NPO Humor TV

NPO Humor TV
Launched 15 November 2006
Closed 1 July 2016
Network VARA
Owned by NPO
Picture format 576i 16:9 (SDTV)
Country Netherlands
Formerly called Humor TV (2006-2009)
Humor TV 24 (2009-2014)
Sister channel(s) NPO 1
NPO 2
NPO 3
NPO 101
NPO Best
NPO Cultura
NPO Doc
NPO Nieuws
NPO Politiek
NPO Sport
NPO Zapp Xtra
Website humortv.vara.nl

NPO Humor TV was a digital theme channel of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting dedicated to comedy, cabaret and satire. The channel started as Humor TV on 15 November 2006. On 10 March 2014, Humor TV 24 changed its name into NPO Humor TV.[1] By cuts in public broadcasting NPO Humor TV would stop broadcasting on 1 July 2016.[2]

Arise

Humor TV 24 logo used from 2009 until 2014.

Humor TV was founded on 15 November 2006. It began as an Internet channel of the former Nederland 4. It then was a channel owned by the VARA. After several years, they also started broadcasting via digital TV, where they also went broadcasting twenty-four hours a day, with which the name is changed in Humor TV 24. From that time there were also other broadcasters with more foreign and were there, most bought English from the BBC series. On 10 March 2014, the channel name changed to the current.[3]

Platforms

NPO Humor TV consists of different platforms:

Broadcasts

The programming consists largely of reruns of satirical and cabaret programmes of VARA, BNN VPRO and NTR, but also entire cabaret programmes of comedians and they also airs recordings of cabaret festivals and movies of cabaret novice writers.

Programming schedule

The schedule looks like this:

Time Programming
00:00 to 03:00 Loop block previous day
03:00 to 09:00 Night and morning programming
09:00 to 12:00 Loop block previous day
12:00 to 18:00 Loop block previous day
18:00 to 24:00 New programming block

However, this creates a lot of repetition, especially in the night programming, which consists of a number of programmes from the previous days. The programming does not consist of regular programme at a regular time, but are randomized.

References

  1. Jarco Kriek (12 February 2014). "NPO vernieuwt digitale themakanalen". TotaalTV.nl. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. Jan-Hein Visser (23 November 2015). "Definitief einde NPO Doc over half jaar". TotaalTV.nl.
  3. Broadcastmagazine.nl - NPO themakanalen krijgen nieuwe naam
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