Van Toffler
Van Toffler
Van Toffler is the former President of Viacom Media Networks Music & Logo Group at Viacom since March 2008 until Van Toffler announced on February 17, 2015 he was leaving Viacom Media Networks in April, 2015 to "launch a content creation and acquisition company tentatively named Below the Radar. Toffler will be leaving his post in April, but will continue to executive produce a number of Viacom’s flagship events including the VMAs, one of the signature franchises he launched." He...
early life novelty video wore
Early on in MTV's life cycle, the novelty of the video wore off.
fans music programmed
It will be programmed by music fans for music fans. Subscribers will tell us what sucks.
artists eight full happens hours lose ran run sets
This is what happens when you have a live show, these things happen. We didn't run full sets of some artists because we would have had to lose other artists altogether. We ran only eight hours, and there were 40 to 50 hours of performances. We wanted to be equitable.
across activate affected areas artist artists audiences channel channels concern connection desire energy fan fortunate forum good help involved looking music outpouring people pop provide relief states strong support
There's been an outpouring of support and concern and a desire to help from the artist community, our audiences and our employees. We feel fortunate to be able to provide a forum to channel all of this energy and good will and to let the people in the affected states know that we're there for them, ... Many of the artists across our channels are from the affected areas and have a strong connection to the south. We are looking to activate every hip-hop, rock, country, R&B, and pop music fan out there to get involved and help support the relief efforts.
forth people
It's all about circulating people back and forth between the different screens.