VRT Canvas is a Belgian television channel of the Flemish public broadcasting organisation Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT). Specialising in both original and adaptations from western Europe and North America, the channel offers: in-depth news and current affairs, non-mainstream entertainment, documentaries, arthouse films, other cultural programming, and most recently additional children's programming.
The channel, launched in December 1997, is part of VRT's second network (VRT 2), which also carries occasional sports programming under the Sporza branding. The current network director of VRT 2 is Bart De Poot. Until 2012, VRT Canvas timeshared with the children's channel Ketnet between 7am and 8pm; Ketnet has thus moved to its own channel and Canvas became a standalone channel.
Prior to the launch of OP12, VRT Canvas broadcast from 8pm until around midnight to 1am each evening. Since October 27, 2018, Ketnet Junior airs on Canvas every afternoon between 2 and 7 pm (Sunday until 6 pm), along with morning broadcasts on Ketnet.
After the rebranding of VRT 1, Canvas rebranded as VRT Canvas on 4 September 2023.
Programming
Belgian
Terzake
VRT NWS Journaal
International
1992
Afterlife
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Americans
Bancroft
Below the Surface
The Black Donnellys
Blue Murder
Borgen
Bron/Broen
Carnivàle
Carrie and Barry
Chef! Dark Heart DCI Banks Desperate Housewives Dynasties Earthflight Endeavour Episodes Extras Forbrydelsen The Handmaid's Tale Hidden Hotel Babylon Informer Inspector George Gently Inspector Morse The IT Crowd Jack Taylor Lewis Live from Abbey Road Luther Midnattssol Murder in Mind My Brilliant Friend Nature's Microworlds The Newsroom The Office Okkupert Psi Factor Pushing Daisies Sherlock Silent Witness Taggart Top Gear A Touch of Frost True Blood Wallander Whitechapel