The VPRO (stylized vpro; originally an acronym for , ) is a Dutch
public broadcaster
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, which forms a part of the
Dutch public broadcasting system
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. Founded in 1926 as a
liberal Protestant
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broadcasting organization, it gradually became more
social liberal
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than Protestant in the 1950s and 1960s, and the original meaning of the acronym was eventually dropped.
In 1967, VPRO was the first broadcaster in the Netherlands to show a nude woman –
Phil Bloom
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– on national television. The VPRO is known for sometimes producing
avant-garde
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programs,
documentaries
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and
films
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. The target audience of the VPRO consists mainly of highly educated and creative people (e.g. artists, designers, scientists).
Like all Dutch public broadcasters, VPRO does not have its own television channel. VPRO often collaborates with foreign broadcasting organizations, such as
WDR, the
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'' – the program sees correspondents from around the world reporting on life and culture in other countries. In 2010, the program was honored with a
.
, which has become a cult classic. It is credited with popularising hiphop in the Netherlands and was made available on DVD in 2012.
* ''
'', a 1993 documentary featuring several prominent scientists and philosophers, hosted by Wim Kayzer.
, was recorded and broadcast on VPRO. This broadcast was heavily
in the following years but finally saw an official release in the 2016 box set ''