Mass media in Belgium

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The mass media in Belgium is characterized by its diversity due to the linguistic divide in the country.

Radio and television

Radio and television regulation are regional competencies.

Radio

See also: List of radio stations in Belgium

In 1998, Belgium had 79

SW
station, serving 8.075 million radios owned in the country. Transmission is primary by terrestrial broadcast antenna. Analogue transmissions are provided by Norkring Belgium, Broadcast Partners, D'Hont Noël and TVVV Sound. Digital transmissions are provided by Norkring Belgium. Digital cable operators and internet providers also provide radio signals. Satellite transmission is provided by TV Vlaanderen.

Public radio in Belgium is controlled by the

VMMa. The main competitor in the Wallonia and Brussels regions is RTL Group
.

Next to these regional channels, local channels exists. E.g. Radio 2 Limburg and GO FM. In 2009 radio market share in the Dutch-speaking region was 63.08% for the VRT channels (

Radio Nostalgie
).


Publicity management

Radio advertising is managed in house in most cases. Two radio advertising agencies operate, Vlaamse Audiovisuele Regie and IP Plurimedia.

Television

See also: Television in Belgium and List of television stations in Belgium

Transmission is primary by fiberoptic or coax

Mobistar offer digital television over mobile phone (DVB-H
). In 1997, 4.72 million televisions were owned nationwide.

AB Groupe
.

Next to these regional channels, local channels exists. E.g. TV Oost and ROB TV. In Flanders, VRT channels (

Concentra
(Acht) 0.5%.

There are numerous public and private media companies that specialise as producer or distributor of channels, content and video services. E.g. Studio 100 and Woestijnvis.

Production facility providers

There are numerous public and private media companies that specialise as producer or distributor of television production facilities. e.g. Videohouse.

Printed press

Major newspapers and magazines in Belgium are printed monolingual either in Dutch or in French. Bilingual publications are very minor. Belgium's major news agency is Belga. Minor news agencies exist. Belgium's major photo agencies are Scripta, IP Plurimedia or Mediashake.

Newspapers

See also: List of newspapers in Belgium

Major Dutch-language daily newspapers in 2008 were Het Laatste Nieuws (De Persgroep) (30.96%), Het Nieuwsblad (Corelio) (27.04%), Gazet van Antwerpen (Concentra) (11.27%), Het Belang van Limburg (Concentra) (10.71%), De Standaard (Corelio) (9.95%), De Morgen (De Persgroep) (5.99%) and De Tijd (Mediafin) (4.08%). Mediafin is a joint venture of De Persgroep and Groupe Rossel.

Major French-language daily newspapers in 2008 were La Dernière Heure (IPM) (16.1%), Le Soir (Groupe Rossel) (16.0%), L'Avenir (Corelio) (15.8%), La Libre Belgique (IPM) (8.3%), L'Echo (Mediafin) (3.7%) and La Meuse (Groupe Rossel), La Capitale (Groupe Rossel), La Nouvelle Gazette (Groupe Rossel), La Province (Groupe Rossel) and Nord éclair (Belgian edition of Nord éclair; Groupe Rossel) (22.0%).

The only major German-language daily newspaper in 2008 was Grenz-Echo (Groupe Rossel). Metro (Concentra) is a major daily free newspaper in a Dutch and French edition.

The Brussels Times[1] is the leading daily online newspaper in English. They also publish an English language printed magazine.

Magazines

See also: List of magazines in Belgium

Major Dutch-language weekly magazines in 2008 included Kerk en Leven (Drukkerij en Uitgeverij Halewijn) (409,817), Dag Allemaal (402,097),

HUMO (227,614), Libelle (DPG Media) (216,506), TV-Blad (158,283), Story (Belgian magazine) (Sanoma Belgium) (159,833), Plus Magazine (Belgium) (134,242), TV-Familie/Blik (129,328), Flair (Sanoma Belgium) (126,831), Knack (DPG Media) (126,646), Trends (Roularta Media Group), 't Pallieterke
.

Major French-language weekly magazines in 2008 were

Femmes d'Aujourd'hui
(DPG Media).

Numerous by-weekly and monthly magazines exist. E.g.

ZozoLala
.

The Brussels Times magazine is published every two months for English speakers.

Media groups

In Belgium there are around 19 major (holding) companies active in numerous media and telecommunication sub-sectors.[2] These are:

Another major media company is Mediahuis.

Intellectual property rights

Intellectual property rights in Belgium are managed by SABAM.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Brussels Times". The Brussels Times.
  2. ^ Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media, Mediaconcentratie in Vlaanderen rapport 2009, Vlaamse overheid, Brussel, 2009

Bibliography

External links
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