One day before the English conductor Simon Rattle celebrates his 60th birthday on the 19th of January, Swiss TV broadcasts the Rachmaninov and Strawinksky concert Rattle conducted at the Lucerne Festival in the summer of 2014. Additional to the concert the Swiss public TV program… Read More

One month after the MH17 plane crash the Japanese public broadcaster NHK broadcasts two special programs about the tragic disaster. NHK correspondent Koji Gondaira visits the Netherlands to find out how the identification of the victims is doing and if there is already something to… Read More

For an interview in Amsterdam the Berlin based production company Mmpro Film und Medienproduktion needs a camera crew working with a Canon 5D DSLR camera at short notice.

Before, during and after the European elections in the Netherlands the news program from the Austrian broadcaster ORF produce TV- and radio reportages about the debates, the voting itself, the elections night of the PVV, the first exit poll and the way the Dutch receive… Read More

ANNE is a Dutch theatre performance based on the life of Anne Frank. It covers the two years spent by Anne and her family in the secret annex as well as the events of the times before and after their time in hiding. ANNE is… Read More

An increasing number of paedophiles are making use of the so called ‘darknet’, a part of internet that is hidden. It is the opposite of the everyday internet called clearnet. Through special software that makes use of a large amount of different IP-addresses, it is… Read More

The international jury of the 57th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected an image by American photographer John Stanmeyer of the VII Photo Agency as the World Press Photo of the Year 2013. The picture shows African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city… Read More

Christmas is boom-time for manufacturers and retailers as consumers engage in an annual shopping frenzy that sends profits soaring and can give a much-needed boost to ailing economies. But it’s not just the makers and sellers of the perfumes, handbags and watches we buy who… Read More

After years of negotiation a new European rule to ban discarding unwanted fish overboard was agreed upon in May this year. Dutch fisherman and fish dealer Jan Geertsema wants to change the system by promoting fishing in a much more durable way, decreasing the number… Read More

The ZDF program Mona Lisa wants to show the preparations for the Dutch coronation. Activities on Dam Square in Amsterdam, shops full of orange t-shits, hats and sun glasses. A German-Dutch family living in Amsterdam explain what the monarchy and the upcoming coronation and Queens… Read More

Suddenly it turns out that the kings’ song that is written and performed by various Dutch artists get loads of critics. Tens of thousands of people in the Netherlands have objected to an official King’s Song marking the 30 April investiture of Willem-Alexander. The writer… Read More

The German public broadcaster ARD wants actual video footage of the Dutch Queen Beatrix. One of the last official activities of the queen, before her abdication, is visiting the European School in Bergen to celebrate the 50 years anniversary of the international school. A very… Read More