Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "MTV" in English language version.
... the channel's continental incarnation, MTV Europe ... was launched in 1987 with the first video - beamed into 1.6 million paying households - being Dire Straits' Money for Nothing.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link): "Rick James & Prince Part 2 tour bus tales". YouTube. November 17, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.In November 1985, Viacom acquired MTV Networks for $326 million in cash and warrants. One-third of MTV was publicly owned; the rest was owned by Warner Communications and the American Express Company. At the same time, Viacom bought 50 percent of Showtime, the pay television service, that it did not already own for $184 million.
... the channel's continental incarnation, MTV Europe ... was launched in 1987 with the first video - beamed into 1.6 million paying households - being Dire Straits' Money for Nothing.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link): "Rick James & Prince Part 2 tour bus tales". YouTube. November 17, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.In November 1985, Viacom acquired MTV Networks for $326 million in cash and warrants. One-third of MTV was publicly owned; the rest was owned by Warner Communications and the American Express Company. At the same time, Viacom bought 50 percent of Showtime, the pay television service, that it did not already own for $184 million.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link): "Rick James & Prince Part 2 tour bus tales". YouTube. November 17, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.