NPO Politiek en Nieuws is a public television channel operated by the public broadcaster NOS, which supplies news and sports to all national public television and radio networks. Programmes come live from The Hague when the parliament is in session. When the parliament was not in session the NPO Politiek en Nieuws channel became NPO Sport, broadcasting sporting events or news and current affairs, supplied by the NOS. On 15 December 2021, NPO Nieuws merged with NPO Politiek to make the present name of this channel.[1] Before 10 March 2014 the channel was called Politiek 24.[2]
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| Country | Netherlands |
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| Broadcast area | Netherlands |
| Network | NOS |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Dutch |
| Picture format | 1080p HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NPO |
| Sister channels | NPO 1 NPO 2 NPO 3 NPO 1 Extra NPO 2 Extra |
| History | |
| Launched | November 2006 |
| Replaced | NPO Nieuws |
| Former names | Politiek 24 (2006-2014) NPO Politiek (2014-2021) |
| Links | |
| Website | NPO Politiek |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| NPO | - Live tv |
| Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
NPO Sport
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Especially in the summer months, the channel reported on sporting events which were not fully shown on the open channels of the NPO. These competitions included the World Cup/European Athletics Championships, World Cup/European Swimming Championships, World Equestrian Games, World Championships and Vuelta a España.
Logos and identities
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Politiek 24 logo used from 2009 until 2014 -
NPO Politiek logo used from 2014 until 2021 -
NPO Politiek en Nieuws logo used since 2021
References
edit- ^ "NPO scherpt extra zenderaanbod aan: drie kanalen met aanvullende programmering" (in Dutch). NPO. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Jarco Kriek (12 February 2014). "NPO vernieuwt digitale themakanalen" (in Dutch). TotaalTV.nl. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.