Canvas (Belgium)

Canvas
Launched December 1, 1997
Owned by VRT
Picture format 625 Lines PAL (analogue), 576i SDTV (digital), 720p HDTV
Country Belgium
Formerly called BRT2 (1977-1991)
BRTN TV2 (1991-1997)
Website canvas.be
Availability
Terrestrial
VRT DVB-T (FTA) Channel 2 (Canvas), Channel 22 or 25 (Canvas+)
KPN (Netherlands) Channel 12
Satellite
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal (BE) Channel 2
Astra 19.2° east 12670V, 22.0, 5/6
Cable
Telenet Digital (Flanders) Channel 4 (Canvas), Channel 84 (Canvas+)
Telenet Digital (HD Decoders)(Flanders) Channel 4 (Canvas HD), Channel 97 (Canvas), Channel 84 (Canvas+)
Telenet Digital (Brussels) Channel 103 (Canvas) , Channel 184 (Canvas+)
Telenet Digital (HD Decoders)(Brussels) Channel 103 (Canvas HD), Channel 197 (Canvas), Channel 184 (Canvas+)
Telenet Check your local listings at zenders.be(Canvas)
Ziggo (Netherlands) Channel 41
UPC (Netherlands) Channel 41

Canvas is a Belgian television channel, which forms part of the Flemish public broadcasting organisation Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT). Specialising in both original and adaptations from western Europe and North America, the channel offers: in-depth news and current affairs, non-mainstream entertainment, documentaries, arthouse films and other cultural programming. Canvas broadcasts from 8pm until around midnight to 1am 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 7am and 8pm as well as occasional sports programming under the Sporza branding. The current network controller of VRT 2 is Bart De Poot.

Older logos

1997–2008

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