Socutera (the

acronym An acronym is a type of abbreviation consisting of a phrase whose only pronounced elements are the initial letters or initial sounds of words inside that phrase. Acronyms are often spelled with the initial Letter (alphabet), letter of each wor ...

stands for: Stichting ter bevordering van Sociale en Culturele doeleinden door Televisie en Radio; English: ''Foundation for the promotion of Social and Cultural purposes on Television and Radio'') is a special broadcaster on the

Netherlands Public Broadcasting (; abbreviated to NPO ; literally "Dutch Public Broadcaster") or Dutch Foundation for Public Broadcasting () is a Dutch public broadcasting organisation that administers public broadcasting services in the Netherlands. NPO is also the owner of ...

system, which is allowed to broadcast on radio and television because of their spiritual background. Article 2.42 of the Dutch media law (the ''Mediawet'') accommodates faith-based radio and television broadcasters which unlike regular public broadcasters (several of which are also faith-based) do not have to have a minimum number of members. They do not make programmes but weekly broadcast for 2.5 minutes on all the three public television stations in 95 and 20 second TV ads for various

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and causes.

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