Dutch public broadcasting system

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The Dutch public broadcasting system (Dutch: Nederlands publiek omroepbestel) is a collection of organisations responsible for public service television and radio broadcasting in the Netherlands. It consists of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) foundation, which serves as its governing body, and a number of public broadcasting organisations. The Media Act 2008 regulates the division of airtime and assigns the NPO's board of directors responsibility for administering the public broadcasting system. In addition to national broadcasters, the Netherlands also has regional and local public broadcasters. Unlike most other countries – where public broadcasting organisations are structured as national corporations (such as the BBC in the United Kingdom), federations of regional bodies (such as ARD in Germany and SRG SSR in Switzerland), or competing government-funded networks with their own channels and facilities (such as ABC and SBS in Australia) – the Dutch system is built around member...

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