XITE

Country	Netherlands
Broadcast area	Netherlands Belgium Germany U.S. Canada United Kingdom Ireland
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Programming
Picture format	4K UHD 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Derk Nijssen
History
Launched	21 May 2008 (2008-05-21)
Links
Website	www.xite.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digitenne (Netherlands)	Channel 27 (HD)
Streaming media
Livestream	Watch Live
Ziggo GO (Netherlands)	ZiggoGO.TV

XITE (pronounced "excite") is a Dutch 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 U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland. In the U.S., it is available on the Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku streaming players as well as Comcast Xfinity and some Samsung TVs.^[1]

History

XITE was founded by entrepreneur Derk Nijssen in the late aughts. 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 Paramount's 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 playlists 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 Ooredoo 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).^[2] Currently, the TV app is rolled out to 100 million households globablly.

Xite Music

On 1 April 2019, Xite launched a digital music pay radio service on Ziggo in the Netherlands. It is a service that broadcast continuous streaming music and other forms of audio on multiple channel feeds. Xite Music replaced Stingray Music on Ziggo.^[3]

Logos

2008–2013	2013–2017	2017–present

XITE Awards

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

Programmes

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

Past and current presenters

Celine Bernaerts and Gwen van Poorten (2012)

• Iris Enthoven (2016 – current)
• Boris Lange (2014 – current)
• Ingrid Jansen (2014 – current)
• 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

External links

• Official website