Dutch media services
ARD is a joint organisation of Germany’s regional public-service broadcasters. It was founded in 1950 in West Germany to represent the common interests of the new, decentralised, post-war broadcasting services – in particular the introduction of a joint television network.
ARD maintains and operates a national television network, called Das Erste (“The First”) to differentiate it from ZDF, a.k.a. “das Zweite” (“The Second”), which started in 1963, as a separate public TV-broadcaster. The ARD network began broadcasting on 31 October 1954 under the name of Deutsches Fernsehen (“German Television”), becoming Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (“First German Television”) with a corporate redesign in 1984; it adopted its current short name (Das Erste) in 1994. ARD’s programmes are aired over its own terrestrial broadcast network, as well as via cable, satellite and IPTV.
A fire is reported at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol at about quarter to six on Sunday afternoon in the Plaza shopping centre. The fire reportedly started at fast food restaurant Burger King. According to the fire brigade, an explosion may have occurred. Flames beat out of… Read More
In January 2001, the Serbian authorities placed Slobodan Milošević under round-the-clock police surveillance in Belgrade, and began investigating allegations that he had misused state funds and abused his office. When it comes out that Milošević is put in a Serbian prison and that he is… Read More
After England and France, the Netherlands is the third European country that is struck by the devastating foot & mouth disease. The Netherlands is a small country, but is the world’s second largest exporter of agricultural products, with hyper-intensive livestock farming. Pig density is spectacular:… Read More
Immediately after the May 13, 2000 fireworks disaster in Enschede, the municipality of Enschede, the province of Overijssel and the Dutch state jointly decided to conduct an independent investigation. On May 26, the Fireworks Disaster Investigation Committee was installed. How could the disaster happen, who… Read More
Philips plunged deep into the red. The electronics group posted a loss of 2.6 billion euros, the largest loss in the company’s history. Philips announced that the sales fell 15 percent to 32.3 billion euros. The news program Tagesschau from the German public broadcaster ARD… Read More
In 1975 and 1977 Dutch Moluccans hijacked trains and a school many people were taken hostage. At the time the hijackers were fighting for their own state. The hijackings ended with shelling by the a special assistance unit, followed by a violent assault by the… Read More
After 58 dead bodies of Chinese immigrants were found in a lorry in the port town of Dover, United Kingdom on 18 June 2000, reporter Michael Heussen travels to the Netherlands to film for a reportage about the smuggling of Chinese people to England for… Read More
After the son of the Peerbooms family had an accident with his motor bike he ends up in a hospital. Sadly enough he stays in a coma and after a while the responsible doctor suggests that it is maybe better to carry out euthanasia. The… Read More
A few months after the disastrous explosions at the firework factory in Enschede, the local football club FC Twente organises a benefit match against the German football club Werder Bremen for the victims and the surviving relatives. The right moment for Europe correspondent Ingeborg Haffert… Read More
During the European Football championships 2000 the Netherlands and their football fans turn completely orange. The Dutch national colour. The program Europamagazin from the German public broadcaster ARD produce a reportage about the orange mania. The owner of an orange café and his orange customers… Read More
After 58 Chinese are found dead in a horror truck in Dover, England, it came out that the Chinese were smuggled via The Netherlands. The program Tagesthemen from the German public broadcaster ARD reports about the disaster and need the latest information from the Netherlands…. Read More
In the nursing home for people suffering from dementia Hogeweyk in the Dutch town Weesp, the inhabitants stay as independent as possible. They are treated as individuals that should have fun in the last phase of their life. Nothing in Hogeweyk is like life in… Read More