Veronica (TV Channel)

Veronica is a Dutch free-to-air commercial television channel currently a part of Talpa TV ( Talpa Network). The channel was launched as TV10 Gold on 1 May 1995, then became TV10, Fox, Fox 8 and V8, before becoming Veronica on 20 September 2003. The channel is dedicated to young adults (13-35 demographic) and the male audience.

''Veronica'' is time-sharing with Disney Jr.: Disney Jr. broadcasts on daytime and Veronica on night time, the practice began when Saban International bought TV10 in January 1997, and launched a Fox Kids slot on the channel. Before May 1st, 2025, Disney XD was broadcast on the timeslot.

It is not to be confused with the Veronica Association ().

History

TV10 Gold and TV10 (1995-1998)

In 1995, Dutch media company Arcade launched two television channels in the Netherlands: ''The Music Factory'', a competing music channel for MTV, and TV10 Gold which launched on 1 May 1995. TV10 Gold's programming focused on reruns of classic TV series such as ''Dynasty'', '' Fantasy Island'', ''James Herriot'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Are You Being Served?'', ''The Monkees'', ''The Onedin Line'', '' Sanford and Son'', '' Bergerac'' and ''Colditz''.

In 1996, TV10 Gold became part of the second largest Dutch media corporation Wegener Arcade. On 1 January 1996, Arcade merged with publishing company Wegener. In the first quarter of 1996, TV10 Gold changed into just TV10 to modernize its image. British sitcoms such as '''Allo 'Allo!'' and '' You Rang, M'Lord?'' remained part of the programming, along with the American TV series ''M*A*S*H''.

In January 1997, Saban International bought TV10 and partnered with Holland Media Groep. Fox/Saban's Fox Kids was introduced in the Netherlands, time-sharing with TV10. Within the year, the partnership ended and Holland Media Groep's shares of TV10 were bought by Fox.

Fox and Fox 8 (1998-2001)

On 19 December 1998, TV10 was rebranded into Fox. Rupert Murdoch's Fox International Channels wanted to expand in Europe and through its cooperation with Saban it could make its first try-outs in the Netherlands with ''TV10''. Popular TV series such as ''Sex and the City'', ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'' and ''Charmed'' premiered on the channel. Fox became Fox 8 in September 1999, but it rebranded back to Fox in September 2000. However, Fox could not get rid of TV10's image as an old-fashioned rerun channel.

In 2001, SBS Broadcasting B.V., then the Dutch branch of the SBS Broadcasting Group, bought the channel from the News Corporation.

21st Century Fox (the legal successor of the original News Corporation) later launched the second incarnation of Fox on 19 August 2013 through Eredivisie Media & Marketing CV, in which Fox Networks Group Benelux has a 51% share.

V8 (2001-2003)

SBS, having bought the channel from News Corporation, renamed it into V8 on 1 May 2001 in anticipation of Veronica. Earlier in 2000 Veronica Association announced that it would leave the Holland Media Groep and wanted to start a channel of its own. SBS and Veronica could not get an agreement and it would take more than two years before both parties closed a deal.

V8 was focused to young adults. The channel mainly broadcast action series, action films and erotic programmes late at night.

Veronica (2003-present)

Eventually, Veronica Association closed a deal with SBS, and V8 was rebranded as Veronica on 20 September 2003.

The German ProSiebenSat.1 Media took over SBS Broadcasting Group (including its Dutch activities) on 27 June 2007. In 2011, all of SBS's activities in the Netherlands (through SBS Broadcasting B.V.), including the three TV stations (SBS6, Net5 and Veronica), the two TV guides (Veronica Magazine and Totaal TV), production, design and text activities were sold to a joint venture between Sanoma Media Netherlands (67%) and Talpa Media Holding (33%).

On 10 April 2017 Talpa Holding acquired a 67% stake from Sanoma Media Netherlands.

Disney Jr.

The daytime slot for children broadcast on Veronica began as Fox Kids when Saban bought TV10. The slot since rebranded to Jetix and then to Disney XD. In May 1st 2025, the daytime slot was replaced by the preschool channel Disney Jr.

Programming

*'' $h*! My Dad Says''
*'' 10-8: Officers on Duty''
*''2 Broke Girls''
*'' 2 Nuts and a Richard!''
*''3rd Rock from the Sun''
*''60 Days In''
*'' ALF''
*''According to Jim''
*'' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''
*'' Airport 24/7: Miami''
*''Airwolf''
*'' Alan Sugar: The Apprentice''
*'' Alias''
*''American Ninja Warrior''
*'' American Housewife''
*'' Archer''
*''American Dad!''
*'' Axe Cop''
*''American Pickers''
*''Angel''
*''Anger Management''
*'' Animal Airport''
*'' Are You Hot?''
*''Arrow''
*''Attack on Titan''
*'' Baby Daddy''
*'' Barter Kings''
*''Battlestar Galactica''
*''Baywatch''
*''Baywatch Nights''
*''Better with You''
*''Beverly Hills, 90210''
*'' Big Brother''
*''Black Clover''
*''Blade''
*''Bleach''
*'' Blindspot''
*''Bob's Burgers''
*'' Booze Britain''
*'' Border Patrol''
*''Border Security''
*'' Border Security: America's Front Line''
*'' Border Security: Canada's Front Line''
*'' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations''
*'' Brainiac: Science Abuse''
*''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
*'' Campus PD''
* ''Charmed'' (1998 TV series)
*'' Chase''
*''Chicago Med''
*'' City Homicide''
*''Cowboy Bebop''
*'' Crash Canyon''
*''Criminal Minds''
*'' Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders''
*'' Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior''
*'' Dark Blue''
*'' Day Break''
*''Death Note''
*''Dragon Ball''
*''Dragon Ball Z''
*''Dragon Ball GT''
*'' Dragon Ball Z Kai''
*'' Dragon Ball Super''
*''Dynasty''
*'' Eureka''
*''Everybody Hates Chris''
*'' Family Ties''
*''Family Guy''
*''Fairy Tail''
*'' Fastlane''
*''FBI''
*''Fear Factor''
*''FlashForward''
*'' Flashpoint''
*''Frasier''
*'' FreakyLinks''
*''Friends''
*'' Fugget About It''
*''Full House''
*'' Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''
*''Futurama''
*''Gary Unmarried''
*'' George Lopez''
*'' Gotham''
*'' Grandfathered''
*''Growing Pains''
*''Happy Days''
*'' Hardcore Pawn''
*'' Hawaii Five-0''
*'' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''
*''Home Improvement''
*''How I Met Your Mother''
*'' Human Target''
*'' I Am Weasel''
*''Invasion''
*''It Only Hurts When I Laugh''
*'' iZombie''
*'' JAG''
*''Jericho''
*''Joey''
*''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''
*''Jujutsu Kaisen''
*'' Kevin Can Wait''
*'' Killer Instinct''
*''King of the Hill''
*'' Knuckleheads''
*''Las Vegas''
*'' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''
*''Lethal Weapon''
*'' Lizard Lick Towing''
*'' Life's a Zoo''
*'' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''
*'' Lost''
* ''MacGyver'' (1985 TV series)
* ''MacGyver'' (2016 TV series)
*'' Magnum, P.I.''
*''Malcolm in the Middle''
*'' Man with a Plan''
*'' Married... with Children''
*'' Marvel Anime''
*''Medical Investigation''
*''Melrose Place''
*''Men Behaving Badly''
*''Merlin''
*''Miami Vice''
*''Mike & Molly''
*'' Miss Match''
*'' Mom''
*'' Moonlighting''
*'' Moral Orel''
*''My Hero Academia''
*'' My Wife and Kids''
*''Naruto''
*'' Naruto: Shippuden''
*''NCIS''
*'' NCIS: Los Angeles''
*'' Nikita''
*'' Nikki''
*'' Nip/Tuck''
*''Numbers''
*'' Off Centre''
*''One Piece''
*'' Pawn Stars''
*''Person of Interest''
*'' Poker After Dark''
*'' Profiler''
*'' Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious''
*'' Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll''
*'' Retired at 35''
*''Revolution''
*'' Richard Hammond's Crash Course''
*''Rick and Morty''
*'' Rick and Steve''
*''Ricki Lake''
*'' RoboCop: The Series''
*''Robot Chicken''
*''Rome''
*'' Roswell''
*'' Rules of Engagement''
*''Saved by the Bell''
*'' Scare Tactics''
*''Scorpion''
*'' Scrubs''
*''Seinfeld''
*'' Sliders''
*''Smallville''
*'' Solar Opposites''
*''South Park''
*''Spin City''
*'' Stalker''
*'' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''
*'' Star Trek: Enterprise''
*'' Star Trek: The Next Generation''
*'' Star Trek: The Original Series''
*'' Star Trek: Voyager''
*''Stargate Atlantis''
*''Stargate SG-1''
*''Starsky and Hutch''
*'' Step by Step''
*'' Still Standing''
*''Storage Wars''
*'' Storage Wars: New York''
*'' Storage Wars: Texas''
*''Supernatural''
*''Surface''
*'' S.W.A.T.''
*''Sweet Valley High''
*''Sword Art Online''
*'' Temptation Island''
*'' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''
*''That '70s Show''
*'' The Angry Beavers''
*''The Big Bang Theory''
*'' The Border''
*'' The Buried Life''
*'' The Carbonaro Effect''
*''The Dating Guy''
*''The Drew Carey Show''
*''The Dukes of Hazzard''
*'' The Embassy''
*'' The Evidence''
*'' The Exes''
*''The Following''
*''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''
*''The Inbetweeners''
*''The Invisible Man''
*'' The Jamie Kennedy Experiment''
*'' The Kill Point''
*''The King of Queens''
*'' The Last Ship''
*'' The Librarians''
*''The Millers''
*''The Muppets''
*'' The O.C.''
*''The Ren & Stimpy Show''
*'' The Sentinel''
*''The Shield''
*''The Simpsons''
*''The X-Files''
*'' Threat Matrix''
*'' Threshold''
*''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!''
*''Titus''
*'' Top Gear''
*''Top Gear Australia''
*''Tour of Duty''
*'' Traveler''
*'' Trouble in Paradise''
*'' True Justice''
*'' Two Guys and a Girl''
*''Two and a Half Men''
*'' Undateable''
*'' Underbelly''
*'' Undercover Boss''
*'' Unhappily Ever After''
*'' Wanted''
*''Will & Grace''
*'' Xena: Warrior Princess''

Sports programming

* The Ocean Race
*UEFA Champions League
*UEFA Europa League

References

External links

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{{Television in the Netherlands

1995 establishments in the Netherlands
Television channels in the Netherlands
Television channels and stations established in 1976
Mass media in Amsterdam
Talpa Network