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| Type | Public broadcasting |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Availability | Netherlands |
| Founded | 1997 by Bart de Graaff, Gerard Timmer, and Frank Timmer |
| Owner | NPO |
| Dissolved | 1 January 2014 |
Former names | Bart's News Network |
Official website | bnn.nl |
| Replaced by | BNNVARA |
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.