BVN
| BVN | |
|---|---|
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| Launched | 1 June 1996 |
| Owned by | NPO & VRT |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
| Country |
Belgium Netherlands |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Formerly called | Zomer TV |
| Website | www.bvn.tv |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Astra 19.2°E Europe (FTA) | 11.186 GHz Vertical SR: 22000 FEC: 5/6 SID: 4320 Video PID: 525 Audio PID: 122 Stereo |
| Hot Bird 13 Europe, Middle East & North Africa (FTA) | 10.815 GHz Horizontal SR: 27500 FEC: 5/6 SID: 17311 Video PID: 2011 Audio PID: 3011 Stereo |
| Eutelsat 113 West A 113°W South America (FTA) | 12.089 GHz Horizontal SR: 11719 FEC: 3/4 SID: 27 Video PID: 322 Audio PID: 323 Stereo |
| Optus D2 152°E Australia & New Zealand (FTA) | 12.519 GHz Vertical SR: 22500 FEC: 3/4 SID: 508 Video PID: 5081 Audio PID: 5082 Stereo |
| Astra 5°E Africa (FTA) | 12.034 GHz Horizontal SR: 27500 FEC: 3/4 SID: 8060 Video PID: 525 Audio PID: 122 Stereo |
| Thaicom 5 78.5°E Asia & Central Africa (FTA) | 3.640 GHz Horizontal SR: 28066 FEC: 3/4 SID: 6 Video PID: 5158 Audio PID: 5159 Stereo |
| DStv South Africa | Channel 431 |
| Cable | |
| Cablecom Switzerland | Channel 446 (digital CH-D) |
| naxoo Switzerland | Channel 314 |
| NOS Portugal | Channel 231 |
| Streaming media | |
| BVN.tv | "BVNLIVE" |
BVN (Het beste van Vlaanderen en Nederland, "The best of Flanders and the Netherlands"), is a satellite and cable television channel providing Dutch and Flemish public-service television to viewers around the world.
It is a joint venture by the public broadcasting company of the Netherlands, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO); and that of the Flemish part of Belgium, the Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT).
BVN has grown to become a major international channel with worldwide coverage.
The channel started in 1996 as Zomer-TV (Summer-TV), an operation aimed at making Dutch-language programming available to Dutch and Flemish holidaymakers abroad.
All of its programming originally came from the Netherlands (the abbreviation BVN at first standing for het Beste Van Nederland, "the best of the Netherlands") but this was later adapted, once the Flemish Region of Belgium began contributing both financially and with output from the schedules of VRT, to het Beste van Vlaanderen en Nederland: "the best of Flanders and the Netherlands".
Radio Nederland Wereldomroep (RNW) was involved as a founding partner, but left in 2012.
In March 2007 BVN changed its scheduling from three 8-hour programming blocks to two 12-hour blocks: this provided more room for the inclusion in the schedules of such popular shows as De Wereld Draait Door.
There are three main access methods:
All programmes are replayed during the second 12-hour block, running from 0100 to 1300 CET daily.
BVN broadcasts daily news bulletins from VRT and NOS. The 1pm and 7pm editions of VRT's Het Journaal are transmitted on a short time delay at 1300 and 1905 CET from Sunday to Friday. The 1900 bulletin is broadcast from 1915 on Saturdays. The main 2000 bulletin from NOS Journaal is broadcast at 2030 CET and features a specially produced international weather forecast (BVN-Weer). A short bulletin is also carried at 1600 CET on weekdays and at 1605 on weekends.
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