Monday, December 2, 2024 - Great news: this evening, VRT programs Dertigers and Nothing To See (Dutch title: Niks te zien) won a Rose d'Or award. This comes just a week after the VRT 1 program The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, produced by Roses are Blue (the same production house as Nothing to see), won an International Emmy Award.

Fantastic news from New York! The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes (Dutch title: Restaurant Misverstand) has won the prestigious International Emmy Award in the category Non-Scripted Entertainment. The heartwarming VRT 1 program triumphed over strong competitors: South Africa’s Die Brug, Mexico’s Me Caigo De Risa, and Australia’s The Summit. The International Emmy Awards honor the best television programs produced and broadcast outside the United States.

Filming of This is not a murder mystery, a brand new fiction series by Panenka for VRT, is currently wrapping up in Flanders. Directed by Hans Herbots, This is not a murder mystery is a visually stunning and surprising whodunit, with a surreal twist. The series will be shown on VRT in 2025, but we are already sharing some special photos from the set. This is not a murder mystery is a co-production with Panenka, VRT, RTL, Proximus, New8 and Deadpan Pictures.

Kortrijk, once primarily known as a historic border city, is now the beating heart of the international gaming world. It’s no coincidence that the UNWRAP Festival, a place where technology and creativity intersect, is being held here for the fourth time. This year, in collaboration with VRT, UNWRAP developed a special program focusing on the growing integration of games and media. 

VRT and RTBF had the pleasure of hosting #Tafelspitz, an informal gathering of CEOs and European affairs managers from public broadcasters in Western and Northern Europe. Frederik Delaplace, Jean-Paul Philippot, and all participants discussed the future of public service media in Europe, exploring both the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. 

The game format "Homo universalis" (international name: 99 to beat) is on a global conquest tour. After the successful format was already reproduced in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Norway, Vietnam and the United Kingdom, now France too has succumbed to Homo universalis or 99 à battre.

At the annual NEM Summit – this year at VRT – experts from all over Europe gathered to discuss the latest trends and challenges in the media sector. This year, the world of extended reality (XR) and the metaverse was chosen as the focus. The event, which examined innovations and ethical problems within these rapidly developing technologies, yielded important insights. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI), the rise of always-on AI assistants, and the crucial role of ethics and accessibility were some of the major topics that were discussed. Below are the eight most significant insights from the conference.