MTV News(Canadian TV program)

MTV Newsis a Canadian entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian cablespecialty channelMTV.The program debuted on August 18, 2008.

MTV News
Genre	Entertainment news
Starring	Aliya-Jasmine Sovani(anchor/host) Johnny Hockin(correspondent) Sharlene Chiu(correspondent)
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No.of seasons	2
Production
Producer	Joe Keenan
Production locations	Toronto,Ontario
Running time	approx. 33 minutes
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	August 18, 2008(2008-08-18)– 2014(2014)

MTV Newsis hosted by Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, along with correspondents Johnny Hockin andSharlene Chiu.MTV Newsreports on the day's entertainment and pop culture news and interviews with emerging and well-known artists in music and celebrities.

The program's cancellation was announced in 2014, as part of significant staffing and production cutbacks atBell Media.

Beginning

MTV Newsoriginated as a segment on MTV's flagship programMTV LIVE,withSharlene Chiureporting on trends in music, often travelling to high-profile music events and interviewing artists.MTV Newsdeveloped into its own half-hour program on August 18, 2008 whenMTV LIVEwas transformed into a half-hour program andMTV Newstaking the last half of the hour.

Reformatting

As of September 2009,MTV Newsfunctioned under the program name 'Sex, News & Rock 'n' Roll' airing weekdays at 6:26 pm. The first 10 minutes of the show featured Sovani with the day's top headlines, continued with in-depth reporting from Sharlene Chiu and Johnny Hockin and ended with a sneak peek of1 Girl 5 Gays.

Spin-offs and specials

Movie Night

MTV Newshas also developedMovie Night,a weekly show airing Thursdays at 6:26 pm, where Johnny Hockin reviews movies being released to theatres or on DVD the next day or in the near future.

MTV News Weekend

A weekly round up of the week's best stories and headlines airing Saturdays at 6:00 pm on MTV Canada.

Sharlene VS.

MTV News special featuring resident music expertSharlene Chiutraveling to a city and discovering all of its quirky and off the beaten track spots with a wide range of artists and bands.

Brandon Flowers plays with MTV News

Originally aired September 17, 2010,Brandon Flowersperformed songs from his new solo album and sat down in an intimate conversation with Sovani, Chiu and Hockin to discuss the new album, his love of Las Vegas and the future ofThe Killers.

MTV News Impact: Inside the Protest

A special town-hall–style discussion taking you inside the weekend of the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto and the force used by police and security.

MTV News Impact: Bullied To Death

A news special that looks into the recent deaths and suicides of those who are bullied, while also interviewing people at a protest against bullying. It originally aired October 24, 2010, at 6:00 pm ET.

External links

• MTV News