MTV News is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian cable specialty channel

Specialty channel

A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....

, MTV.

MTV News is hosted by Aliya-Jasmine Sovani "AJ" along with correspondents Johnny Hockin and Sharlene Chiu

Sharlene Chiu

Sharlene Chiu is a television reporter, host, and producer. Sharlene is most known as a Reporter/Producer on MTV News Canada and Host/Producer/Creator of SHARLENE VS...

. MTV News reports on the days entertainment and pop culture news and interviews with emerging and well known artists in music and celebrities.

The Beginning

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

MTV Live (Canada)

Live is a 26 minute flagship show of MTV Canada, on the air since March 21, 2006. The program began as an interactive talkshow where viewers were encouraged to jump into the conversation...

 with Sharlene Chiu

Sharlene Chiu

Sharlene Chiu is a television reporter, host, and producer. Sharlene is most known as a Reporter/Producer on MTV News Canada and Host/Producer/Creator of SHARLENE VS...

 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 Sept. 2009 MTV News functions under the program name 'Sex, News & Rock 'n' Roll' airing weekdays at 6:26pm. The first 10 minutes of the show features Aliya-Jasmine with the day's top headlines, continues with in-depth reporting from Sharlene Chiu and Johnny Hockin and ends with a sneak peek of '1 girl 5 gays'.

Movie Night

MTV News has also developed Movie Night, a weekly show airing thursdays at 6:26pm 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 6:00pm on MTV Canada.

Sharlene VS.

MTV News special featuring resident music expert Sharlene Chiu

Sharlene Chiu

Sharlene Chiu is a television reporter, host, and producer. Sharlene is most known as a Reporter/Producer on MTV News Canada and Host/Producer/Creator of SHARLENE VS...

 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 09.17.10, Brandon Flowers

Brandon Flowers

Brandon Richard Flowers is an American musician, best known as the frontman of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers. He has also released a solo album titled Flamingo.-Early life:...

performed songs from his new solo album and sat down in an intimate conversation with Johnny, Sharlene and Aliya-Jasmine to discuss the new album, his love of Las Vegas and the future of The Killers.

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 in to the recent deaths and suicides of those who are bullied. While also interviewing people at a protest again bullying. It originally aired 10.24.10 at 6:00PM ET