Telefacts

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Telefacts
Genre Current affairs
Presented byJulie Colpaert
Theme music composerPeter Meyvaert
Country of originBelgium
Original languageDutch
Production
Producer Medialaan
Production location Vilvoorde
Release
Original network VTM
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Original release1 February 1990 (1990-02-01)

Telefacts is a Belgian current affairs programme that has been broadcast weekly on the Belgian television channel VTM since 1 February 1990. It shows documentaries about a wide variety of issues, most of them being widely known recent events. The programme is made in collaboration with VTM Nieuws and sometimes gives in-depth analysis to certain current events.

Reports purchased from foreign broadcasters are sometimes broadcast as part of Telefacts; between 2010 and 2015 a spin-off programme dedicated to these reports was broadcast, allowing the main programme to focus on domestically produced content.

The name Telefacts is a play on words, referring to the telefax, which was still a widely used means of communication when the programme began in 1990, and the programme's factual subject matter (facts), broadcast on television (tele).


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