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History

XITE was founded by entrepreneur Derk Nijssen. The company invested in the channel by technology start-up fund Henq Innovation Fund 1, United Broadcast Facilities (UBF) and Rebel Technologies (a joint venture between UBF and XITE for interactive applications in video on demand). Base7 was used as the working name for the start of the Base7 transmitter. The home base was initially located in Rotterdam. The station started broadcasting in 2008 via the digital packages from UPC and Caiway. At UPC, XITE replaced the canceled music channel TMF Nederland. As with the canceled music channel The Box, viewers could request video clips by phone (0900 number or text message) by means of a clip code. In September 2009 XITE came up with an on-demand system via the red button on the remote control. Since then, the viewer has been able to request clips in this way and he has been able to compile

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by genre and view specials and interviews. In February 2011 XITE started broadcasting in Belgium via the basic package of Telenet. XITE started broadcasting in Germany in September 2014. In 2016, the Personalized Music Television service was launched via

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in Qatar. In the same year, a 4K channel was offered via KPN, where music videos were shown in Ultra-HD. From May 2017, XITE 4K is also available in Canada.

Interactive music video TV app

Since December 2015 XITE offers an interactive TV app for users of Ziggo (Netherlands) and Ooredoo (Qatar). Currently, the TV app is rolled out to 100 million households globablly.

Xite Music

On 1 April 2019 Xite launched a

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on Ziggo.

Linear channels

*Mini Disco *Teen Party *Piratenplaten ( Dutch pop music) *In De Kroeg ( en, In the Pub) *POP NL *Schlagerfest (German Schlager) *XITE Hits *Muziek Van Nu ( en,

Contemporary Music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial ...

) *Zeroes Heroes *Back 2 The 90s *80s Flashback *60s & 70s Fever *Gouwe Ouwe ( en,

Golden Oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as wel ...

) *Thuisorkest ( en, Orchestra at Home) *Yoga Flow *Op De Koffie ( en, Coming over for Coffee) *Pure Focus *Mellow Beats *Take It Easy *Jazzy Dinner *LOVE. *Voel Je Goed ( en, Feeling Good) *Sing-Along *Huisfeestje ( en, Party at Home) *All Out Dance *Workout! *Reggae Feels *Siempre Latino *Country Roads *Twist Again *Rock Legends *Rock On *Kneiterhard (

Hardstyle Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre that emerged in the late 1990s, with origins in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. Hardstyle mixes influences from techno, new beat and hardcore. Early hardstyle was typically written at 140 BPM (''beat ...

) *Indie Wave *Sit Back & Jazz *Soul Baby *Straattaal ( en, Street Language,

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) *Urban Vibes *Variable *Ziggo Dome

Logos

XITE Awards

Since 2013, XITE has been organizing the XITE Awards every year. In addition to performances, awards are presented during the show for the best and most popular songs, artists, upcoming talent and an award for best music video of the year.

Programs

XITE mainly programs music video clips, sometimes following a particular genre or theme. XITE also devotes attention to music-related topics, with interviews, club and festival reports.

Presenters

Celine Bernaerts met Xite collega Gwen van Poorten

* Iris Enthoven (2016 - now) * Boris Lange (2014 - now) * Ingrid Jansen (2014 - now) * Femke van Leeuwen (2015-2016) * Jorik Scholten (2014) * Salma Chafouk Idrissi (2014) * Sol Wortelboer (2013-2015) * Sjaak P. van Es (2013) * Gwen van Poorten (2012-2013) * Celine Bernaerts (2011-2012) * Alain Keeven (2011-2012) * Sanne Bolten (2011) * Lara Hoogstraten (2011)

References

{{VOD services Music television channels Television channels in the Netherlands Television channels in Flanders Television channels in Belgium Television stations in Germany Television channels and stations established in 2008 Music organisations based in the Netherlands