First national television station in the Netherlands
Television channel
NPO 1
(
NPO een
, formerly
Nederland 1
Dutch pronunciation:
[?neːd?rl?nt
?eːn]
until 2014) is the first national television station in the
Netherlands
. It launched on 2 October 1951. It provides
public broadcasting
and currently exists next to sister channels
NPO 2
and
NPO 3
. Several broadcasting organisations of the
Publieke Omroep
deliver a wide variety of programs for the channel, usually for larger audiences. In 2018, it was the most viewed channel in the Netherlands, reaching a market share of 22.0%.
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History
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Early years
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In the
Netherlands
, the first television experiments took place in the 1930s. Dutch technology company
Philips
played an important role in these experiments. In 1951, public radio broadcasters
AVRO
,
KRO
,
VARA
and
NCRV
established the
NTS
, Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (Dutch Television Foundation). The first public broadcast began from studio Irene in
Bussum
on 2 October 1951 at 8:15 pm. It was transmitted from
Lopik
, soon followed by
Hilversum
as well. On 5 January 1956, the NTS broadcast their first
news programme
,
NTS Journaal
. In the 1950s, television attracted only a low number of viewers due (mainly) to the high price of
television sets
at the time.
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During that same decade, television became available nationally by the introduction of more transmitters and repeaters in
Goes
,
Roosendaal
,
Loon op Zand
,
Mierlo
,
Roermond
,
Markelo
,
Ugchelen
,
Zwolle
,
Smilde
and the new
Gerbrandy Tower
in
IJsselstein
.
Creation of Nederland 1
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From October 1960, NTS began broadcasting daily from 8:00 pm till 10:20 pm. Two years later the broadcasting hours were extended from 26 to 30 hours a week. On 1 October 1964, a second public television channel began broadcasting,
Nederland 2
and the first public broadcasting channel was renamed into
Nederland 1
.
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In 1967,
colour television
broadcasts were introduced by using the
PAL
-system. Also in that same year advertising between programmes was introduced. In 1969, the Dutch government adopted the so-called open-system for the public broadcasting system, allowing more public broadcasting organisations; however, the government dictated that a potential new organisation must have 100,000 members or more to be allowed in. On 29 May 1969, the NTS and the Dutch Radio Union (NRU) merged into the
NOS
serving as an umbrella organisation for the public broadcasting organisations. Its main focus is on general news and sports broadcasts and also provides technical and administrative coordination.
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Launch of Nederland 3
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In anticipation of the launch of new commercial channels broadcast by satellite, a third television network,
Nederland 3
launched in April 1988. After the launch of Nederland 3 in 1988, Nederland 1 was the mainstay of the broadcasters KRO, NCRV, VARA and EO. On 30 September 1991, Nederland 1 introduced a new logo which depicts a yellow "1"-numeral that is placed inside a blue diamond, and at the same time, VARA was moved to Nederland 2, while AVRO moved to this channel, thus earning the nickname AKN (AVRO-KRO-NCRV). Another restructuring was made on 28 September 1992 when Nederland 1 abolished in-vision continuity, in favour for voiceover continuity and at the same time, religious and humanism broadcasters moved from Nederland 3 to Nederland 1, where they were given more airtime for their output. In return, EO moved to Nederland 2, before making their programming output available on all three channels on 24 August 2000 before the huge revamp from 4 September 2006.
Luxembourg-based
RTL-Veronique
began broadcasting in October 1989. In 1992, the government of the Netherlands legalised commercial television, and a number of new commercial channels were established resulting in a reduction in the market share of the public networks.
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Transition to (U)HD and the NPO
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Until 2006, each public broadcasting organisation had been associated with just one channel, being either Nederland 1, Nederland 2 or Nederland 3. In the 2006/2007 season, the three channels got re-arranged. Nederland 1 became the flagship television channel aimed at a wide audience, Nederland 2 got more highbrow programming with news, current affairs, and documentaries, and Nederland 3 is oriented towards children, youth, and innovative television.
[6]
The NOS is no longer the coordinating organisation as this function is taken over by the newly formed
NPO
.
On 16 September 2007, Nederland 1, Nederland 2, and Nederland 3 switched completely to
anamorphic widescreen
—before that time, only some of the programming was broadcast in widescreen. On 4 July 2009, all three channels began
simulcasting
in
1080i
high-definition
.
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Before the launch of the permanent HD service, a test version of the Nederland 1 HD channel was made available from 2 June 2008 until 24 August 2008 in order to broadcast
Euro 2008
, the
2008 Tour de France
, the
2008 Summer Olympics
, and
The Simpsons
in HD.
On 12 March 2013, the NPO announced that Nederland 1, 2, and 3 would be renamed as NPO 1, 2, and 3. The reason for this change is to make the channels and their programmes more recognizable.
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The rebranding was completed on 19 August 2014.
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NPO 1 launched its first trials with
ultra-high-definition television
through
KPN
,
CanalDigitaal
and some minor networks on 14 June 2018, using the
HLG
standard.
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[12]
KPN started to switch its digital terrestrial television platform to the
DVB-T2
HEVC standard in October 2018;
[13]
this transition was completed on 9 July 2019.
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Since then, NPO 1 is also available
FTA
in HD.
Programming
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Currently,
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most of the biggest productions of Dutch public broadcasting television programs are shown on NPO 1, sometimes called the
flagship
of the NPO. Some notable programmes broadcast through the year are:
Programme
|
Rough translation
1
|
Broadcaster
|
Description
|
Buitenhof
|
|
AVRO
,
VARA
,
VPRO
|
Sunday-morning interview show
, politically oriented.
|
Blik op de weg
|
View on the road
[15]
|
AVRO
|
Traffic
programme, about traffic and traffic violations.
|
Boer zoekt Vrouw
|
Farmer wants a Wife
|
KRO
|
Dutch version of
Farmer Wants a Wife
|
De Erwin Straatsma Rookshow
|
The Erwin Straatsma Smokeshow
|
AVRO
,
TROS
|
Interview programme
|
De Reunie
|
The Reunion
|
KRO
|
Human interest
, old classmates from
high school
reunite and talk about their lives.
|
De Rijdende Rechter
|
The Driving Judge
|
NCRV
|
An official judge holds a trial on location for people.
|
Detective fiction
programmes
|
|
mostly
KRO
|
Several detective series, for example
Midsomer Murders
or
A Touch of Frost
|
EenVandaag
|
OneToday
|
AVRO
,
TROS
|
Current affairs
|
Heel Holland Bakt
|
All Of The Netherlands Bakes
|
Omroep MAX
|
A baking contest, Dutch version of
The Great British Bake Off
.
|
Koefnoen
|
|
AVRO
|
Satirical
, sketches with impersonations of famous Dutchmen.
|
Lieve Paul
|
Dear Paul
|
VARA
|
Entertainment
, it consists of celebrity interviews, variety performances, and interaction with the studio audience.
|
NOS Journaal
|
NOS News
|
NOS
|
News
|
NOS Studio Sport
|
|
NOS
|
Sport
, the most viewed episodes consist of summaries of
Eredivisie
football matches, but in other episodes, several other sports and sports events (ranging from big international, to smaller national events) are covered.
2
|
De Wereld Draait Door
|
The World Keeps On Spinning
|
VARA
|
Talk show
|
Sesamstraat
|
Sesame Street
|
NTR
|
Dutch version and spin-off of
Sesame Street
|
Spoorloos
|
Without a trace
|
KRO
|
Reality
programme where people are helped in finding missing persons, with a focus on finding the biological relatives of adopted people. In the United Kingdom known as
ITV
's
Long Lost Family
.
|
Te land ter zee en in de lucht
|
On land, at sea and in the air
|
TROS
|
Game/entertainment show, people must race through an obstacle course in self-made vehicles.
|
TROS Radar
|
|
TROS
|
Consumer programme
|
Tussen Kunst en Kitsch
|
Between Art and Kitsch
|
AVRO
|
Similar to the British
Antiques Roadshow
|
TV Show
|
|
TROS
|
Interview programme with several famous national and international guests.
|
Vermist
|
Missing
|
TROS
|
Reality
programme where people are helped in finding missing persons
|
Villa Felderhof
|
|
NCRV
|
Interview programme, from a luxurious villa in
St. Tropez
.
|
Wie is... de Mol?
|
Who is... the Mole?
|
AVRO
|
Dutch version of
The Mole
.
|
De Simpsons
|
The Simpsons
|
NPS
|
One episode: "
Treehouse of Horror VI
".
|
De Wiggles
|
The Wiggles
|
TROS
|
Dutch version and spin-off of
The Wiggles
|
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Translation added only when it clarifies the original title of the programme.
2
Special, extra long broadcasts are made during important events such as the
FIFA World Cup
, the
Tour de France
or the
Olympic Games
.
Logos and identities
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1973 to 1984
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4 April 1988 to 30 September 1991
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30 September 1991 to 5 August 1996
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4 September 2000 to 5 September 2003
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5 September 2003 to 19 August 2014; similar to the current logo, but without the NPO logo
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4 July 2009 to 19 August 2014; Nederland 1 HD logo
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Since 19 August 2014; similar to the 2003 logo, but with the NPO logo
See also
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