Director NTR: there must be a broadcaster, the NPO

In order to support cuts without cutting programs, the public service broadcaster must radically reform. There must be a broadcaster: the non-profit organization. That's what NTR director Paul Römer says in the AD of Saturday .

Römer's plan: the main board, the non-profit organization, must have all power. Individual broadcasters will be independent production companies, which will deliver custom programs to the NPO without any involvement – on an equal footing with existing production companies. Individual broadcasters have the freedom to sell their programs to other parties (eg Netflix) or to exploit them themselves online. The so-called special forces NOS and NTR are expected to merge with the non-profit

Römer responds with his plan to the 62 million euros agitation that the non-profit should cut off. 39 next year. Programs such as Brandpunt + must disappear, others like Other Times and Tegenlicht have to make time for broadcasting. According to the NPO, this is distinct from the austerity measures; it's the "revival".

Römer's plan is similar to previous plans, which have never gone beyond the drawing board, due to lack of capacity. At the same time, they are following a process that has been going on for some time: the NPO is gaining more and more power at the expense of the shrinking individual broadcasters.