VTM 2 is a Belgian television channel owned by the commercial broadcasting company DPG Media.
RTL 4 is a Dutch free TV channel; it is the most-watched commercial station in the country, popular especially with those aged between 20 and 49. RTL 4 is a general entertainment channel with infotainment, television drama, talk shows, game shows, news and talent shows. It is owned by RTL Nederland, a subsidiary of RTL Group. The station has three sister TV channels: RTL 5, RTL 7 and RTL 8, and four thematic TV channels: RTL Z, RTL Lounge, RTL Crime and RTL Telekids.
Net5 is a Dutch free-to-cable commercial TV channel and is part of Talpa TV, formerly a part of SBS Broadcasting B.V. and now owned by Talpa Network. Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are SBS6, Veronica, and Viaplay TV. It is aimed at high-educated female viewers. The station broadcasts various series, reality shows, and films.
RTL 7 is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that was launched as Veronica on 1 September 1995. RTL 7 is RTL Nederland's "men's channel" with action films, reality television about crime and professions, football, motorsport and talk shows about sports. During daytime business and financial news channel RTL Z was broadcasting on RTL 7 until RTL Nederland revamped RTL Z into a 24-hours channel on 7 September 2015.
Veronica is a Dutch free-to-cable commercial television channel currently a part of Talpa TV. 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 and the male audience.
Play4 is a Belgian-Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of Play Media and production company Woestijnvis.
Kanal 2 is a privately owned Estonian television channel. Its literal name in English is "Channel 2".
Holland's Next Top Model is a Dutch reality television series, produced by Endemol, based on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model. The series began airing in November 2006 on RTL 5, and has enjoyed a fair amount of success in the years since its inception. It has been relatively effective in its mission to find new talent, most notably with discoveries like those of cycle 4 contestant and finalist Patricia van der Vliet, cycle 5 winner Tamara Weijenberg and cycle 7 runner up Sanne De Roo.
RTL 8 is a Dutch free-to-cable television channel that was launched on 18 August 2007 replacing Tien, previously known as Talpa. RTL 8's main target audience consists of women. It broadcasts soap operas, talk shows, films and reruns of programmes from its sister RTL channels. In the mornings and late afternoons children's channel RTL Telekids is broadcasting on RTL 8. Officially RTL 8, along with all other Dutch RTL channels, is broadcasting under a Luxembourg television license. Therefore, the channel is also headquartered in Luxembourg. By doing this RTL can avoid more severe control by the Dutch media authorities, as Luxembourg does not have a strict authority that regulates its broadcasters. Dutch citizens need a subscription to a cable, satellite, IPTV, or DVB-T provider to view the channel. All providers include the channel in their base package.
Petula Louise "Patty" Brard is a Dutch entertainer and entrepreneur of Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) descent. She is a television personality and a singer, notable as a former member of the girl group Luv'. For four decades, she has often hit the headlines of the tabloid press.
Vijf tegen Vijf was a Dutch game show based on the original American format of Family Feud. In the game, two teams consisting of five contestants play against each other and have to answer questions based on surveys taken by random people from the Netherlands. They have to guess which answer was given by most of the people involved in the survey.
Olcay Gülşen, also known as OJ Gulsen, is a Dutch fashion designer. She was the owner of fashion label "SuperTrash" from 2009 to 2018.
Benelux' Next Top Model, Season 2 was the second and last season of Benelux' Next Top Model which include Dutch and Flemish contestants. It premiered on September 13 and was aired until November 16, 2010. Although castings for a third season of the show were announced, the show returned as Holland's Next Top Model, the title it had prior the merge with the Belgian Topmodel version of the show.
Comedy Central is a Dutch pay television channel based on the American channel of the same name. The channel is available on cable, digital terrestrial, IPTV, and satellite operators in the Netherlands. It broadcasts many imports as well as original programming.
Loiza Lamers is a Dutch model and businesswoman best known for being the winner of the eighth cycle of Holland's Next Top Model, and the world's first transgender winner of the global Top Model TV-franchise.
The ninth cycle of Holland's Next Top Model premiered on 30 August 2016 on RTL5. Anouk Smulders returned as the show's host for the new cycle. Judges May-Britt Mobach and Dirk Kikstra were replaced by fashion blogger Anna Nooshin and fashion photographer Alek Bruessing. Fred van Leer remained in place as a mentor for the contestants, but also acted as a fourth judge at eliminations. The new cycle featured an emphasis on social media and branding, with heavier involvement from fans of the show.
Mariana Verkerk is a Dutch–American model, runway coach, agent, television personality, businesswoman and commercial producer. She has walked the runway for various designers, such as Michael Kors, Nicole Miller and Thierry Mugler. Since 2005, Mariana has served as a judge and runway coach on the TV shows Scandinavia's Next Top Model, Norway's Next Top Model, Benelux' Next Top Model, and Holland's Next Top Model.
Geraldine Jane Kemper is a Dutch television presenter originally from BNN. She won her job as a presenter with this public broadcaster through the television programme Sterretje Gezocht. In 2015 and 2016 Kemper was nominated for the Zilveren Televizier-Ster Vrouw. In 2019 it has been announced Kemper will transfer to RTL.
Famke Jantina Louise Meijer, better known as Famke Louise, is a Dutch YouTuber, model and singer from Amsterdam. She took part in the 19th season of the Dutch television series Expeditie Robinson.
Fred van Leer is a Dutch stylist and presenter. Van Leer is best known for mentoring and judging on the Dutch television program Holland's Next Top Model. In 2020, van Leer was appointed as host for the Dutch adaptation of the American RuPaul's Drag Race.
