Kiss TV

Infobox TV channel
name = KISS
logosize =
logofile =
logoalt = KISS Logo
launch = 26 June 2000
share = 0.1%
share as of = February 2008
share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti&requesttimeout=500&
]
owner = Box Television
(Bauer Group/Channel 4)
web = [http://www.totalkiss.com www.totalkiss.com]
sat serv 1 = Sky Digital
sat chan 1 = Channel 361
cable serv 1 = Virgin Media
cable chan 1 = Channel 336
cable serv 2 = UPC Ireland
cable chan 2 = Channel 711

Kiss TV is a commercial music television channel from Box Television available on the Sky Digital and Virgin Media digital TV platforms. The playlist is predominantly mainstream Urban Pop, Dance and R&B, although since its relaunch in Summer 2006, (and the launch of a sister channel Q TV) it has begun to focus more on dance music once again.

It is based on the format of the Bauer owned London radio station Kiss 100, which started as a pirate radio station in London in 1985. Kiss TV celebrated the 20th Anniversary since the launch in 2005.

History

[
thumb|left|Kiss2006] The original incarnation of Kiss TV was the brainchild of Guy Wingate who, as an original co-creator of London's Kiss 100 (in its pirate days) was brought back in to head up EMAP's fledgling TV division by the more-widely known Kiss chief, Gordon McNamee (Mac). The channel ran for one hour a night on the Mirror Group's L!VE TV cable circuit and after a year moved up to the Granada satellite and cable platform, taking a similar slot in the evening.

Although the original idea came in 1993 (three years after Kiss FM launched as a legal station), it took many months for Wingate to convince the UK Television regulators to permit the extension of a brand name over to television. When the permission finally came, Kiss had once again innovated by becoming the first "Masthead" TV project in the UK.

Within one year, the station was tampering with MTV in its time slots and gained a cult status for its low-budget edgy coverage of the UK dance music scene. Presenters included legendary DJs such as Radio 1's Judge Jules. By the time it was a year-old, it had attracted major sponsorship from blue-chip brands such as Levi's, Sony Consumer Products and The Guardian newspaper.

It is now part of subscription packages on all platforms, and operates on a jukebox system, where viewers select the tracks they want to see. It is part of a boquet of channels owned by Box Television, (a joint venue between Bauer, and Channel 4) which include 4 Music, Kerrang! TV, Smash Hits, Q, The Box, and Magic.

Kiss is now focused on HipHop and R'n'B music.

Programming

Current programming

*20 Hottest Hip-Hop Joints - Countdown of the 20 best Hip-Hop music videos.
*Big Ones - A selection of the newest Hip-Hop and R&B music.
*Class of 2008: The Best So Far - A countdown of the best urban music of 2008.
*Coolest Urban Beats - A selection of urban music videos.
*Good Morning Kiss! - New and old urban music videos to start the day.
*Double Trouble: 100 Collaborations - Countdown of the top 100 collaborations in urban music.
*Hip-Hop Download Chart - Official countdown of the best selling Hip-Hop singles.
*Kiss Does Summer - Back-to-back urban music videos for the summer.
*Kiss Mix! - Non-stop mix of urban music.
*Kiss Party Flavas - Non-stop urban party music.
*Late Night Jamz - Urban music videos.
*New2Kiss - Half an hour of only the very lastest urban music videos.
*R&B Singles Chart - Official countdown of the best selling R&B singles.
*Signed by Kiss - A selection of signed music videos.
*The Mixtape - A mix of the newest urban tunes.
*Today's Kiss Top 10 - Countdown of the top 10 urban tracks of the day.
*Top 50 Slamming No.1s - Countdown of the biggest number one urban singles.
*Total Kiss - Non-stop Hip-Hop and R&B music videos.
*Deaf Jams - Music videos for with a person doing sign language in the corner.

ee also

*Kiss Network
*Kiss 100 London
*Kiss 101
*Kiss 105-108

External links

* [http://www.kiss-tv.co.uk Kiss TV]
* [http://www.totalkiss.com TotalKiss.com]