Music and Youth
410 m homes to view 1st MTV Latin American Awards
MIAMI (US): The first annual MTV Video Music Awards Latin America will be broadcast in Spanish to more than 410 million households around the world with a potential viewing audience of over one billion people.
The network’s first pan regional event of this kind, the awards will air on MTV’s global network and select broadcasters such as Mexico’s Televisa (Canal 5). Following its premiere, the MTV VMALAs will broadcast on MTV channels around the world and on select terrestrial outlets in Latin America.
The MTV airings will include MTV US on 1 November at 8PM/ET, MTV’s 10 channels in Europe and eight channels in Asia, MTV Brazil and MTV Russia. Terrestrial outlets carrying the event include Televisa’s Canal 5 in Mexico among others. The live broadcast on MTV Latin America will air at 8 pm (Mexico), 10 pm (Argentina), 9 pm (Chile). The Awards will honour artists from Latin America and around the world – winners will be chosen exclusively online by music fans at http://www.mtvla.com.
The event will take place on 24 October at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach and air live on MTV Latin America and MTV2 in the US. Carlos Santana will perform a song from his upcoming album with pop sensation Michelle Branch. Other performers include Shakira, System of a Down and Latin rock superstars Mana. The MCs are Argentine TV and radio personality Mario Pergolini and Mexican actor Diego Luna.
In addition, the show also will be seen through terrestrial outlets in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Ecuador and Nicaragua.
Harris Interactive a worldwide market research and consulting firm, acting as a private auditor will tabulate the results for the show. Charlie Singer (SVP Programming/Production, MTV Latin America) will executive produce. Sponsors include Coca- Cola de Mexico, LG Electronics, Visa International Latin America and Caribbean, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and Malibu.
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
