BNN (Dutch broadcaster)

BNN
TypePublic broadcasting
Country
Netherlands
AvailabilityNetherlands
Founded1997
by Bart de Graaff, Gerard Timmer, and Frank Timmer
OwnerNPO
Dissolved1 January 2014
Former names
Bart's News Network
Official website
bnn.nl
Replaced byBNNVARA

BNN (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌbijɛnˈɛn]) or Bart's Neverending Network (formerly Bart's News Network, as a pun on CNN) was a Dutch public broadcasting association supported by Netherlands Public Broadcasting. BNN was founded in 1997 by Bart de Graaff, Gerard Timmer and Frank Timmer and targeted teenagers and young adults. It produced entertainment and information television programming, radio programming, and feature films. Some of BNN's programming dealt with controversial subject matter, including most famously, a hoax reality special made to help raise awareness of the shortage of organ donors in the Netherlands.