2026-02-19
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Welcome to The Explanation from the BBC World Service.
I'm Ross Atkins and this is The Media Show.
We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.
This week on The Media Show, we're speaking to Tom Freston,
the man who co-founded the channel that changed music and television forever, MTV.
Because last year, it closed down its channel in the UK.
But for decades, it had become part of a global media empire.
I've been talking with Tom Freston about all of this,
and his journey began in a completely different industry in the early 70s.