News & Media

Public Broadcasting (NPO - Nederlandse Publieke Omroep):

• NOS (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting) - news and sports

• AVROTROS - general programming

• BNNVARA - youth-oriented and social issues

• KRO-NCRV - Catholic and Christian programming

• VPRO - arts, culture, and documentaries

• EO (Evangelische Omroep) - evangelical Christian

• MAX - programming for older audiences

• HUMAN - human interest stories

• WNL (Wakker Nederland) - news and current affairs

The public broadcasters share airtime on NPO’s channels (NPO 1, NPO 2, NPO 3) based on their membership numbers and programming schedules.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Watch  online:

• https://npo.nl/start/download 

• https://www.kijk.nl/

• https://www.tvgids.nl/

• RTL Nederland (RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8)

• SBS Broadcasting (SBS6, Net5, Veronica)

• Talpa Network (owned by John de Mol)

Watch  online:

• https://npo.nl/start/download 

• https://www.kijk.nl/

• https://www.tvgids.nl/

Each provincial broadcaster also produces daily regional news programs for their area.

• Omrop Fryslân - Friesland

• RTV Noord - Groningen

• RTV Drenthe - Drenthe

• RTV Oost - Overijssel

• Omroep Gelderland - Gelderland

• Omroep Flevoland - Flevoland

• NH Media (NH Nieuws) - Noord-Holland

• RTV Utrecht - Utrecht

• Omroep West - Zuid-Holland (western part)

• Rijnmond - Zuid-Holland (Rotterdam area)

• Omroep Zeeland - Zeeland

• Omroep Brabant - Noord-Brabant

• L1 - Limburg

The NOS is generally considered the most authoritative and widely watched news source in the Netherlands.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• De Telegraaf - largest circulation, tabloid-style

• Algemeen Dagblad (AD) - popular national daily

• NRC Handelsblad (NRC) - quality newspaper, business-oriented

• de Volkskrant - quality left-leaning daily

• Trouw - quality newspaper with Christian-social roots

• Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) - financial and business news

• Metro - free commuter newspaper

• Reformatorisch Dagblad - orthodox Protestant newspaper

• Nederlands Dagblad - Christian newspaper

• NU.nl - most visited Dutch news website

• NOS.nl - public broadcaster's news site

• RTLNieuws.nl - RTL's news site

• Telegraaf.nl - online version of De Telegraaf

• GeenStijl - controversial opinion/news blog

• The Post Online - investigative journalism

Television News:

• NOS Journaal - the primary national news service on public television (NPO)

• RTL Nieuws - news service for RTL’s commercial channels

• Hart van Nederland - news program on SBS6

• Editie NL - news magazine on RTL 4

• WNL - produces news and current affairs for NPO

News Channels:

• NPO Nieuws - 24-hour news channel (public)

• RTL Z - business and financial news channel

Watch  online:

• https://npo.nl/start/download 

• https://www.kijk.nl/

• https://www.tvgids.nl/
  
  

• NOS Radio - news radio service

• BNR Nieuwsradio - 24-hour commercial news radio station

• RTL Z - business and financial news channel

• Financieel Dagblad (FD) - business and financial news