Live | Minister Dalle in Media Committee: “It is not up to politicians to determine the programming of the VRT”

“At the beginning of November 2023, VRT informed Woestijnvis that it wanted to purchase the series. The contract for the purchase was signed in December 2023,” Minister Dalle said in the Media Committee in the Flemish Parliament about the postponed documentary series on the De case. Peacock. Dalle quoted a text he received from the VRT management. “In the autumn, a good broadcasting moment will be sought for the first time, and consultation with all parties will be held to slow down the tempo. The VRT felt that the series was too much in the way of Godforsaken and subsequent social consternation. The VRT wanted to give sufficient space to that program and not open a second debate at the same time.”

Dalle indicates that there was consultation about this with the maker and the production house Woestijnvis. “The VRT reiterated its intention to broadcast the series,” said Dalle. “No broadcast date will be set at that time. At that time there is no mention of the De Pauw party.”
According to Dalle and the VRT, that conversation between VRT CEO Delaplace and De Pauw only took place on January 11, 2024.