Nederland 24 was the collective name for a number of specialty television channels from the Dutch public broadcasting system.
The thematic channels offered these broadcasting associations more airtime to expand its core programming.
The first step towards Nederland 24 was made by the VPRO broadcasting association with the introduction of 3VOOR12TV in May 2003.
From November 2006 the Dutch public broadcasting system started with the expansion of the number of channels to a total of 17.
The Nederland-e, DNTV, 3VOOR12 Central, and 3VOOR12 On Stage channels were cancelled and /Geloven and Omega TV merged into Spirit 24.