NET 5

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NET 5

Launched	March 1, 1999
Owned by	ProSiebenSat.1 Media
Picture format	576i (PAL) 16:9
Country	Netherlands
Headquarters	Hilversum, Netherlands
Sister channel(s)	SBS 6, Veronica
Website	www.net5.nl
Availability
Cable
Ziggo	Channel 9
UPC	Channel 8

NET 5 is a commercial Dutch television channel owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media. Other channels of the group in the Netherlands are SBS6 and Veronica.

1 History
2 Programs
- 2.1 Series
- 2.2 Reality
3 External links

[edit] History

Net 5 was started by the SBS Broadcasting Group as their second commercial channel in the Netherlands next to SBS6. The head of SBS was Fons van Westerloo who left the company to work until 31 january 2008 to head the main competitor RTL Nederland (part of the RTL Group). Van Westerloo announced the new broadcast on December 4, 1998. It was supposed to become a commercial version of the Publieke Omroep. Net 5 was launched on March 1, 1999 and the first broadcast was the movie Braveheart. Currently Eric van Stade is the head of the operation.

Since there were not that many commercial channels at the time, the Net 5 brand was partly chosen to compete directly with the RTL 5 channel. The goal was for viewers to put Net 5 on position 5 of their remote control settings instead of the older but not yet so successful RTL 5.

[edit] Programs

NET 5 is a television station aimed at high-educated female viewers. The station broadcasts various series, reality shows and movies. The most important shows of NET 5 are listed below.