Canvas (TV channel)
Canvas is a Belgian television channel of the Flemish public broadcasting organisation Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT). Specialising in both original and adaptations from western Europe and North America, the channel offers: in-depth news and current affairs, non-mainstream entertainment, documentaries, arthouse films, other cultural programming, and most recently additional children's programming.
Canvas | |
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Launched | 1 December 1997 |
Owned by | VRT |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Country | Belgium |
Broadcast area | National, also distributed in: Luxembourg Netherlands |
Formerly called | BRT2 (1977-1991) BRTN TV2 (1991-1997) |
Sister channel(s) | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Norkring (FTA DVB-T2) | Channel 2 (SD) |
Digitenne (Netherlands) | Channel 15 (HD) |
Satellite | |
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal (Flanders) | Channel 2 (HD) Channel 101 (SD) |
TéléSAT (Wallonia) | Channel 601 |
Canal Digitaal (Netherlands) | Channel 16 (HD) |
Joyne (Netherlands) | Channel 31 |
Telenet (Flanders) |
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Telenet (Brussels & Wallonia) | Channel 103 |
Voo (Brussels) | Channel 151 |
Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 52 (HD) Channel 949 (SD) |
Caiway (Netherlands) | Channel 30 (HD) |
DELTA (Netherlands) | Channel 28 (HD) |
Kabel Noord (Netherlands) | Channel 101 (HD) |
IPTV | |
Proximus TV |
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KPN (Netherlands) | Channel 30 (HD) |
Orange | Channel varies |
T-Mobile (Netherlands) | Channel 22 (HD) |
Tele2 (Netherlands) | Channel 17 |
Streaming media | |
Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Belgacom TV Overal | Watch live (HD, Belgium only) |
The channel, launched in December 1997, is part of VRT's second network (VRT 2), which also carries occasional sports programming under the Sporza branding. The current network director of VRT 2 is Bart De Poot. Until 2012, Canvas timeshared with the children's channel Ketnet between 7 am and 8 pm; Ketnet has thus moved to its own channel and Canvas became a standalone channel.
Prior to the launch of OP12, Canvas broadcast from 8pm until around midnight to 1 am each evening. Since October 27, 2018, Ketnet Junior airs on Canvas every afternoon between 2 and 7 pm (Sunday until 6 pm), along with morning broadcasts on Ketnet.
Programming
Belgian
International
- 1992
- Afterlife
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
- The Americans
- Bancroft
- Below the Surface
- The Black Donnellys
- Blue Murder
- Borgen
- Bron/Broen
- Carnivàle
- Carrie and Barry
- Chef!
- Dark Heart
- DCI Banks
- Desperate Housewives (series 2-8)
- Dynasties
- Earthflight
- Endeavour
- Episodes
- Extras
- Forbrydelsen
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Hidden
- Hotel Babylon
- Informer
- Inspector George Gently
- Inspector Morse
- The IT Crowd
- Lewis
- Live from Abbey Road
- Luther
- Midnattssol
- Murder in Mind
- My Brilliant Friend
- Nature's Microworlds
- The Newsroom
- The Office
- Okkupert
- Psi Factor
- Pushing Daisies
- Sherlock
- Silent Witness
- Taggart
- Top Gear
- A Touch of Frost
- True Blood
- Wallander
- Whitechapel
Logos
1997–2008 | 2008–2015 | 2015–2026 |
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