MTV Select


MTV Select was an interactive music television program airing on MTVchannels across Europe and later MTV Japan, MTV Canada and MTV India.

History

MTV Select launched in 1997 (a similar series MTV Dial aired between 1996 and 1997 on MTV Europe. Upon launch MTV Select was available across Europe on MTV Europe. As MTV began to regionalize the channel across Europe it launched regional versions of the program including MTV Select German, Italian, UK, and pan-European versions that aired on local MTV channels: MTV Germany, MTV UK and Ireland, MTV Italy and the original European channel MTV Europe.
MTV Select would later launch regional versions in Spain, France, Poland, and Romania. MTV Networks Europe eventually replaced MTV Select with the US version of MTV TRL. Prior to MTV Select finishing MTV channels in Italy, Germany, UK and Romania already had their own versions of MTV TRL.
MTV Select later appeared on MTV Japan in 2000 and was later replaced. The show is currently a big hit on MTV India, where the show format is to telecast live user requests, received through phone calls or e‑mails. With the launch of MTV Canada, a Canadian version of MTV Select aired on A‑Channel, MTV Canada, and Toronto One. Hosted by Amanda MacKay and Brian Adler and taped in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show featured interviews with bands and singers, video requests, and a countdown of the ten songs that received the most votes at the Select website, starting at Number 10 on Monday and ending at Number 1 on Friday. When MTV Canada was rebranded as Razer, the show was renamed 969.
Today, most European MTVs no longer have live studio-based interactive request shows.

Broadcasting

MTV Select broadcast Monday to Friday on MTV Europe and later MTV Nordic from 17:00 to 18:00. MTV Select in the UK & Ireland broadcast Monday to Sunday from 16:00 to 18:00 ; later moving to weekends from 10:00 to 12:00 before the weekend edition was replaced by the short-lived MTV On Call. MTV Select Italia broadcast live from Milan and Rome weekdays from 16:00 to 18:00. MTV Germany aired Select Germany from 14:00 each weekday. MTV Top Selection was the sister show to MTV Select in Europe and Nordic region; a video chart based on the most requested show this broadcast weekdays from 19:00.

VJs

Mouloud,China and Ariel Wizman.