From March 1993 to April 2008 Poppe was the president at Kanakna, the biggest independent producer of reality television in the Dutch-speaking market, located in Brussels.
Poppe co-founded the independent television production company with Pascal Decroos [nl] and Stef Soetewey.
Shows include Survivor (Expeditie Robinson), Temptation Island, The Block, The Bachelor, Popstars, Paradise Hotel, That Will Teach Them, Date Café, Peking Express In 2007 Swedish Zodiak Television acquired Kanakna.
From 1996 to 2005 he was the executive producer and showrunner of docusoaps ("life as it is" series for pubcaster VRT: e.g. Trailer Park, Children's Hospital, Police, Airport) and for reality programming (Survivor, Temptation Island).
In 2003, he was creator, executive producer and showrunner of reality race television series Peking Express, broadcast in Italy, France, Spain, Scandinavia, Germany, Holland, Romania, Hungary, Colombia, Mexico, Morocco.