Tom Waes will be making programs for the Dutch public broadcaster for the next three years. The 55-year-old presenter and actor has signed a contract with both the Belgian channel VRT and the NPO. These two broadcasters will work together. It concerns five programs, reports the VRT. Two of these are fiction series and the … Read more
[BLOG] Year after year, more money is pumped into it, at the expense of successful stations such as FunX, NPO Radio 2 and 5. All this under the auspices of the man who has been in charge since the autumn of 2016: NPO audio boss Jurre Bosman. He is responsible for the programming of the … Read more
By our entertainment editors 09 Nov 2023 at 17:11 The NPO launched the new digital radio channel NPO BLEND on Thursday. This is a pilot of at least one year. BLEND focuses on the generations who grew up with NPO FunX and are looking for “an adult sound”. FunX channel manager Chanelva Rier and Menno … Read more
By our entertainment editors Oct 17, 2023 at 12:16 Update: 30 minutes ago The NPO, RTL and Talpa are satisfied with the new NMO Viewing Survey, the news agency reports ANP. Since the end of August, viewing figures for TV programs are no longer available the day after a broadcast, but only a week later. … Read more
By our entertainment editors 10 Oct 2023 at 16:14 Eight European public broadcasters, including the NPO, will collaborate in the field of fiction series in the coming years. Under the name New8, they will produce eight TV series every year in varying compositions and share them with each other. The news was revealed on Tuesday … Read more
By our entertainment editors Jul 28, 2023 at 3:39 PMUpdate: an hour ago Frans Klein starts working at Talpa a week after his departure from the NPO. The Director of Video temporarily suspended his duties last year pending the investigation into abuses The world goes on (DWDD). Klein takes over the position of director of … Read more
“It was reassuring to have a wider range of options when I realized that the coordinator was working with me.” This is what Ms. Aiko Kita, who joined the foundation this spring and started working on her own to create a system for solving local issues, says. Kita, who was worried about her future … Read more
By our entertainment editors Jun 29, 2023 at 5:24 PMUpdate: 2 hours ago The committee that investigates abuses within the Dutch Public Broadcasting (NPO) needs more time than expected. Commission chairman Martin van Rijn hopes that the research report and recommendations will be available in the fourth quarter, instead of around the summer. “The discussions … Read more
BNNVARA has announced that it will be stepping down from the talk show Op1 due to a conflict between WNL editor-in-chief Bert Huisjes and BNNVARA editor-in-chief Rachel Franse. The decision comes after reports of an unsafe working environment, according to de Volkskrant. The dissatisfaction with Huisjes’ leadership has been ongoing for some time, with Franse … Read more
NPO FunX/Nikki van ToornBoef with one of his won awards NOS News•today, 01:32 Rapper Boef is this year’s big winner of the NPO FunX Music Awards, the music awards for the best hip-hop artists, singers, DJs and groups from the Netherlands. The artist received four awards at the presentation in Amsterdam. Boef, whose real name … Read more