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The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS, Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation) is one of the Dutch broadcasters in the Dutch Public Broadcasting system, Publieke Omroep . The NOS has a stationary obligation to make news and sports programmes for the three Dutch public television channel and the Dutch public radio services.


HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

The NOS was established by a law passed by the Dutch parliament on 28 February 1967 to merge the Netherlands Radio Union (established 1947 ) and the Netherlands Television Foundation (established 1951 ). It was given the requirement to co-ordinate the between the pillar organisations and run the transmitting stations, as well as providing at least 25% of television and 15% of radio output.

Since December 1994 , NOS responsibilities have been more and more confined to the provision of impartial news, sports and live events. A management plan is in place to restructure NOS by 2006 to create a 24-hour newsgathering organisation and to " {Link without Title} from a heavily platform-oriented organisation into one that
achieves a balance between platform and theme orientation" which may possibly mean splitting Publieke Omroep further from NOS.


TELEVISION

The television programmes of the NOS are all news or sports programs. The NOS is responsible for the following programmes:
  • NOS Journaal - One of the most important news programme in the Netherlands. It is broadcasted on all public television stations. The most important bulletin is the eight o'clock news on Nederland 1 .

  • NOS Studio Sport - A sports programme covering the most popular sports, like Soccer (only international matches, the rights for the Dutch Eredivisie were bought in the summer of 2005 by the new commercial television channel Talpa ), Tennis , Ice Skating , Cycling and Fieldhockey . The editorial staff is also responsible for the NOS Sportjournaal , a news programme about sport.

  • NOS Actueel - A special news programme covering expected and unexpected news event, like the September 11 attacks, weddings of the Dutch royal family and the Dutch elections.

  • NOVA/NOS Den Haag Vandaag - A current affairs programme. The NOS is only responsible for 'Den Haag Vandaag' ( The Hague Today), the political coverage in the programme. VARA and NPS , two other Dutch public broadcasters, are responsible for the rest of the programme.



RADIO

On the radio the NOS is responsible for the following programmes:


INTERNET

The NOS is also responsible for the news and sports site of the Dutch public broadcasters. The editorial staff of the internet pages is also responsible for the Teletext pages on Nederland 1 , Nederland 2 and Nederland 3 .


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