Music Videos - The First Music Video

The first music video ever played on m t v was for the buggles song video that killed the radio star. The channel struggled to find an audience for its first few years. Music videos had existed in some form for more than four decades, but they weren't a top priority for artists or record companies as there was no reliable way to distribute them. That started to change in the late 19 seventies when moris tablished cable channels like h b o and usa began to dedicate single programmes to the airing of music videos.