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Q&A: I want my MTV video games


September 26, 2007 To much of America over a certain age, MTV -- which stood for "Music TV" when it launched in 1981 -- is that cable channel that shows an endless stream of rock videos. Mika Salmi wouldn't be surprised if that same demographic has no idea that MTV is heavily into video games these days. Salmi, who is president of global digital media for parent MTV Networks (MTVN), once headed up business development at RealNetworks, then founded casual game aggregator  Atom Entertainment in 1997 (it subsequently merged with Shockwave.com and AddictingGames.com), and shifted to his current role when Atom was bought by Viacom's MTVN for $200 million last August.

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