Company type | Public broadcaster |
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Founded | 1988 |
Founder | Flip Feij (retired) |
Headquarters | Zeeland, Netherlands |
Key people | Monique Schoonen Edwin de Kort Edwin Laar (retired) |
Number of employees | 95 (in January 2020)[1] |
Website | omroepzeeland.nl |
Availability | |
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Streaming media | |
Zeeland Livestream | Watch Live Listen Live |
Ziggo Go | ZiggoGO.tv |
Listen Live |
Omroep Zeeland is a public broadcaster located in Zeeland, Netherlands. Founded in 1988, the media organization is active in television, radio, and internet.[2] The audience is on average slightly older than that of the other Dutch regional broadcasters.[3]
Omroep Zeeland was founded in 1988 after being in the pipeline since 1965. It launched its radio broadcasts on 1 January 1990.[4] Its building, located in Oost-Souburg, served until 1996 as municipality seat of Oost- en West-Souburg.[5][6] Omroep Zeeland launched its television broadcasts on 1 October 1997.[7][8] In 2000, after it filmed riots by football supporters of the Dutch national team in Middelburg, Omroep Zeeland surrendered its film material under severe pressure to the Dutch police.[9][10]
In 2007, Flip Feij retired as founding director and chief editor and was replaced by Monique Schoonen and Edwin Laar in his respective positions.[11] A plan to move to Vlissing's historic Timmerfabriek was dropped in 2012.[12][13] In March 2012, the website of Omroep Zeeland was contaminated with a Trojan malware for about an hour and blocked by Google for about 12 hours.[14][15] The virus was reported to be a variant of Zeus malware[16] 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.[17] In 2013, it partnered with the Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, especially in the domain of internet reporting.[18]
Budget cuts in the 2010s largely affected the organization.[3][19][2] Since 2016, Omroep Zeeland TV can be received in HD resolution via cable networks.[20] In 2017, the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij was upset over Omroep Zeeland's annual report that contained, according to SGP, profanity in Zeelandic in its title.[21] Also in 2017, Omroep Zeeland's TV channel was again found to be more popular than its radio channel.[22] Exposure rate for the radio was 14%,[23] just 1 point percent down since 2012. In 2019, Omroep Zeeland's satellite broadcast was ceased due to high costs.[24] In the late 2010s, a drunken editor was fired after groping two female colleagues at an employee party.[25]