Viaplay sells Dutch branch & more news
Streaming service Viaplay is disappearing from the Netherlands in its current form, and the RIVM is starting a study into toxins in our bodies. There is also new insight into the role of Dutch agriculture in the global food supply.
If you watch sports via Viaplay, you will soon be dealing with a new provider. The streaming service has reached an agreement on the sale of its Dutch activities to Videoland. This means that the broadcasting rights for popular sports, such as Formula 1, will likely transfer to RTL's platform.
In the future, you may gain more insight into your health through a new proposal from the RIVM (the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment). The agency wants to structurally measure which chemical substances Dutch people have in their bodies and in what quantities. At the moment, there is still no clear picture of the harmful substances that residents ingest through their environment or food.
Regarding the national food discussion, new research from Wageningen University shows that the image of Dutch farmers feeding the world's population is incorrect. Although export figures are high, the majority of products go to wealthy neighboring countries and not to areas where hunger prevails. This finding is important for the political debate about the future of agriculture and the use of scarce land in the Netherlands.
In the app, you can read more about the search for a new national coach for the Dutch national team and the planned growth in the number of data centers in North Holland.