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Net5

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Net5is a Dutchfree-to-cablecommercialTV channeland is part ofTalpa TV,formerly a part of SBS Broadcasting B.V. and now owned byTalpa Network.Other channels of the group in the Netherlands areSBS6,Veronica,andViaplay TV.It is aimed at high-educated female viewers. The station broadcasts various series, reality shows, and films.[1]

Net5
CountryNetherlands
Broadcast areaNetherlands
HeadquartersAmsterdam,Netherlands
Programming
Picture format1080pHDTV
(downscaled to16:9576ifor theSDTVfeed)
Ownership
OwnerTalpa Network
ParentTalpa TV
Sister channelsSBS6
Veronica
Viaplay TV
History
Launched1 March 1999;25 years ago(1999-03-01)
Links
Websitenet5.nl
Availability
Terrestrial
DigitenneChannel 8 (HD)
Streaming media
Ziggo GOZiggoGO.tv(Europe only)
KPN iTV OnlineWatch live(Europe only)

History

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Net5 was launched by theSBS Broadcasting Groupas their second commercial channel in the Netherlands next toSBS6.The head of SBS was Fons van Westerloo who left the company to work until 31 January 2008 to head the main competitorRTL Nederland(part of theRTL Group). Van Westerloo announced the new broadcast on 4 December 1998. It was supposed to become a commercial version of theNetherlands Public Broadcasting,being positioned as a higher quality television network, having already acquired British drama series, American series,Channel 4documentaries and feature films.[2]Nederland 1manager Joop Daalmeijer considered Net5 to be "the greatest marketing success of the year", as the channel was poised to compete against it, but was also seen with skepticism, as in order to build a stable foothold, the channel would carry a solid base of Dutch programming, which was limited to less 15% of the airtime.[2]Net5 was launched on 1 March 1999[2]and the first broadcast was the filmBraveheart.

Since there were not that many commercial channels at the time, the Net5 brand was partly chosen to compete directly with theRTL 5channel. The goal was for viewers to put Net5 on position 5 of their remote control settings instead of the older channelRTL 5.But research showed that more people would place RTL 5 on five, and Net5 on position nine.

From January 2000 to August 2002, Net5 shared its channel with the children's channelKindernet.Kindernet broadcast from the early morning until 15.00.[3]

The GermanProSiebenSat.1 Mediatook over the parent company, SBS Broadcasting Group, on 27 June 2007.[4]In 2011, all of SBS's activities in the Netherlands (throughSBS Broadcasting B.V.), including the three TV stations (SBS6,Net5 andVeronica), the two TV guides (Veronica Magazine and Totaal TV), production, design and text activities were sold to a joint venture between Sanoma Media Netherlands (67%) and Talpa Holding (33%).[5]

On 10 April 2017, Talpa Holding acquired a 67% stake from Sanoma Media Netherlands.[6]

Programming

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Net5 is a television station aimed at high-educated female viewers. The station broadcasts various series, reality shows and films.[7]

Series

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Reality shows

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References

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  1. ^"Zenders".SBS Broadcasting.Retrieved1 December2012.
  2. ^abcLange, Yasha (26 January 1999)."Publieke omroep niet bang voor commercieel Net 5".NRC Handelsblad.Retrieved1 December2012.
  3. ^"Wat is er gebeurd met Kindernet?".Jeugdnostalgie. Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2009.Retrieved3 October2012.
  4. ^Donald Koeleman (27 June 2007)."ProSiebenSat.1 acquires SBS".Broadband TV News.
  5. ^Peter van der Ploeg (20 April 2011)."Sanoma en Talpa nemen SBS over".NRC Handelsblad.
  6. ^"Het is nu officieel: Sanoma verkoopt SBS aan Talpa"(in Dutch).NOS.10 April 2017.Retrieved10 April2017.
  7. ^"Zenders".SBS Broadcasting.Retrieved1 December2012.
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