Country | Belgium |
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Headquarters | Vilvoorde, Belgium |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Dutch English |
Picture format | 16:9 576i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | VMMa |
Sister channels | vtm, 2BE |
History | |
Launched | 2 April 2001 |
Closed | 16 December 2015 |
Replaced by | Kadet |
Former names | JIMtv (2001-2005) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Jim.be | Watch live |
JIM Livestream | Watch live |
Yelo TV | Watch live (Belgium only) |
TV Overal | Watch live (Belgium only) |
JIM (launched as JIMtv in 2001) was a Flemish television channel of the Medialaan (Now DPG Media) that is aimed at people aged between 15 and 24. [1] Its name is a backronym for "Jong, Interactief en Meer" (English: Young, Interactive and More). During its first years, the channel mainly broadcast music videos. They have since started mixing this with programs such as Brainiac and Snoop Dogg's Father Hood. The channel stopped broadcasting on 16 December 2015.
The cradle of JIMtv were Jo Nachtergaele, Michael Dujardin, Peter Hoogland, Frank Molnar, Serge Jespers and Inge Tossyn. They were responsible for the content, the channel look and positioning of JIMtv. The first broadcast on 2 April 2001 started with "God Is A DJ" by Faithless followed by an introductory program in which all people and behind the scenes themselves were submitted. On 2 April 2006, the channel celebrated its fifth anniversary.
Nowadays the channel is just called JIM. Originally, the letter combination 'JIM' stood for "Jong, Interactief en Meer" (English: Young, Interactive and More). The suffix 'TV' was omitted because VMMa (later called Medialaan from 2014-2018, now DPG Media) initially also wanted to set up a radio station called JIMfm, but those plans were abandoned. In November 2001 VMMa launched still a radio station: Q-music.
On 15 September 2015 Medialaan announced that JIM would cease broadcasting on 16 December 2015. The vacant channel is filled by a new children's channel Kadet from 19 December 2015, which focuses primarily on boys between 8 and 12 years old.
Some of the VJs of the music channel were Anneleen Liégeois, Anneke Van Hoof, Jan Van den Bossche, Ben Roelants, Thomas Vanderveken, Tess Goossens, Ilse Lievens, Frank Molnar, Eline De Munck, Jelle van Dael, Sean D'Hondt, Kevin Janssens, and many more. In 2015 Niko Van Driessche, Britt Valkenborghs, Vincent Banic, Elisa Guarraci and Jolien De Greef were the VJs of service.
Since 2012 JIM presented annually in February his own playful prizes, De Jimmies (officially JIM awards), in a variety of musical and other mediatic categories:
Since the logo of JIM and the full range of programs was changed on 11 October 2010, one can now watch JIM live via JIM website. [2]
Originally, the VMMa was planning on launching a youth radio station called JIMfm as a complement to JIMtv. These plans were later dropped. [3]
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