add site
services
publishers
database
health videos
toolbar
stats
live show
health store
more stuff
JOIN/LOGIN
| advertise add site services publishers database health videos
| | about toolbar stats live show health store more stuff JOIN/LOGIN |
Find Yoga Classes in Netherlands - Netherlands Yoga - Yoga in Netherlands yogafinder.com | Dental Implants Netherlands | Implant Dentist Netherlands | Affordable... scientificdentalclinic.co... | School of Broadcasting, Radio Broadcasting Schools | Minnesota browncollege.edu |
The Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) (English: Netherlands Public Broadcasting) is the name used in the Netherlands to refer to the country's public-service broadcasting system as a whole; it is used, for instance, as the name of the joint web portal coordinated by the NPO on behalf of all the broadcasting associations. NPO is confusingly a part of Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). Public-service broadcasting in the Netherlands is provided jointly by a number of broadcasting organizations under the tutelage of NPO. Unlike most other countries' public broadcasting organizations – which are either national corporations (such as the BBC and France Télévisions / Radio France), federations of regional public-law bodies (for example, ARD, SRG SSR idée suisse), or governmental and member-based institutions with their own channels and facilities (such as PBS) – those in the Netherlands are member-based broadcasting associations that share common facilities. This arrangement has its origins in the system developed in the Netherlands early in the 20th century and known as pillarisation. Under this system the different confessional and political streams of Dutch society (Catholics, Protestants, socialists, etc.) all had their own separate associations, newspapers, sports clubs, educational institutions, and also broadcasting organizations. The stated aim is to give a voice to each social group in the multicultural diversity that is Dutch society. The number of hours allocated to each broadcaster corresponds, roughly, to the number of members each organization is able to recruit (although this does not apply to NOS and NPS – see below). Since 2000, the system has been financed out of general taxation rather than from broadcast receiver licence fees. This is supplemented by a limited amount of on-air advertising, which has been allowed since 1967.
[edit] HistoryPublic broadcasting in the Netherlands has been since the very beginning in the early 1920s split up into different companies. Because Dutch society is very heterogeneous each group wanted to have its own broadcasting company. At first there was the AVRO, which discovered the medium radio and started the first broadcasts. Not much later, the Protestants started their own company, NCRV, to broadcast religious programmes. The Catholics quickly followed and started the KRO. The socialists, traditionally less religious, also created a broadcasting company, called VARA. Lastly, the progressive Protestants also wanted to broadcast and started the VPRO. Each company was targeted at a specific group of the population, this process was called pillarisation (verzuiling in Dutch). Each group was faithful to its broadcasting company, for a Protestant to listen to KRO programming was simply not done. This closed system soon became too small for the newly invented medium television, and a solution had to be found to allow more companies to broadcast their programmes. In 1964, the first broadcasting company not bound to a certain religion or group, TROS, made its debut. Times had changed since the beginnings of radio, companies started making programmes for everyone, and not only for their target group. It was no longer a sin to listen to or watch programmes from other companies. Since the open system any company can become a broadcasting company and get radio and TV airtime. The only thing required is to request an official status from the government and to have enough members. Broadcast companies in the Netherlands still have to make sure every year they have enough members to keep their official status, and most of them sell TV-guides or other magazines and make every subscriber a member of their organization. NRU (Nederlandse Radio Unie) was one of 23 founding organisations of the European Broadcasting Union. Since September 2002, the Dutch membership of EBU is held by Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPB), since March 15 2007 named Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO). [edit] Current situationMany people question if the current system is still applicable in this age of digital broadcasting. There are plans to change the way broadcast companies are selected, and completely abolish the member-based system. However, currently the system is still the way it always has been, and a new system will probably only make its appearance in several years. Nearly all viewers in the Netherlands receive most of their TV via cable or satellite systems. Regional public TV exists in parallel to the system described above. Dutch commercial TV began in 1989, with the Luxembourg-based RTL 4. In 1992, the government of the Netherlands legalised commercial TV, and many new commercial channels have become established since then. [edit] Broadcasting organisations[edit] Member basedThere are currently ten member based broadcasting organisations.
[edit] Task based
[edit] OtherApart from the member and task based broadcasters, (a small amount of) airtime is given to smaller organizations, which represent religions, have educational programs, or received airtime for other reasons. The amount of broadcasting time for the "religious" broadcasting organizations is assigned roughly proportional to the number of members they have.
[edit] TelevisionThe broadcasting organisations produce programmes for the three main television channels and the twelve digital channels, available through Nederland 24. As of 4 July 2009 the three main channels are simulcasted in 1080i high-definition. Most programming in the early stages is upscaled as in time more programs will become available in native HD. From June 2 until August 24, 2008 a temporary high-definition version of the Nederland 1 channel was made available to broadcast Euro 2008, the 2008 Tour de France, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in HD before launch of the permanent HD service. [edit] National
[edit] DigitalNederland 24 is the portal for the twelve digital channels, available via digital cable, satellite, and internet.
[edit] International[edit] Radio[edit] National
[edit] DigitalThe digital stations are available trough internet and digital radio via digital cable and DAB.
[edit] Internet
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ↑ top of page ↑ | about thumbshots |
