Telefacts

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Telefacts
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Title screen
Genre Current affairs
Presented byBirgit Van Mol, Freek Braeckman
Theme music composerPeter Meyvaert
Country of originBelgium
Original languageDutch
Production
Producer Medialaan
Production location Vilvoorde
Original release
Network VTM
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. [1]

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. [2]

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). [3]

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References

  1. "Telefacts herbekijken". tvgemist.be (in Dutch). 31 October 2023.
  2. ""Telefacts Nu" over Bart De Pauw offline gehaald na klacht Woestijnvis: "Geen toestemming voor gebruik van onze beelden"". VRT (in Dutch). 8 February 2021.
  3. "'Telefacts' toonde een Alec Baldwin die tegelijk een gebroken man én niet helemaal oprecht was". humo.be/ (in Dutch). 9 December 2021.