Woestijnvis

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Woestijnvis (literally: Desert Fish) is an independent Flemish television production company based in Vilvoorde.

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The name of the company refers to a famous mistake of a quiz-candidate in the Flemish version of Wheel of Fortune: [1] the remaining letters were W . . ST . . NV . S and the participant answered "WOESTIJNVIS" (Desert Fish), the correct answer was "WOESTIJNVOS" (Desert Fox). The company was founded in 1997 by Jan Huyse, Wouter Vandenhaute and Erik Watté in close collaboration with Mark Uytterhoeven. The company rose to fame with its series The Mole , variants of which were recorded and broadcast in various countries.

Woestijnvis is now part of the holding De Vijver Media  [ nl ] which owns the Belgian TV-stations VIER and VIJF. [2]

Woenstijnvis was also the producer of the session whereby the Holocaust was mocked using Cent Wafers whereafter the Belgian public TV, VRT had to present their excuses. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Woestijnvis, Producers televisie programma's // webdesign by Ballyhoo". Woestijnvis.be. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  2. "Takeover rocks Flemish media world". Flanderstoday.eu. 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  3. "Belgian public TV mocks the Holocaust (Video) (Update)".
  4. "Belgian state TV apologizes for video parodying 'Schindler's List'". 19 April 2022.