Canvas (Belgium)

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Canvas
Launched	1997
Owned by	VRT
Picture format	625 Lines PAL (analogue), 576i SDTV (digital)
Country	Belgium
Formerly called	BRT2, BRTN TV2
Website	canvas.be
Availability
Terrestrial
VRT DVB-t (FTA)	Channel 2
Satellite
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal (BE)	Channel 2
SES Astra 19,2°E	12670V, 22.0, 5/6
Cable
Telenet	Channel 2
Ziggo (Netherlands)	Channel 41
UPC (Netherlands)	Channel 18

Canvas is a Belgian television channel produced by the Flemish public broadcasting organization Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT). Specializing in in-depth news and politics, entertainment that is outside the mainstream, documentaries, art films and other cultural programming, Canvas is on air from 20.00 until around midnight to 1.00 each evening.

The channel, launched in December 1997, is part of VRT's second network (VRT 2), which also carries the children's channel Ketnet between 7.00 and 20.00 as well as occasional sports programming under the label "Sporza". The current network controller of VRT 2 is Bart De Poot.

[edit] Older logos

1997-2008

[edit] See also

• één
• Ketnet TV Station
• Sporza
• VRT
• List of television channels in Belgium

[edit] External links

• Official site (Dutch)

v • d • e Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) Radio Radio 1 • Radio 2 • Klara • Studio Brussel • Donna • RVi • Nieuws+ • Klara continuo • Donna hitbits • Sporza Television één • Canvas • Ketnet • BVN (partnership) Internet VRT Nieuwsdienst