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| Type | Public broadcaster |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Availability | Netherlands |
| Founded | 21 April 1967 |
Official website | www.eo.nl |
Evangelische Omroep or EO (English: Evangelical Broadcasting) is an Evangelical broadcast television network in Netherlands. It is one of the twelve member-based broadcasting associations contributing to the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system.
EO was founded in 1967 by members of Evangelical churches wanting to put more emphasis on evangelism. [1] [2] [3] The network also organizes conferences for young people and families. [4]
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Documentaries are often edited to reflect EO's creationist convictions. While still being presented as a BBC documentary, The Life of Mammals series was edited to remove material incompatible with young earth creationism, [5] and profanity is regularly edited out of bought-in drama series. [6]
The subject of creationism has sparked a number of EO-related controversies. In early 2009, a controversy arose over statements by a leading presenter and former director, Andries Knevel. He considered it possible for a religious person not to believe in the literal interpretation of the biblical creation story (Genesis 1-2). Shortly afterwards Knevel apologized for the highly charged way in which he had made his statements and for the fact that his personal viewpoint could have been interpreted as the official viewpoint of EO.
In 2009 Arie Boomsma, an EO television presenter was suspended for three months after appearing partially undressed in a magazine called L'Homo. Later that year, EO planned to broadcast a new television show called Loopt een man over het water... ("A man walks over the water...") which Boomsma would present. In the show, non-Christian comedians were to be asked to create short sketches about Jesus of Nazareth. The planned show caused so much uproar among EO members that it was cancelled. Soon afterwards Boomsma left EO and joined the Catholic broadcasting association KRO.
As a result of these and other controversies, the number of subscribing EO members has declined. In March 2010, this led to a member initiative entitled Ik bid en blijf lid (I pray and stay a member) [7] which called upon members of EO to retain their membership and pray that the association will continue to spread God's word in a way that remains true to the Bible.
On February 9, 2024, the company was invited into Keller High School in Keller, Texas, USA, to film a documentary about American public schools. The invitation came from a Keller School Board Trustee, Sandi Walker, with additional involvement by Trustee Micah Young. The School Board as a whole was not aware of the event, and the high school principal was away from the school. Students were being filmed at the school, and parents were outraged upon learning what had happened. Walker has resigned, and parents called for Young to resign as well. Parents complained about bringing culture wars into the classroom, invasion of privacy, and using students as props. [8]
André Gerardus Hazes was a Dutch singer and actor. As an accomplished levenslied singer, Hazes recorded 36 studio and live albums, and 55 singles prior to his death in 2004. His music is still well-known in the Netherlands and Flanders, known for sentimental and simple lyrics.
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