The Dutch public broadcasting system is a group of organizations that are responsible for public service television and radio broadcasting in the Netherlands. It is composed of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) foundation, which acts as its governing body, and a number of public broadcasters. The Dutch Media Act 2008 regulates how air time is divided and puts the administration of the public broadcasting system in the hands of the NPO Board of Directors.
Simon de Wit, known professionally as Blanks, is a Dutch musician and YouTuber. Beginning his music career as a YouTuber, he created his channel 'Music by Blanks' in 2013. His remakes of Bazzi's "Mine" and Post Malone's "Better Now" went viral in 2018 and became his breakthrough.
Patty Brard is a Dutch entertainer and entrepreneur of Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) descent. She is a TV personality and a singer notable as a former member of the girl group Luv'. For four decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press.
Star Channel is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel operated by Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV in which The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) BV has 51% ownership. The channel launched as Fox on 19 August 2013. Fox was already in the Netherlands between 1998 and 2001 that was rebranded by Veronica. The channel has a line-up consisting of television series, sporting events and films.
The First Years is a Dutch mockumentary series, sometimes described as a "scripted reality" series, about students at a junior high school. The first episode aired on May 26, 2014 by NPO Zapp.
Maan de Steenwinkel, also known as simply Maan, is a Dutch singer and actress. De Steenwinkel first came to prominence after winning season six of The Voice of Holland. She has subsequently taken part in the Dutch television series De beste zangers van Nederland and in the Dutch version of Dance Dance Dance.
Sorry voor alles is a Belgian Dutch-language hidden camera game show.
Skam is a Norwegian teen drama streaming television series about the daily life of teenagers at the Hartvig Nissen School, a gymnasium in the wealthy borough of Frogner in West End Oslo and Norway's oldest high school for girls. It was produced by NRK P3, which is part of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.
Julie Annette Rovelstad Andem is a Norwegian screenwriter, director, and television producer. Andem is most famous for being the creator, screenwriter, director, and showrunner for the internationally acclaimed Norwegian young adult internet/television series Skam, which aired from 2015 to 2017 on Norway's public broadcasting network, NRK.
Famke Jantina Louise Meijer (born 9 December 1998), better known as Famke Louise, is a Dutch YouTuber, model and singer from Amsterdam. She took part in the 19th season of the Dutch television series Expeditie Robinson.
Farid Azarkan is a Moroccan-born Dutch politician serving as Leader of DENK since 26 September 2020. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 23 March 2017. He was the parliamentary leader between 21 March 2020 and 3 August 2023. Azarkan was the lijsttrekker for DENK in the 2021 general election.
Anne+ is a 2018 Dutch drama television series that premiered on BNNVARA and 3LAB on 30 September 2018. Set in Amsterdam, it follows the love life of Anne, a twenty four year-old lesbian. The series is created by Maud Wiemeijer, Valerie Bisscheroux, and Hanna van Vliet, and produced by Millstreet Films.
WtFOCK is a Belgian teen drama web series broadcast by VIER and VIJF that follows the lives of teenagers in Antwerp. Broadcast was then taken over by Belgian streaming services Play More, Streamz, and GoPlay in preceding years. It is an adaptation of the popular Norwegian series SKAM. By the end of the first season, it was reported that around 100,000 people were watching wtFOCK every week. When the show returned with a sixth season, featuring a new cast and original storylines, it was estimated that wtFOCK episodes had been streamed over 3 million times since their release.
Drag Race Holland is a Dutch reality competition streaming television series based on the American RuPaul's Drag Race. The television series was produced by Vincent TV and World of Wonder. The show was broadcast on the Dutch platform Videoland, an online streaming service owned by RTL, and worldwide on WOW Presents Plus.
Emma Heesters is a Dutch singer and television personality, mainly known for performing covers of popular songs on her own YouTube channel. She began her music career in 2014 and as of August 2022 has over 5.77 million subscribers on YouTube.
Forever is a Dutch-language television series that was broadcast by AVROTROS on NPO Zapp. The series is a remake of the Belgian program 4eVeR and is about the lives of four friends Sal, Dex, Bloem and Noa, who come from completely different families.
Het verhaal van Nederland is a Dutch ten-part historical docudrama series broadcast by NTR that aired on NPO 1 from February 2, 2022 to April 13, 2022. Actor Daan Schuurmans has the role of narrator and presenter. The series is based on the Danish docudrama Historien om Danmark (2017) produced by Danmarks Radio and starring actor Lars Mikkelsen as the narrator.
Skam Italia is an Italian teen drama television series based on the Norwegian television series Skam. The series first aired on 23 March 2018 on TIMvision.
Celia Monedero Carrasco is a Spanish actress, best known for her main role as Elvira "Viri" Gómez Garcia in Skam España, the Spanish adaptation of Skam.
Reiky de Valk was a Dutch actor. He is best known for his roles as Kes de Beus in the teen drama series Skam NL, Josh in the adventure series Hunter Street, and Thomas in the drama series Dertigers.
