In the summer of 2007, the assets of Talpa Media were sold to RTL Nederland, which meant the end of the Tien television channel.

Programmes included 'De Wedstrijden' (highlights of the Eredivisie football league), Big Brother and Expeditie Robinson.

Tien is also noted for programming original Dutch drama, such as Gooische Vrouwen, Lotte, Van Speijk, Boks, Voetbalvrouwen and the daily comedy show Samen.

Van Speijk, a highly publicized police series, attracted an average amount of 900,000 viewers weekly.

Expectations were high, because Talpa owned the rights to summaries of matches played in the Eredivisie, the Dutch top-flight football league.

Dutch celebrities like Ivo Niehe and Henny Huisman also failed to attract their former audiences on Talpa.