Just seeing this reminded me.
When is someone going to do a documentary on Cablelink and the other regional cable companies of the 80s that brought all this stuff to Ireland, in a lot of cases even before the UK?
On August 1st, 1981, at 12:01 AM EST, the MTV channel was officially launched nationwide in the USA, with the spoken words of โLadies and gentlemen, rock and roll,โ followed by the MTV theme song, and then followed by MTVโs first music video: โVideo Killed the Radio Starโ by the Buggles.