Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep

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Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep (VRT), a privately owned Belgian media organization founded in 1930, is one of Belgium's national public service broadcasters. Serving the Flemish Community, VRT produces and broadcasts television and radio programming. As of 2023, it employed approximately 2610 people and generated revenue of around $500 million. VRT operates alongside similar public service broadcasters in other Belgian communities: RTBF for the French-speaking community and BRF for the German-speaking community.

2023 Revenue

Founded

1930

Headcount

2,604

Headquarters

Belgium

Primary Segment

Broadcast television and radio

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

A strike began on Tuesday, continuing due to management's refusal to formalize verbal agreements, particularly concerning the Diegem division's future. Separately, year-end 2023 figures show 526,507 people on long-term incapacity leave, with approximately 38% citing psychological disorders, including 137,454 cases of depression or burnout. The Belgian Cybersecurity Centre reported receiving an average of 45 cyber-attack incident reports monthly. A separate report notes that the Belgian Defence Ministry reported the Castor patrol vessel escorted two Russian ships through the Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone. Finally, on November 8, 2023, the European Sperm Bank issued a rapid alert regarding a sperm donor carrying a TP53 gene mutation linked to increased cancer risk.

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Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep's revenues were less than $1B in 2023. All the revenue comes from linear (national channel groups).

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Jun

16th

2025

18:30

Regulatory and Legal,

Federal Government reaches agreement on abolishing the Senate, but parliament will still need to approve the measure

There was already unanimity among the coalition parties on abolishing the Senate when the new Federal Government was formed at the end of January. The coalition agreement stipulates that the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives’ services such as the maintenance of the building that houses both of them and the Senate pension fund will be merged.

VRT

Jun

12th

2025

18:30

Operational Challenges,

Brussels Airlines suspends all flights to and from Tel Aviv until at least the of next month

Brussels Airlines’ flights to Isreal had already been suspended. However, it had planned to resume flights to Tel Aviv during the course of next month. However, this will no longer be the case. Passengers booked on Lufthansa Group airlines’ flights to or from Israel between now and the end of July can either rebook or receive a full refund.

VRT

Jun

10th

2025

18:30

Regulatory and Legal,

Federal Planning Bureau says that measures taken so far not sufficient to get the federal budget back on track

The Federal Planning Bureau concludes that "With the decisions that have been taken the budgetary goals will not be attained”. This year the budget deficit will increase to 5.4% of GDP. This is worse than the 5.2% of GDP that had been forecast by the National Bank of Belgium.

VRT

Jun

10th

2025

18:30

Wanted: 25,000 plasma donors to help boost plasma self-sufficiency

Demand for plasma-based medication is rising steadily, both here and abroad. Belgium currently produces only about half of the plasma we need. The remainder is imported. To reduce the dependence on imports, Red Cross Flanders hopes to increase the number of plasma doners in our region by 25,000 between now and 2029.

VRT

Jun

3rd

2025

18:30

Operational Challenges,

Strike under way at parcel couriers UPS in Diegem

'The management does not want to concede anything. Even things that were promised verbally, they do not want to put on paper,' says liberal union chief Fouad Bougrine. ‘This means the strike continues.’ The strike broke out on Tuesday, partly due to concerns about the future of the Diegem-based division.

VRT

Jun

2nd

2025

18:30

Big rise in the number of people unable to work due to long-term depression or burnout, especially among the young

At the end of 2023, 526,507 people were on long-term incapacity leave. Around 38% cited psychological disorders as the cause of their inability to work. Of these 137,454 people were suffering from depression or burnout. The sharpest rise was among the under 30s.

VRT

May

29th

2025

18:30

Regulatory and Legal,

52 children in Belgium were conceived sperm from a donor with cancer-causing gene

On 8 November 2023, the European Sperm Bank in Denmark issued a “rapid alert”, warning that a donor had been identified that was a carrier of a mutation in the TP53 gene. The mutation is known to significantly increase the risk of developing various types of cancer and it is hereditary.

VRT

May

29th

2025

18:30

Regulatory and Legal,

Federal government earmarks €55 million for government cybersecurity

The Belgian Cybersecurity Centre that oversees the implementation of Belgium's cybersecurity strategy, receives an average of 45 reports of cyber-attack incidents per month. Ms Matz points out that “A cyber-attack on an public body can paralyse critical services for citizens and even compromise sensitive data”.

VRT

May

29th

2025

18:30

Regulatory and Legal,

Belgian Navy patrol ship escorts two Russian ships in the North Sea

In a statement on the social media site X the Belgian Defence Ministry said that "The Castor patrol vessel has escorted two Russian ships from north to south during their passage through the Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone".

VRT

May

21st

2025

18:30

New Offerings,

Leuven researchers develop method to permanently render HIV harmless

Researchers use a combination of two medicines for this purpose. “The first medicine was developed in 2010 and ensures that the virus’s ‘GPS system’ is disabled, preventing it from reaching the right place and putting it into a dormant state,” says Debyser.

VRT

May

21st

2025

18:30

European first: Solar panel park to connect directly to overhead train lines

“What makes this park special is that it contains solar panels and wind turbines that are also connected to the grid,” said Benoît Gilson, CEO of Infrabel. “When the weather is good, we use solar energy, and when the weather is not so good but it’s windy, we use wind energy.

VRT

May

19th

2025

18:30

Regulatory and Legal,

Federal Government backs Gaza sanctions debate ahead of EU foreign ministers’ summit

The Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot (Francophone centrist) has been given a mandate to back a call for an investigation into Israel’s adherence to Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which links cooperation to human rights obligations.

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Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep currently holds 55 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including basketball, ice skating, handball, motorsports, beach soccer, soccer | association football, cyclo-cross, cycling, multi-sport, athletics and futsal.