NPO 2 tends to broadcast arts, culture, politics, news, current affairs, documentaries and religious programmes.

The channel is also available on cable companies in its overseas dependencies in the Caribbean, either live or time-shifted.

In 1995 VOO/Veronica split from the Netherlands Public Broadcasting to become a commercial channel.

The reason for this change is to make the channels and their programmes more recognizable.

Fixtures of the channel's schedule include: Cultural programmes are generally broadcast during the day on Saturdays, and Sunday mornings are home to religious programmes, such as the BBC's Songs of Praise.