Editing Culture of the Netherlands (section)

===Radio and television===
{{main|Television in the Netherlands|Category:Radio stations in the Netherlands}}

The Netherlands has a well-developed radio and television market, with both multiple commercial and non-commercial broadcasters. Imported TV programmes, as well as interviews with responses in a foreign language, are virtually always shown with the original sound, and subtitled. The only exception are shows for children.

TV exports from the Netherlands mostly take the form of specific formats and franchises, most notably through internationally active TV production conglomerate [[Endemol]], founded by Dutch [[Mass media|media]] [[Business magnate|tycoons]] [[John de Mol, Jr.|John de Mol]] and [[Joop van den Ende]]. Headquartered in [[Amsterdam]], Endemol has around 90 companies in over 30 countries. Endemol and its subsidiaries create and run reality, talent, and game show franchises worldwide, including ''[[Big Brother (TV series)|Big Brother]], [[Deal or No Deal]], [[1 vs. 100]] and [[The Voice (TV series)|The Voice]].''

Two of the biggest annual Dutch radio events are [[3FM Serious Request]] and the [[Top 2000]] — both multi-day round-the-clock national broadcasting events in the month of December, supported by other media. They both have over half of the population of the Netherlands listening to the broadcasts each year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/5601/TV-Radio/article/detail/3373217/2013/01/07/Serious-Request-bereikt-12-1-miljoen-mensen.dhtml |title=Serious Request bereikt 12,1 miljoen mensen |language=nl |trans-title=Serious Request reaches 12.1 million people |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=7 January 2013 |newspaper=[[Algemeen Dagblad]] |access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bijsterveld |first=Karin |author-link=Karin Bijsterveld |title=Sound Souvenirs: Audio Technologies, Memory and Cultural Practices |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ribkrdRrkkEC&q=%22Top+2000%22+Netherlands&pg=PA117 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |year=2009 |pages=116–118 |isbn=978-9089641328}}</ref>

[[Serious Request]] is a [[Red Cross]] fundraiser, held the week before Christmas on pop music station [[3FM]], and has grown to become an international franchise adopted by eight other countries.

The ''Top 2000'' is an integral broadcast of the 2,000 most popular songs of all time on station [[Radio 2 (Netherlands)|Radio 2]]<ref>{{cite book|last=van Dijck|first=José|title=Mediated Memories in the Digital Age|year=2007|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0804756242|pages=93–97|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MpPEQdlIaigC&q=%22Top+2000%22+Netherlands&pg=PA95}}</ref> from noon 25 December [[Christmas Day]] through midnight of [[New Year's Eve]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Radio 2 weer van start met Top 2000|url=http://www.hartvannederland.nl/nederland/2012/radio-2-weer-van-start-met-top-2000/|publisher=HVNL|access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref>