Format
Video Hits generally plays Top 40 Australian and overseas titles as well as clips that are being promoted but not in the charts.
Video Hits supports Australian music charts, featuring local artists such as George, Frenzal Rhomb, The John Butler Trio, Little Birdy, Delta Goodrem, The Hampdens, The Cat Empire and The Sleepy Jackson.
Video Hits also hosts various competitions through SMS. In 2005, the show gave away more than $650,000 in prizes.
Video Hits Up-Late (or Video Hits Presents) still airs in 5-minute-long to 30-minute-long timeslots early in the mornings on some weekdays and weekends. It is similar to the program entitled Nine Presents which usually airs in 10-minute blocks on the Nine Network spontaneously throughout the week. Video Hits Uncut was a 90-minute to 120-minute long show formerly broadcast late on Friday (some weeks on Thursdays or Wednesdays) nights. It showed "explicit" (some videos, however, were still edited for content) videos that could not be shown on Video Hits in its morning timeslot. It was rated MA15+. on late weekends, Video Hits Uncut showing selected clips, also to hip hop to pop clips, except rated PG.
Video Hits Presents is now a 30-minute to 60-minute long special broadcast after Video Hits on Saturdays and Sundays. It usually details some (or all) of an artist or band's videos, and sometimes an interview with them. It is usually broadcast before or after the artist/band has released a new song/album/DVD or toured the country, but this is not always the case.
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