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.
The Enschede fireworks disaster took place on Saturday 13 May 2000 in the Dutch city of Enschede. A warehouse containing fireworks from the company S.E. Fireworks caught fire and eventually exploded. There were 23 deaths, including four firefighters, about 950 people were injured and 200… Read More
Water is often called the new oil of the future. While the world population is growing, the quantity of drinking water is decreasing. During the World Water Forum in The Hague 5700 participants deliberate over the use and the distribution of drinking water. The event… Read More
he parliamentary inquiry into the Bijlmer disaster is set up in response to the Bijlmer disaster in which an ELAL cargo plane crashed into an apartment building in Amsterdam’s Bijlmermeer district on the 4th of October 1992.This plane crash killed at least 43 people. After… Read More
While ten orange Dutch fans from the east of The Netherlands take their crazy orange bus to see the test match Holland-Germany in the Amsterdam Arena stadium, the Dutch and German police is preparing a test to see if all measures work and equipment is… Read More
For ages the Amsterdam Taxi Service (TCA) had the monopoly of exploiting the cabs in Amsterdam. It was only the TCA that could give out the hyper expensive licences for cab drivers in Amsterdam. After a change in law new taxi companies appear on the… Read More
The ‘Wadden zee’ is one of the largest tide regions in the world and a crossroads of many different migration routes of millions of different birds. But there is also around 20 billion cubic meters of gas under the Wadden sea. The largest untapped gas… Read More
Worldwide holland is known for its advanced systems in educating young fooball talent. Since the well-known ‘Bosman arrest’ the mature Dutch players are leaving the Dutch league for the money and the fame to countries like Spain, England and Italy. The Dutch football clubs are… Read More
Background reportage on Hooliganism in Holland . How is Holland , with its notorius past, preparing for the European Football championships in 2000. The special unit, the mayor and the hooligans themsevles. Will it be war between nations? Activities: research & set up reportage, accompanying… Read More
It took train guard Ted Boeree two years and a lot of operations to recover socially and mentally after being beaten up heavily during work. In a period where violence in society is a big theme in The Netherlands, Boeree started up an internal service… Read More
On the 4th of October 2002 an ELAL Cargo plane crashed on an apartment block complex in the Amsterdam neighbourhood of Bijlmermeer. Apart from mistakes in the handling of the aftermath of the catastrophe, it also came out that the plane was carrying military goods… Read More
After months of research the prarlementarian inquiry commission publishes the report on the 1992 ELAL plane crash in the Amsterdam Bijlmermeer. The press, privat researchers and the head of the commisison gather early in the morning around the piles of fresh reports. The expectations, the… Read More
Background interview with Dutch lawyers of Kurdisch leader Abdullah Öcalan, just arrested in Africa and on transport to Turkey for his trial. ARD Tagesschau news reportage. Activities: research & set up reportage, direction & interview, organise & accompany satellite feed.