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entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian cable

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. The program debuted on August 18, 2008. ''MTV News'' is hosted by Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, along with correspondents Johnny Hockin and

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. ''MTV News'' reports 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 at

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."Big changes at MTV, Much as Bell Media makes deep cuts to production staff"
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'', July 10, 2014.

Beginning

''MTV News'' originated as a segment on MTV's flagship program '' MTV LIVE'', with

reporting on trends in music, often travelling to high-profile music events and interviewing artists. ''MTV News'' developed into its own half-hour program on August 18, 2008 when ''MTV LIVE'' was transformed into a half-hour program and ''MTV News'' taking the last half of the hour.

Reformatting

As of September 2009, ''MTV News'' functioned 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 of ''

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Spin-offs and specials

Movie Night

''MTV News'' has also developed ''Movie 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 expert

traveling 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,

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performed 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 of

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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.

References

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