NPO Humor TV was a digital theme channel of the

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dedicated to comedy, cabaret and satire. The channel started as Humor TV on 15 November 2006. On 10 March 2014, Humor TV 24 changed its name to NPO Humor TV. By cuts in public broadcasting NPO Humor TV would stop broadcasting on 1 July 2016.

Arise

Humor TV was founded on 15 November 2006. It began as an Internet channel of the former

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. It then was a channel owned by the VARA. After several years, they also started broadcasting via digital TV, where they also went broadcasting twenty-four hours a day, with which the name is changed in Humor TV 24. From that time there were also other broadcasters with more foreign and were there, most bought English from the BBC series. On 10 March 2014, the channel name changed to the current.Broadcastmagazine.nl - NPO themakanalen krijgen nieuwe naam
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Platforms

NPO Humor TV consists of different platforms: *The channel itself; *The temporary block on

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called ''Humor TV presenteert...'' *The website humortv.vara.nl; *The channel's app

Broadcasts

The programming consists largely of reruns of satirical and cabaret programmes of VARA, BNN

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and NTR, but also entire cabaret programmes of comedians. It also airs recordings of cabaret festivals and movies of cabaret novice writers.

Programming schedule

The schedule looks like this: However, this creates a lot of repetition, especially in the night programming, which consists of a number of programmes from the previous days. The programming does not consist of regular programme at a regular time, but are randomized.

References

External links

Official Website ''NPO Humor TV''
{{NPO Defunct television channels in the Netherlands Television channels and stations established in 2006 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2016 2006 establishments in the Netherlands