BE-AT.TV is an online global community connecting clubbers and electronic music fans with big-name DJs, venues and festivals.

History

BE-AT.TV was launched in 2008 by Ray Smith and is also known as B@ TV and Be At TV. BE-AT.TV is headquartered in London, UK, and has offices in Ibiza, Berlin, and New York and regularly films events across Europe and North America, with multiple crews based in Ibiza every summer.

Content and features

BE-AT.TV primarily broadcasts sets by prominent techno and house artists, as well as other genres across the electronic music spectrum, from some of the world's most famous music festivals and nightclubs. Festivals include

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, KaZantip, EXIT Festival,

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, Movement Detroit, Movement Torino, GlobalGathering,

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, and many more. Venues include

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, Ushuaïa Ibiza, Pacha Ibiza,

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in London, Club Space in Miami, and many more. BE-AT.TV broadcasts consist of high definition, full-length video and audio footage which is shot from multiple camera angles, including exclusive camera access from the DJ booth. The sets are then archived for members to watch on-demand, and can be accessed through any computer or iOS device with a high speed internet connection. "The best thing about Be At TV is that you will always be one step ahead with the music you are listening to. Be At gives fans the music we are playing, unedited, uninterrupted and with all the interaction between the clubbers and the DJ on the night"-

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, BBC Radio 1 DJ and MBE The website combines aspects of

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, web-based radio and music television. Members can chat with each other during live streams and suggest / share track IDs. The site's content is free to its users; it is funded by interactive advertising from youth and fashion brands such as Southern Comfort, Ray Ban, Tuborg, and Smirnoff.

Industry support and growth

BE-AT.TV is supported by acts including

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deadmau5 Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. He mainly produces progressive house music, though he also produces ...

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Dubfire Ali Shirazinia ( fa, علی شیرازی‌نیا), commonly known by his stage name Dubfire, is an Iranian American house and techno DJ and producer. Prior to his solo career, Dubfire made up half of the duo Deep Dish. Dubfire's style is notic ...

Tom Middleton Tom Middleton (born 18 August 1971) is a British electronic recording artist, sound designer, composer, music producer, remixer and DJ. His solo albums include '' Lifetracks'' (2007), ''Glasstracks'' (2011) and ''Sleep Better'' (2018). Middleto ...

Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer and remixer from Rotterdam. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moon ...

Chicane (recording artist) Nicholas Bracegirdle (born 28 February 1971), known professionally as Chicane, is an English musician, composer, songwriter, and record producer. Among his works are singles " Offshore", an Ibiza trance anthem included in many compilations in b ...

Benny Benassi Marco "Benny" Benassi (; born 13 July 1967) is an Italian DJ, record producer and remixer. He is widely seen as a pioneer of electro house, a genre brought into the mainstream by his 2002 summer club hit " Satisfaction". He started his career ...

Dave Spoon Simon Neale (born 20 January 1977 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England), known by his stage names Shadow Child and Dave Spoon, is an English radio DJ and dance music producer. He's also part of the duo Avec alongside Doorly. He was part of the lin ...

, Mark Knight,

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and

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. It is also supported by festivals and venues as mentioned above. It was selected as a Top 100 website of 2009 by

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and has received attention from press, trend spotters and bloggers. It has also appeared in national media outlets

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and electronic dance music publication

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. "Since 2009, London-based BE-AT.TV streams live video from the best dance and electronic music events around the world, showcasing an eclectic range of artists, venues and promoters to a global online audience." - DJ Mag

Acquisitions and Investments

In June 2015, BE-AT.TV announced the acquisition of Ibiza Sonica Radio, one of the leading electronic music radio stations based on the Balearic Island of Ibiza. The two companies commemorated the acquisition by throwing a free party in the port of Ibiza which featured Nic Fanciulli, Matthias Tanzmann, Guy Gerber, and many more artists. In September 2015, BE-AT.TV announced an investment in and partnership with Ibiza Global Radio, another of the leading electronic music radio stations based on Ibiza. BE-AT.TV and Ibiza Global Radio threw a combined free party on Talamanca Beach to celebrate the partnership.

References

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