VRT Canvas is a Belgian television channel of the

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organisation

Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie ("Flemish Radio and Television broadcasting organisation"), shortened to VRT (), is one of the national public service broadcasters for the Flemish Community of Belgium. Its counterpart in the Fr ...

(VRT). Specialising in both original and adaptations from western Europe and North America, the channel offers: in-depth news and current affairs, non-mainstream entertainment, documentaries, arthouse films, other cultural programming, and most recently additional children's programming.

History

The channel was founded on 1 December 1997 as the successor to the second channel

BRTN TV2 The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie ("Flemish Radio and Television broadcasting organisation"), shortened to VRT (), is one of the national public service broadcasters for the Flemish Community of Belgium. Its counterpart in the Fr ...

and timeshared with the children's channel

Ketnet Ketnet is a Flemish public children's television channel in Belgium owned and operated by the Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie, VRT, Flemish public broadcaster. It broadcasts a mix of locally produced and imported productions on the VR ...

between 7am and 8pm until 30 April 2012. Ketnet moved to its own channel, initially timesharing with OP12, which allowed Canvas to became a standalone channel. During the weekend there are regular sports broadcasts aired under the brand name ''

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''. The current network director of VRT 2, the umbrella name for the two channels, is Bart De Poot. Prior to the launch of VRT's third channel OP12, VRT Canvas broadcast from 8pm until around midnight to 1am each evening. Since 27 October 2018, Ketnet Junior airs on Canvas every afternoon between 2 and 7 pm (Sunday until 6 pm), along with morning broadcasts on Ketnet. After the rebranding of

VRT 1 VRT 1 is a public Dutch-language TV station in Belgium, owned by the VRT, which also owns Ketnet, VRT Canvas and several radio stations. Although the channel is commercial-free, short sponsorship messages are broadcast in between some programm ...

, Canvas rebranded as VRT Canvas on 4 September 2023.

Programming

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Terzake Terzake is a daily Flanders, Flemish current affairs (news format), current affairs-program of the public broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep, VRT and a part of the VRT News service. It is broadcast on the TV channel VRT CANVAS, VRT Can ...

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International

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Logos and identities

File:VRT Canvas logo (1997-2008).svg, Used from 1997 to 2008 File:VRT Canvas logo (2008-2015).svg, Used from 2008 to 2015 File:Canvas logo.svg, Used from 2015 to 2020 File:VRT Canvas 2020.svg, Used from 2020 to 2023

External links

* 1997 establishments in Belgium Television channels in Belgium Television channels in Flanders Television channels and stations established in 1997 {{belgium-tv-stub

History

Programming

Belgian

International

Logos and identities

See also

External links