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The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep, or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders (northern part of Belgium).
Between 1960 until 1991, VRT was called BRT (Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep). It is the successor of NIR, which was responsible for radio and television broadcasts from 1930 (and until 1953 for TV) until 1960. Politicians thought the naming was no longer appropriate. BRT was only broadcasting Dutch programs whereas RTBF, the public broadcaster of Wallonia, was only broadcasting French programs. That is why in 1991 the name BRTN (Belgische Radio- en Televisieomroep Nederlandstalige Uitzendingen) was introduced. When the statute of BRTN changed in 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting they also changed the name into VRT. This reorganisation changed the public broadcaster, since the TV monopoly and the creation of VTMVTM or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij is the main commercial television station in Flanders, in the north of Belgium. It went live in 1989 and quickly became the market leader. It can only be received on cable in Flanders. VMMa or Vlaamse Media Maatschapp, into a dynamic and powerful service that is currently ( 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co) the market leader. Part of the success is the use of external production houses such as Woestijnvis that created succesful formats like The MoleOf the reality television game shows produced following the success of Survivor The Mole is generally thought to be one of the most complex and intelligent. Mensa hailed it as "the smartest show on television". The show was originally created by Woestijnv (De Mol).
VRT is member of the European Broadcasting UnionThe European Broadcasting Union EBU , known in French as L Union Europeenne de Radio-Television UER , and unrelated to the European Union, was formed February 12, 1950 by 23 broadcasting organizations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in t.
Television channels are broadcasted over terrestrialTerrestrial literally means 'of the earth' and is used in a variety of contexts: In biology and in the general sense, terrestrial means indicates ground-dwelling (compare aquatic). In broadcasting terrestrial indicates that TV or radio signals are receive antennas using UHF and VHF, digitally over DVB-T and on all Belgian cable tv operators (analog only). Tests using digital broadcasts over ADSL lines are currently underway (in cooperation with Belgacom).