel.name
- MTV2
- Television channel.logo
- frameless|class=skin-invert
- Television channel.logo_size
- 200px
- Television channel.owner
- Paramount Media Networks (Paramount Skydance Corporation)
- Television channel.parent
- MTV Entertainment Group
- Television channel.picture_format
- 1080i HDTV(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
- Television channel.country
- United States
- Television channel.area
- United States
- Television channel.language
- EnglishSpanish (via SAP audio track)
- Television channel.former_names
- M2 (1996–1999)
- Television channel.replaced
- The Box (1985–2001)
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- Affiliated Streaming Service
- Television channel.online_chan_1
- Paramount+
- Television channel.online_serv_2
- Service(s)
- Television channel.online_chan_2
- DirecTV Stream, FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Philo, Sling TV, YouTube TV
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.mtv.com/mtv2
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- inception
- 1996-08-01
- Commons category
- MTV2
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- 1996–1999: Early history as M2
- 1999–2005: Relaunch as MTV2
- 2005–2011: The two-headed dog
- 2011–2017: Further success with original programming
- 2017–present: Viacom restructuring
- Programming
- Broadcast affiliates
- Former affiliates
- International versions
- See also
- References
- External links
MTV2 (formerly M2) is an American pay television channel owned by the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance Corporation, through PMN’s MTV Entertainment Group subdivision.
The channel launched initially as an all-music video service, once the original MTV had started to shift its programming. As with its parent network, MTV2's focus on music programming would gradually be downplayed during the 2000s. By 2011, MTV2 would primarily target young adult men with original and acquired lifestyle and reality programming, reruns of male-targeting shows from MTV, acquired sitcoms and movies, and a daily block of hip hop and rock genre videos in the early mornings.