RTV-7 is a Dutch television (founded by Gerard Wijngaarden) network featuring linear programming from the

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managed by owner Seven media beheer BV. Its target audience consists mainly of people from the former

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and

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living in the Netherlands. Most of the programmes on RTV-7 are in

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and English as they are produced by the different television channels from Latin America and the Caribbean. The channel also broadcasts the Surinamese news programme, which is in Dutch, and several RTV-7 original shows.

History

The channel's origins lie on A-Tivi and TeveSur, two separate subscription channels the former targeting the Antillean diaspora and the latter, the Surinamese diaspora. In January 2008, the channels announced that they would cease transmission after several cable companies refused to renew their contracts. Both channels closed on 1 February 2008. Following their closure the new RTV-7 channel started on cable, as a subscription channel, like its predecessor. For its launch in July 2008, UPC offered a ten-day free preview to entice subscribers for its coverage of the Summer Carnival. RTV-7 also worked to provide better image quality, which was one of A-Tivi's problems (the channel's image quality was poor). At the time of launch, UPC was the only large cable company to carry the channel.

References

External links

* {{Official website, www.rtv7.nl Television channels in the Netherlands Television channels and stations established in 2008 Dutch Caribbean culture