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The NPO’s current concession now expires in 2026. That term is normally extended by five years as standard, but the shortened term gives a new cabinet the opportunity to change the broadcasting system more quickly.
Stricter conditions
A new cabinet must get to work on the future of public broadcasting. There is a critical report from an advisory board (the Van Geel board). This recommended, among other things, that broadcasters must meet stricter conditions and that the number of broadcasters must be reduced to a maximum of six.
The parties negotiating a new cabinet, PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB, are all very critical of the current broadcasting system. All four believe that serious action is needed at the NPO. The PVV writes in its election manifesto that it wants to abolish the NPO. The VVD stands for cutbacks and if it were up to NSC, a television network would disappear.
Downer for Hilversum
“This is a first downer for Hilversum,” says political reporter Fons Lambie. “But the responsible State Secretary can do little else: there is no political support to extend the concession for five years in the new House of Representatives. Negotiations are now underway about a right-wing coalition. What exactly the negotiating parties decide is still uncertain, but that There is an intervention in public broadcasting, that is clear.”
