I was just getting ready to post the link to this article under Celebrity Gossip.
This is utterly amazing to me, this "battle" of performers and performances. Granted MTV will have a wider cornucopia

of performers from several music genres but do they need that contract clause. They are being just out and out greedy.
I will watch ALL of LAdy of Soul but channel hop the MTV Awards.
I really think that Viacom is feeling themselves and need to get over this monopoly of sorts.