August 31, 8:00PM New York time:

Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro Thursday August 31 9:00 PM
London, Dublin, Lisbon Friday Sep 1 01:00am
Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Madrid, Zürich, Vienna Friday Sep 1 02:00am
Athens, Helsinki Friday Sep 1 03:00am
Beijing Friday Sep 1 08:00am
Tokyo Friday Sep 1 09:00

Here's some broadcast information:

USA:

MTV Video Music Awards: 2006
MTV Aug 31 08:00pm

Canada:

August 31 at 8pm ET on CTV

MTV Denmark, Norway, Sweden:

Friday August 1st:
00:30 MTV Video Music Awards Pre Show
02:00 MTV Video Music Awards Main Show
05:00 MTV Video Music Awards Post Show

MTV Finland:

Friday August 1st:
01:30 MTV Video Music Awards Pre Show
03:00 MTV Video Music Awards Main Show
06:00 MTV Video Music Awards Post Show

MTV Germany:

P R E M I E R E

IN DER NACHT VON DO, 31.08. AUF FR, 01.09.2006:
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2006 - PRE SHOW (LIVE) 00:30-02:00
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2006 - MAIN SHOW (LIVE) 02:00-05:00

MTV Australia:

Sep 1st 8am LIVE

The following channels don't show the VMAs live:

MTV UK:

Sat Sep 02 9:00 PM
Sun Sep 03 12:00 AM
Sun Sep 03 3:00 PM
Mon Sep 04 2:00 PM
Tue Sep 05 10:00 PM

MTV Netherlands:

zaterdag 2 september
12.00 uur: Video Music Awards - main show 2005
zondag 3 september
12.00 uur: Video Music Awards - pre show 2006
13.30 uur: Video Music Awards - main show 2006

zondag 3 september
20.00 uur: Video Music Awards - main show 2006

MTV France:

13 septembre à 20:50