Nederland 24
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| Country | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Network | NPO |
| Headquarters | Hilversum |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
Nederland 24 is the collective name for a number of specialty digital television channels from Netherlands Public Broadcasting. It also broadcasts a sample channel of the same name featuring a mix of programming from the other thematic channels.
As of January 1, 2009,[citation needed] the Nederland 24 service consisted of twelve channels; originally, it consisted of seventeen channels.[citation needed] The channels are available to watch in the Netherlands on digital cable and online (cf. [1]), and four of the television channels are also available via digital satellite.[clarification needed]
Overview
The Nederland 24 channels are an extension of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting, where public broadcasting organisations provide general programming. Based on the amount of active members, broadcasting associations receive air time on three public terrestrial television networks (Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3) as well as on seven radio stations.
The thematic channels offer these broadcasting associations more air time to expand its core programming. It also gives an opportunity to better target a specific portion of the public audience. These channels broadcast round-the-clock, all day, hence the "24" part of the name.
History
The first step towards Nederland 24 was made by the VPRO broadcasting association in May 2003 with the introduction of 3VOOR12TV. The success of this theme channel led to the launch of 3VOOR12 Central, 3VOOR12 On Stage, Journaal 24, and Holland Doc channels in December 2004 and /Geschiedenis in February 2005. The name Nederland 4 first emerged with the start of the internet portal Nederland4.nl on April 6, 2005 as an umbrella for all the theme channels.
As of November 2006 Netherlands Public Broadcasting started with the extension of the number of channels to 17, since then the offer shrunk to 12 by January 2009. The Nederland-e, DNTV, 3VOOR12 Central, and 3VOOR12 On Stage channels were cancelled and /Geloven and Omega TV combined into Spirit 24. On April 15, 2009 the Nederland 4 branding changed to Nederland 24, with the names of the theme channels also changed to include the "24" prefix, except 101 TV.
On January 2009 it was announced that the political channel Politiek 24 would change into a sport/politics channel. Opvoeden doe je zo! will change to Z@ppelin 24, a child and parent channel.
List
NPO 101
| Network | BNN |
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| Owner | NPO |
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NPO Best
| Network | AVROTROS, BNN, VARA, NTR, KRO, NCRV, Omroep MAX |
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| Owner | NPO |
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NPO Cultura
| Network | NTR |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
NPO Cultura is the 24-hour public television channel from Netherlands Public Broadcasting, devoted to art and culture. Programmes in the main are supplied by NTR, which specialise in such programming. Topics covered include art, film, dance, theatre, literature, jazz and classical music.
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NPO Doc
| Network | VPRO |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
NPO Doc is a documentary channel of the Netherlands. It is a digital theme channel, available 24 hours, 7 days a week. Typically programs are in the Dutch language. Yet, depending on the subject of the documentary the language will be non-Dutch with Dutch subtitles (English is perhaps the second most common language).
NPO Humor TV
| Network | VARA |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
NPO Humor TV is the Netherlands Public Broadcasting channel dedicated to comedy and satirical programming.
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NPO Nieuws
| Network | NOS |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
NPO Nieuws is a 24-hour rolling news channel operated by Netherlands Public Broadcasting. Most of its programmes are supplied by NOS, the public broadcaster which supplies news and sports to all national public television and radio networks. NOS also provides programming for the political channel, NPO Politiek/Sport.
NPO Nieuws airs all editions of the NOS Journaal news bulletin, and repeats the last news broadcast until the next one is shown. NPO Nieuws also shows four extra programmes named NOS Journaal Chat, NOS Journaal Plus (extra information), NOS Journaal Reportages and NOS Journaal Weekoverzicht. A half-hourly version (15 minutes plus another 15 minute repeat) of the youth-oriented news programme NOS Jeugdjournaal also airs every day on Journaal 24 at 6:45 pm, at the same time as that of its main 15-minute counterpart on Nederland 3. Until September 16, 2007 teletext news was also shown on NPO Nieuws; this was later replaced with a scrolling news ticker showing news headlines.
At any point, the programming can be interrupted for the much-advertised breaking news.
Their main studios are in Hilversum.
NPO Politiek
| Network | NOS |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
NPO Politiek is a public television channel operated by Netherlands Public Broadcasting. All of its programmes are supplied by NOS, the public broadcaster which supplies news and sports to all national public television and radio networks. Programmes come live from The Hague, when parliament is in session.
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NPO Sport
In the summer time when the parliament is not in session the NPO Politiek channel changes into NPO Sport, also supplied by NOS.
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NPO Zapp Xtra
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| Owner | NPO |
NPO Zapp Xtra is a children's channel. The programming focuses on children.
Defunct Channels
Consumenten 24
| Network | VARA, TROS, MAX, LLiNK, RVU |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
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Consumenten24 was a 24-hour channel dedicated to consumer issues.
Geschiedenis 24
| Network | NPS, VPRO |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
Geschiedenis 24 was a Dutch specialty channel, showing history related content. It could be watched 24 hours a day via internet and digital cable. 'Geschiedenis' is the Dutch word for 'history'. It was maintained by the VPRO broadcasting organization but it also showed content from other public broadcasters.
Spirit 24
| Network | NCRV, EO, KRO, RKK, IKON |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
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Spirit 24 was the digital public television channel from Netherlands Public Broadcasting specialising in religion and spirituality. All religious public broadcasters participated in supplying programmes including those from faiths such as Buddhism, Evangelist Christianity, Humanism, Judaism, Catholicism and Islam.
Sterren 24
| Network | TROS |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
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See also
- 3VOOR12
- Digital television in the Netherlands
- Netherlands Public Broadcasting
- Television in the Netherlands