XITE 4K is a

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owned by XCAN Networks Inc. The channel broadcasts

music videos A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...

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ultra-high-definition television Ultra-high-definition television (also known as Ultra HD television, Ultra HD, UHDTV, UHD and Super Hi-Vision) today includes 4K UHD and 8K UHD, which are two digital video formats with an aspect ratio of 16:9. These were first proposed b ...

) from current popular music artists from various genres including pop, dance, hip-hop, and more.

History

In June 2017, it was announced that Dutch-based music broadcaster,

XITE XITE is an interactive music video platform. Founded in the Netherlands with linear networks, interactive TV, and on-demand streaming services, XITE is now live in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom a ...

, was launching a television channel in Canada that month, called XITE 4K, exclusively, initially, on Rogers Cable.Rogers Gets 4K Music
Multichannel News, 06-26-17 Although parties involved in launching the service and media reports did not specifically refer to the channel as a Canadian version of XITE, as opposed to a foreign service, through

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documents, it was confirmed to be a Canadian version, launched as an exempt service, not requiring a broadcast licence to launch.

References

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