BVN

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BVN

Launched	1996
Owned by	NPO, VRT
Country	Netherlands, Belgium
Formerly called	Zomer TV
Website	www.bvn.tv
Availability
Satellite
Europe	Hot Bird 8 - 13° E Transponder: 80 Ku; Frequency: 12.303 MHz Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 27,500 FEC: 3/4 Transmission type: Direct To Home (DTH).
in North America	AMC 4 - 101° W Transponder: 21 Ku Frequency: 12.120 MHz Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 30,000 FEC: 3/4 Transmission type: Direct To Home (DTH).
in South America	AMC 4 - 101° W Transponder: 27 Ku Frequency: 11.655 MHz Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 30,000 FEC: 3/4 Transmission type: Direct To Home (DTH).
Australia and New Zealand	OPTUS D2 - 152° E Transponder: 7L Ku Frequency: 12.644 MHz Polarity: Vertical Symbol Rate: 22,500 FEC: 3/4 Transmission type: Direct To Home (DTH).
South Africa

BVN which is the abbreviation of Het beste van Vlaanderen en Nederland (The best Flanders and the Netherlands have to offer) is a satellite and cable television channel – a joint venture by the Flemish and Dutch public broadcasting organizations Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) and Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) – which aims to make Dutch and Flemish public-service television output in the Dutch language available to viewers around the world.

The channel was started in 1996 as Zomer-TV (Summer-TV), an operation aimed at making Dutch-language programming available to Dutch and Flemish holidaymakers abroad. All of its programming originally came from the Netherlands (the abbreviation BVN at first standing for het Beste Van Nederland, "the best of the Netherlands") but this was later adapted, once the Flemish Region of Belgium began contributing both financially and with output from the schedules of VRT, to het Beste van Vlaanderen en Nederland: "the best of Flanders and the Netherlands".

BVN has grown to became a major international channel with a coverage that is increasingly worldwide as it becomes available in more and more countries each year.

In March 2007 BVN changed its scheduling from three 8-hour programming blocks to two 12-hour blocks: this provided more room for the inclusion in the schedules of such popular Dutch-language prime-time shows, such as "Pauw & Witteman" and "De Wereld Draait Door".

[edit] Programming

BVN-Voetbal
Studio NL Live
Andere Ogen
BVN-Weer
NOS Journaal
VRT Journaal
Nova

[edit] External links

Official website

v • d • e Netherlands Public Broadcasting

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Television	Nederland 1 • Nederland 2 • Nederland 3 • Z@PP • Z@ppelin • BVN

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v • d • e Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT)

Radio	Radio 1 • Radio 2 • Klara • Studio Brussel • Radio Donna • RVi • Nieuws+ • Klara continuo • Donna hitbits • Sporza

Television	één • Canvas • Ketnet • Partnership: BVN

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