MTV

American

Trademark.

Music Television: a cable television subscription service featuring a format of music videos.

MTV British

abbreviation

music television: a US music channel that operates 24 hours a day

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Paramount’s assets, including MTV, Nickelodeon and the Melrose Avenue movie studio, have been fading.

From Los Angeles Times

In another experiment, the researchers had 463 participants observe a social-media user calling MTV “overly dramatic.”

From The Wall Street Journal

One group was told that MTV ignored the comment.

From The Wall Street Journal

A second group was told that MTV denied the overly dramatic label and said their shows get a ton of positive reviews.

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A third group was told that MTV had apologized and urged participants to share their concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal

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