SBS6
Country | Netherlands |
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Broadcast area | Netherlands |
Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080p60 HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Talpa Network |
Parent | Talpa TV |
Sister channels | Net5 Veronica Viaplay TV |
History | |
Launched | 28 August 1995; 28 years ago (1995-08-28) |
Links | |
Website | www.sbs6.nl |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digitenne | Channel 6 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
KPN iTV Online | Watch live (Europe only) |
SBS6 is a Dutch free-to-cable commercial TV channel and is a part of Talpa TV, formerly known as SBS Broadcasting B.V. and now owned by Talpa Network. Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are Net5, Veronica, and Viaplay TV.
History
SBS stands for Scandinavian Broadcasting System. When the SBS Broadcasting Group started expanding outside of Scandinavia in 1995, one of the first countries where they set up a channel was the Netherlands with SBS6. SBS6 was the third Dutch commercial TV station after RTL 4 and RTL 5, which were launched in 1989 and 1993 respectively. SBS6 launched on 28 August 1995.[1]
When SBS6 was launched, they were in a tough competition with the channel Veronica, which started as a commercial station at the same time. Both SBS6 and Veronica wanted to be on channel 6 of the viewer's television.
The SBS Broadcasting Group expanded their Dutch channel lineup with Net5 on 1 March 1999.[2] In 2003, Veronica was added to the lineup.[3]
The German ProSiebenSat.1 Media took over the parent company, SBS Broadcasting Group, on 27 June 2007.[4] In 2011, all of SBS's activities in the Netherlands (through SBS Broadcasting B.V.), including the three TV stations (SBS6, Net5, and Veronica), the two TV guides (Veronica Magazine and Totaal TV), production, design, and teletext activities were sold to a joint venture between Sanoma Media Netherlands (67%) and Talpa Holding (33%).[5]
On 10 April 2017, Talpa Holding acquired a 67% stake from Sanoma Media Netherlands.[6]
Programming
Imported
- According to Jim
- Band of Brothers
- Castle
- Close to Home
- Columbo
- Coronation Street
- Days of Our Lives
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Elementary
- Escape to the Country
- Flashpoint
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Friends
- Heartbeat
- House
- Little House on the Prairie
- Martin
- Medical Emergency
- The Mentalist
- Monk
- Murder, She Wrote
- My Wife and Kids
- NCIS
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- Rome
- The Sing-Off
- Space: Above and Beyond
- Under the Dome
- Who's the Boss?
Local
- BankGiro Loterij The Wall
- Battle of the Bands
- Bouw Je Droom
- Celblok H (an adaptation of the Australian drama Wentworth)
- De Bondgenoten
- Domino Day
- Hart van Nederland
- Lang Leve de Liefde
- My Tribute to Elvis
- Postcodeloterij Miljoenenjacht
- Reportage
- Shownieuws
- Trauma Centrum
- Vandaag Inside
Sports
- BDO World Darts Championship
- Marathon Speedskating
- PDC World Darts Championship – Summaries only (live on the website)
- Red Bull Air Race
- UEFA Champions League, since the 2015/16 season
- FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA European Championship qualifying matches of the Netherlands national football team (all home and friendly matches)
References
- ^ Westerhof, Jan (26 June 1995). "SBS 6 wil sensatie èn dicht-bij-huis 'Je moet dicht bij jezelf en de kijker blijven'". de Volkskrant. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ Lange, Yasha (26 January 1999). "Publieke omroep niet bang voor commercieel Net 5". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ^ "VOO in jaartallen". Beeldengeluidwiki.nl. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Donald Koeleman (27 June 2007). "ProSiebenSat.1 acquires SBS". Broadband TV News.
- ^ Peter van der Ploeg (20 April 2011). "Sanoma en Talpa nemen SBS over". NRC Handelsblad.
- ^ "Het is nu officieel: Sanoma verkoopt SBS aan Talpa" (in Dutch). NOS. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
External links
- Official website
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(RTL Nederland)
- RTL 4
- RTL 5
- RTL 7
- RTL 8
- RTL Z
- RTL Crime
- RTL Lounge
- RTL Telekids
Talpa TV |
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Other |
- Animal Planet
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoonito
- CNN International
- Discovery Channel
- Discovery Science
- Eurosport 1
- Eurosport 2
- HGTV
- Investigation Discovery
- TLC
Disney Benelux |
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Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV[gl 3] |
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(NBCU IN)
- Nashville TV
- SchlagerTV
- TV Oranje
(Canal+ Group)
- AT5
- L1 TV
- NH
- Omroep Brabant TV
- Omroep Flevoland TV
- Omroep Zeeland TV
- Omrop Fryslân TV
- RTV Drenthe
- RTV Noord
- RTV Oost
- RTV Rijnmond
- RTV Utrecht
- TV Gelderland
- TV West
- 100% NL TV
- 192TV
- Curiosity Channel
- DanceTelevision
- Duck TV
- Family 7
- FashionTV
- Horse & Country TV
- Love Nature
- Njam!
- ONS
- OutTV
- Pebble TV
- RTV-7
- Slam!TV
- Tommy TV
- Xite
channels
VRT | |
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BBC | |
ARD/ZDF | |
Other |
- 13th Street
- Action Now!
- Adventure One
- AMC
- BBC Entertainment
- BBC Prime
- BBC World News
- Boomerang
- The Box
- The Box Comedy
- Canal+
- CBS Reality
- CineNova
- CMT Europe
- Comedy Central Extra
- Comedy Central Family
- Consumenten 24
- Discovery Travel & Living
- Discovery World
- Disney Junior
- ESPN America
- ESPN Classic
- Euro 7
- Family 24
- Film1 Festival
- Film1 Sundance
- Filmnet
- Fine Living
- Food Network
- Fox
- Fox 8
- Fox Kids
- Fox Life
- Fox Sports Eredivisie
- Fox Sports International
- Geschiedenis 24
- Het Gesprek
- GoedTV
- Hallmark Channel
- HBO 1/2/3
- Jetix
- JimJam
- Kindernet
- MGM Channel
- MisdaadNet
- Motorsport.tv
- MTV Brand New
- MTV Music 24
- NBC Super Channel
- NPO 3 Extra
- NPO Doc
- NPO Humor TV
- NPO Nieuws
- NPO Sport
- NPO Zappelin Extra
- Revolt
- Spike
- Spirit 24
- Sport 7
- Sportnet
- Sterren 24
- Stingray Brava
- SuperSport/Sport1
- Syfy
- Turner Classic Movies
- TMF
- TMF Dance
- TMF NL
- TMF Pure
- TNT
- Talpa/Tien
- Travel Channel
- TV10 (proposed, but never launched)
- TV10 Gold
- V8
- VH1
- VH1 Classic
- VICEtv
- Vesta TV
- Weer en Verkeer
- Ziggo Sport Extra
- Zone Club
- Zone Horror
- ^ International feed of the NPO networks; originally joint venture with VRT
- ^ TV version of Radio 538
- ^ a joint venture of The Walt Disney Company, Eredivisie CV, Endemol and KNVB
- ^ a joint venture of AMC and Shorts International
- ^ Alpac Capital (88%) and European public broadcasters (12%)