Media Park () is a large

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in the

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city of

Hilversum Hilversum () is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is the largest urban centre in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller towns. Hilvers ...

. This site is home to a number of Dutch broadcasters and media companies, and is the headquarters of the national public broadcasting system NPO.

Notable events

On 6 May 2002, right-wing politician

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was

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in a car park outside a studio after a radio interview with

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at 3FM. On 29 January 2015, a 19-year-old man invaded the NOS building, carrying a fake pistol and taking a hostage; he claimed to be part of a hackers' collective, and demanded ten minutes of airtime on the 8pm edition of

NOS Journaal NOS Journaal is the umbrella name for the news broadcasts of the Dutch public broadcaster NOS on radio and television. The division of the NOS responsible for gathering and broadcasting the news is known as ''NOS Nieuws'', and is based at the Med ...

; however, he was swiftly overpowered by police and arrested. As a result of this, the building was evacuated, and no 8pm news was broadcast that night.

Broadcasting companies

The broadcasting associations MAX,

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and

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, which broadcast on public television channels such as

NPO 1 NPO 1 (''NPO een'', formerly Nederland 1 until 2014) is the first national television station in the Netherlands. It launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels NPO 2 and NPO 3. Severa ...

and also on public radio stations, are located on the Media Park site. The news and sports broadcaster NOS is also located on the site but it is not technically a broadcasting association. Other broadcasting associations are located elsewhere in Hilversum:

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for example was located south of Media Park on the Lage Naarderweg. Non-public broadcasters such as RTL and the production companies

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and NEP The Netherlands also have studios and offices located on the Media Park site. The

Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Dutch: Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid, or short, Beeld en Geluid) is the cultural archive and a museum located in Hilversum. The Institute for Sound and Vision collects, looks after, and ...

is also situated on the site.

Transport

Media Park is served by public transport and by the Dutch road network. The southern corner of the site is close to the Hilversum ring road, and the regional

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runs along the east side of the site, connecting it with the nearby towns of

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and

Bussum Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the province of North Holland in the Netherlands near Hilversum. Since 2016, Bussum has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Meren. Bussum had a ...

, and southeast

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via the N236.

Hilversum Media Park railway station Hilversum Media Park (), previously called Hilversum NOS (1974–1989) and Hilversum Noord (1989–2013), is a railway station in the city of Hilversum, Netherlands. Opened on 25 September 1974,Hilversum Hilversum () is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Located in the heart of the Gooi, it is the largest urban centre in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller towns. Hilvers ...

, Amsterdam and

Schiphol Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , known informally as Schiphol Airport ( nl, Luchthaven Schiphol, ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands. It is located southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province ...

. A

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was constructed across the N524 (''Mies Bouwmanboulevard'') in 2011, directly linking the station and buildings on the Media Park. Local and regional buses run through the Media Park site and

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s are situated outside important offices such as those of the NOS.

References

External links

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