MTV Adria

MTV

Type	Cable and Satellite television network (Music/youth culture)
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia
Owner	MTV Networks Europe (Viacom)

MTV Adria is a localized version of the music and entertainment channel MTV Europe, customized for the Balkan countries that used to be constituent parts of Yugoslavia. It serves the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.

History of MTV Adria

• The channel launched on September 1, 2005 replacing MTV Europe across the region and beaming its free-to-air signal through Spacecom's AMOS satellites at orbital position 4° West.

• MTV Adria's main headquarters were initially located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In June 2009, however, MTV began to strengthen its presence within the region by expanding its offices to Zagreb and Belgrade, the latter becoming the station's main headquarters, co-ordinating with MTV Networks Europe in London, Warsaw and Budapest.

• Operations began to be regionalised and divesified especially in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia , leading to the launch of 3 separate feeds, unofficially known as MTV Croatia, MTV Slovenia and MTV Serbia. The feeds shared the same content, online branding and on-air programming, though with localised subtitles, advertising and sponsorship, making each of them relevant to one of three key markets within the region. The Serbian feed is also available in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro. On air, the network has simply been referred to as MTV since the relaunch in 2009. Over the 4 months prior to the channel's re-launch, the caption "Adria" was silently removed from logos and programmes (i.e. with "Adria Top 20" being renamed to just "Top 20").

• On August 3rd, 2009, MTV encrypted its main satellite feed, which had been free-to-air since its launch, becoming therefore available only to pay-TV subscribers and cable customers in the region.

• On September 16, 2009, MTV launched 3 new regional websites, available in Croatian, Slovene and Serbian language, each on its own country's TLD and with almost no mentions of the word Adria. They are known as MTV Hrvatska, MTV Slovenija and MTV Srbija . However, the MTV Adria domain is still active, though now only redirecting to the local websites and using the word "Adria" as an umbrella term that encompasses all of them.

• The 3 feeds continued to share the same on-air programming until the first half of 2011. On August 25th, 2011, MTV further split its 3 feeds, not only during commercial breaks, but also programming-wise. For the first time since the channel's launch, different programming can be broadcast across the region. However, at present, the output of the 3 local feeds remains almost identical.

Branding

• From September 2005 to October 2006, MTV Adria, as it was known at the time, adopted the same graphic set which was then used by other local MTV channels in Europe, including MTV Germany and MTV Europe and featured urban elements.

• From October 2006 to May 2007, it switched to a new graphic set which was specifically created for MTV Adria and included abstract elements such as colored spots scattered around the screen during promos and video IDs.

• From May 2007 to June 2009 the channel used a graphic set known as "Electrofolk", which was especially developed by MTV Networks International for MTV Adria and other MTV channels from the Emerging Markets area.

• In June 2009, MTV Adria was the first channel to introduce the latest graphic set commissioned by MTV's World Design Studio. Most other MTV channels across Europe and the world adopted the same graphic set on July 1, 2009. The station also received a rebrand at the same time, with a new bug and song-title graphics set, which was subsequently adopted by all international versions of MTV (except for MTV US) from July 1, 2009.

• On July 1st, 2011, MTV rebranded again, rolling out a new logo on-air (previously used on MTV US since 2010), along with new idents and graphics. This set is a blend between the previous branding by Universal Everything and the current branding of MTV US by Popkern.

Programming

Ever since its launch, MTV Adria has carried a much higher amount of music programming in its schedule compared to most of its sister channels across Europe, preserving MTV Europe's original format. The channel's schedule also includes some locally produced content and a number of non-music productions sourced from MTV US, MTV Networks Europe and MTV Networks International.

Music programming

A wide spectrum of musical genres is covered through a large number of specialist music shows and videographies airing on a daily or weekly basis. At present, music video-based shows airing regularly on the channel include:

• 3 From 1
• Alternative Nation
• Brand: New
• Chill Out Zone
• Dancefloor Chart
• Domačica / Domaćica
• Hip Hop Chart
• Jukebox
• Just See MTV
• Morning Mix
• MTV Premiera / MTV Premijera
• MTV Takeover
• Music Non Stop
• Party Zone
• Rock Chart
• So '90's!
• The Official Top 20
• Top 10 At 10
• Top 20
• Videography: Hip Hop
• Videography: Domača Naloga / Domaća Zadaća / Domaći Zadatak
• Videography: Rock Riff
• Videography: This Week In Music

International music initiatives

• MTV Push
• MTV World Stage
• Storytellers

Local productions

Most local productions so far have been music-focused.

• Hitorama
• Okus Znanih / Ukus Poznatih
• MTV Express
• MTV Takeover
• MTV Reporteri (broadcast on the Serbian feed only).

Entertainment / International programming

The channel currently carries the following international acquisitions in its schedule:

• Audrina
• Awkward
• Blue Mountain State
• Chappelle's Show
• Disaster Date
• Jersey Shore
• Made
• MTV @ The Movies
• My Life As Liz
• Paris Hilton's Dubai BFF
• Plain Jane
• Randy Jackson presents: America's Best Dance Crew
• Reno 911
• Skins
• The Family Crews
• The Hard Times Of RJ Berger
• The Real World
• True Life
• When I Was 17

Availability

• MTV is distributed through local cable providers in the region as well as DTH satellite platforms such as Max TV and TotalTV.

MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Adria Act

Local performers who appear on MTV are eligible to receive the Best Adria Act award at the annual MTV Europe Music Awards. So far, the winners have been:

• Siddharta (2005)
• Aleksandra Kovač (2006)
• Van Gogh (2007)
• Elvir Laković Laka (2008)
• Lollobrigida (2009)
• Gramophonedzie (2010)
• Dubioza Kolektiv (2011)

External links

• MTV Adria
• MTV Slovenia
• MTV Croatia
• MTV Serbia