JIM (Flemish TV channel)
JIM was a Flemish television channel of the Medialaan that is aimed at people aged between 15 and 24. Its name is a backronym for "Jong, Interactief en Meer". 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.
History
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". The suffix 'TV' was omitted because VMMa 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.
VJs
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.
Events
Jimmies
Since 2012 JIM presented annually in February his own playful prizes, De Jimmies, in a variety of musical and other mediatic categories:- best film, the faux pas of the year, person of the year, best game
- the musical in every national and international versions: best group, best newcomer, best clip, best singer, best female singer.