Omroep Zeeland is a public broadcaster located in Zeeland, Netherlands. Founded in 1988, the media organization is active in television, radio, and internet. The audience is on average slightly older than that of the other Dutch regional broadcasters.

History

Omroep Zeeland was founded in 1988 after being in the pipeline since 1965. It launched its radio broadcasts on 1 January 1990. Its building, located in

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, served until 1996 as municipality seat of Oost- en West-Souburg. Omroep Zeeland launched its television broadcasts on 1 October 1997. In 2000, after it filmed riots by football supporters of the Dutch national team in

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, Omroep Zeeland surrendered its film material under severe pressure to the Dutch police. In 2007, Flip Feij retired as founding director and chief editor and was replaced by Monique Schoonen and Edwin Laar in his respective positions. A plan to move to Vlissing's historic Timmerfabriek was dropped in 2012. In March 2012, the website of Omroep Zeeland was contaminated with a Trojan malware for about an hour and blocked by

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for about 12 hours. The virus was reported to be a variant of Zeus malware that may have entered through an advertiser. Over 2012, the average daily reach was 25% for its television broadcasts and 15% for its radio station. In 2013, it partnered with the

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, especially in the domain of internet reporting. Budget cuts in the 2010s largely affected the organization. Since 2016, Omroep Zeeland TV can be received in HD resolution via cable networks. In 2017, the

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was upset over Omroep Zeeland's annual report that contained, according to SGP, profanity in

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in its title. Also in 2017, Omroep Zeeland's TV channel was again found to be more popular than its radio channel. Exposure rate for the radio was 14%, just 1 point percent down since 2012. In 2019, Omroep Zeeland's satellite broadcast was ceased due to high costs. In the late 2010s, a drunken editor was fired after

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two female colleagues at an employee party.

Notable personalities

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, former TV news host

References

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