MTV Entertainment Studios (Formerly known in the 1990's as MTV Productions, In 2003 to 2018 as MTV Production Development and in 2018 to 2021 as MTV Studios) is the production division of MTV it is also the broadcast studios of Viacom Media Networks located in One Astor Plaza, New York (USA).
History[]
MTV Studio logo seen in 2018 until 2019.
MTV Studios is studio house owned by MTV. Astor Plaza houses the MTV Studios, owned by Viacom, the building's primary tenant. The studios are located on the mezzanine second story of the building. MTV acquired it in 1997. The Midtown Studio is used by various MTV programming, MTV News, VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live and on occasion Nickelodeon and Comedy Central. The MTV Studios also include dressing rooms, control rooms, a cafeteria, and some offices.
The imvu network of the company itself is run by 5 people, consisting of several different reality TV shows posted on the MTV Studios instagram & youtube. They mainly run shows such as Big Brother and The Challenge, however they occasionally branch out into other series such as Dog eat Dog, Hustle & Soul, Bad Girls Club, Survivor etc
One Astor Plaza[]
One Astor Plaza is a 745 ft (227 m) high skyscraper in Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Completed in 1972, the building is 54 stories tall and was designed by Der Scutt of Ely J. Kahn & Jacobs. Originally known as the W. T. Grant Building as the headquarters of now-defunct retailer W. T. Grant Co., it is currently the headquarters for Viacom and houses the MTV Studios, Minskoff Theatre, the Nokia Theatre at Times Square, and some retail outlets. It is located at 1515 Broadway at West 45th Street. Previously, the Astor Hotel occupied the lot. It was built in 1904 and closed in 1967. Construction of the W. T. Grant Building began in 1968 and was completed in 1972.
External links[]
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV_Studios
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