> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # MTV Announces 20 Online Niche Channels - URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mtv_annopunces_/ - Published: 2006-11-29T16:22:08.000Z - Updated: 2006-11-29T16:22:08.000Z - Description: MTV Networks has announced more than 20 "hyper-programmed" online channels. The channels, many of which have been in development for months, will debut in the first and second quarters of. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/11/mtv_annopunces_.html] - Author: Bruce Houghton - Tags: Music Marketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10 [![Mtv_29](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/mtv_29.jpg "Mtv_29")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/mtv%5F29.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) MTV Networks has announced more than 20 "hyper-programmed" online channels. The channels, many of which have been in development for months, will debut in the first and second quarters of 2007 and will enable users to explore their personal interests and topics by covering a range of subjects including music genres and sub-genres, celebrity fashion and style, personal growth and faith and spirituality and more. *Read the full press release after the jump.* *MTV Networks’ Music & Logo Group To Launch Array Of ‘Hyper-Programmed Verticals’* MTV Networks’ Music and Logo Group today announced the aggressive development of more than 20 "hyper-programmed" online experiences, or vertical channels, that are Web content plays uniquely designed to flourish within today’s interactive, on-demand environment. The channels, many of which have been in development for months, will debut in the first and second quarters of 2007 and will enable their users to explore and engage in their personal interests, obsessions and topics of choice by covering an expansive range of subjects including: music genres and sub- genres, celebrity fashion and style, personal growth and faith and spirituality, among many others. Earlier this year, as an experiment in this direction, VH1 launched a stand-alone, enhanced site into the blogosphere called bestweekever.tv. As a companion vertical to the popular "Best Week Ever" TV franchise, this new site offers a deeper selection of pop culture nuggets with even more attitude and includes a host of exclusive mobile and video content in real-time. The site also allows users to create their own front page gossip by uploading their own video and news. Similarly, this past fall, MTV launched "Virtual Laguna Beach," an entirely stand-alone virtual world tied to the hugely successful TV series, and a first of its kind. Additionally, this past June, Logo acquired three stand-alone sites, AfterEllen.com, AfterElton.com and 365Gay.com independently complimenting Logoonline.com and super-serving the gay, lesbian bi and transgender audience. "These serve as successful models for a new interactive, hyper-programming approach and represent the next phase in the evolution of media for consumers, from broadcast networks to cable channels and now to hyper-programmed verticals," said Van Toffler, MTV Networks’ Music & Logo Group President. "Just as MTV networks blazed new territory by establishing linear cable networks built around specific interests and lifestyles, we are now developing new online experiences around niche topics that resonate with our current audiences, as well as those subversive web surfers." "These verticals can be viewed as ‘front doors’ into the wide spectrum of passionate and specific interests that reflect our audiences’ tastes and desires," added Brian Graden, President of Entertainment for the MTV Networks Music Group & President of Logo. "Each project gives us a unique and liberating opportunity to indulge the unique aspects of Web 2.0 technology in an effort to do what we’ve always done well, super-serve niche audiences." Delivering on a two-way proposition, audiences will be able to actively "hyper-program" a number of these vertical channels themselves through next- generation Web tools that allow users to help discover, curate, edit and upload content. MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo will seek to acquire, partner on or organically develop the properties, depending on the topic. A number of verticals under development will serve as companion sites to existing popular television franchises and focus on relevant topics that resonate with their fans. For instance, a vertical built around VH1’s hit "Web Junk 20" is geared toward serving as the ultimate guide and daily source of viral videos, while others will be stand-alone creative propositions, without television companions.