Nieuwsuur (''News Hour'') is a Dutch current affairs television program produced for the NPO by the government broadcasters NOS and NTR. It is broadcast daily between 9.30 pm and 10 pm (9.30-10 pm at weekends) on

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. The programme pays particular attention to Dutch and European politics, as well as other international events; in addition, there is a sports news bulletin in each broadcast.

History

As early as 2008 there were plans for a new news programme, combining

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, the

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and ''Den Haag Vandaag'' (The Hague Today). The plan for this programme was rejected by the NPO board of directors after complaints from other broadcasters, as was the cooperation between the membership-based broadcaster

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and the public broadcasters NPS and NOS. This was because the NPO did not want a member-based broadcaster such as the traditionally left-leaning VARA to be involved in an objective and independent news programme. The

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reported in November 2009 that the NOS wished to cease production of NOVA, as NOS management did not consider the programme to be objective or neutral enough. At the end of January 2010, it was announced that NOVA and current affairs programme Netwerk would end at the start of autumn 2010, and that ''Nieuwsuur'' would replace NOVA from 6 September 2010.

Presenters

Main presenters

News presenters

Sports presenters

References

External links

* {{official, http://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ Dutch television news shows 2010 Dutch television series debuts 2010s Dutch television series NPO 2 original programming