MHD / Palladia name change official September 1, but no less confusing

MTV explains renaming MHD to "Palladia" as conveying a sense of spectacle, "a grand stage, a vast arena and the excitement of live musical performances." Whether or not you buy that, it looks like Viacom is giving the channel's content a much-needed refresh, promising a new concert every Saturday at 9 p.m., and a collection of rock movies airing every Thursday night at 9. The first week of September is Outdoor Music Week, bringing home outdoor performances from a host of superstars, starting with Glastonbury 2008 on Monday, September 1. New name or now, two years later we're still caught on the one new concert per week schedule, hopefully the grand stage sees an expansion sometime soon.

[Galley Posted Aug 14th 2008 8:18AM]

Typical MTV offerings: it's starts out great, and then goes downhill quickly after a few years.

[UnnDunn Posted Aug 14th 2008 9:52AM]

maybe I'll have a reason to tune into MHD now. I mean, MHD is about six billion times better than MTV, but it does get really boring seeing the same concerts and videos ad nauseam.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2008 10:24AM]

How many times can a network show the same program and still be considered viable? At this rate, MHD/Palladia will show enough reruns to give "I Love Lucy" competition.

Truth is, I haven't watched this network in well over a year, once I went through its offerings a few times over. I'd hate to be their sponsors.

There's nothing here to see, folks. Move along.

[MiggityMikeB Posted Aug 14th 2008 11:23AM]

I will give this channel a chance again once they start airing new concerts acutally.

Also this channel could benefit from a LOT more "HD Videos" hours, thats the best thing they got and they air it in the middle of the night! Bring that front and center pronto!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2008 2:43PM]

face it, Viacom have convinced themselves that at least for the US, there are no advertising dollars to be garnered for showing music videos....meanwhile, the UK and the rest of the world sit with 5to6 MTV type channels showing music videos 24/7 while we get shafted in the US.....

[cypherx Posted Aug 14th 2008 3:44PM]

Palladia may be a dumb name, but they really do need a content refresh. I'm tired of the same old stuff all the time. And then you have the same commercials with the guy "rockin' it all night long!", then they show Dave Matthews Band in HD. It's like the VOOM networks... same stuff all the time, right down to every last commercial.