MTV, Logo Set Award Show Dates

MTV and several of its sister networks have secured 2015 dates for their respective television awards shows, the networks announced Thursday.

mtvU will kick off the year with the March 20 debut of the mtvU Woodie Awards, while MTV will close out the announced awards calendar with its annual MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 30, said network officials.

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