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The House of Representatives Wants Broadcasters to Stop Membership Recruitment Campaigns Immediately.

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A large majority of the House of Representatives considers it unnecessary for broadcasting associations to have to prove once again next year that they have sufficient members to remain in the public broadcasting system. This membership criterion will be abolished in the new Media Act, but the intention is that it will not come into effect until January 1, 2029. Under current law, broadcasters such as KRO-NCRV, AVROTROS, and BNNVARA will be meas…

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Minister of Culture Rianne Letschert (D66) agrees with the House that it is undesirable for public broadcasters to still have to meet a membership requirement in the run-up to the reform of the NPO. In doing so, she is responding to a call by the VVD and PRO to drop the requirement already, which is certainly supported by D66, CDA, and JA21.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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A large majority of the House of Representatives considers it unnecessary for broadcasting associations to have to prove once again next year that they have sufficient members to remain in the public broadcasting system. This membership criterion will be abolished in the new Media Act, but the intention is that it will not come into effect until January 1, 2029. Under current law, broadcasters such as KRO-NCRV, AVROTROS, and BNNVARA will be meas…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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PRO and VVD want Minister Rianne Letschert (OCW) to drop the membership requirement for public broadcasters immediately. They want to prevent public broadcasters from spending hundreds of thousands of euros on member recruitment next year, while that obligation disappears in 2029 and there is a large…

The House of Representatives wants to prevent public broadcasters from having to conduct another costly membership recruitment campaign next year. According to NOS Teletekst, the House considers it unnecessary for broadcasting associations to have to demonstrate one more time that they have sufficient members [read more] The article House wants to scrap final membership count for broadcasters appeared first on Spreekbuis.nl.

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NOS broke the news in Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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