MTV, CMT Pause Major 2025 Awards Shows

MTV, CMT Pause Major 2025 Awards Shows Ahead of Paramount Merger
MTV EMAs, the CMT Music Awards, and several other awards shows were put on hold for 2025 as Paramount Global prepares for a major merger.
2025 CMT Awards are canceled amid merger with Paramount
CMT Music Awards are officially on pause as Paramount Global continues its merger with Skydance Media. The MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV Millennial Awards and Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Mexico are also affected,
Major country music awards show cancelled in 2025 for ‘reimagining’
The Country Music Television Music Awards will not take place in 2025 along with several other awards shows as executives look for ways to “reimagine” and “optimize” the shows. According to the Hollywood Reporter, CMT’s parent company, Paramount announced the decision in a memo sent to employees.
2025 CMT Awards paused ahead of Paramount merger: Here's why, what to know
This year's CMT Awards have been put on pause in the midst of parent company Paramount's upcoming merge with David Ellison’s Skydance Media.
Paramount "optimizes" CMT Music Awards, MTV EMAs out of 2025
CMT is among the Paramount divisions hit with extensive layoffs in 2024. Meanwhile, cable networks like Nickelodeon and MTV are reportedly not priorities for Skydance. Amid the company’s competitors shedding or restructuring cable networks, it’s possible those brands will be dropped from the Paramount portfolio altogether.
Paramount Presses Pause On the CMT Awards And EMAs For 2025
The 2025 Country Music Television Awards and the MTV European Video Music Awards are among the award shows that have been put on pause by Paramount Global as the company merges
Paramount Pauses CMT Music Awards, MTV EMAs and More Events for 2025
including the CMT Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards and more, Billboard has confirmed. Other awards shows being impacted are the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Mexico and the MTV MIAWs ...
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Paramount Pauses Some Major Events, Including CMT Music Awards, MTV EMAs, Ahead of Skydance Deal Close (Exclusive)
formerly known as the MTV Millennial Awards, an annual ceremony honoring Latin American music and youth culture, according to an internal memo, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. The memo came ...