Every broadcasting association will retain its present home channel. The broadcasting associations and the NPS will be given at least two-thirds of their existing air time on their home channel, with the exception of the EO which will be given at least half its existing air time on its home channel. The EO will receive 250 hours of air time on Nederland 1 for its programmes which fit in with that channel's identity and, as a result, will be represented on the editorial boards of both TV2 and Nederland 1. VARA will be guaranteed 100 hours of air time in this slot on TV2. A youth block, analogous to the children's block, is not a solution.
Research shows that young people have little interest in special youth programmes.
However there are categories of programme in which they are more interested than average, such as sport, feature films and soaps. That percentage is not a goal in its own right. The primary aim of more distinctive channel identities is not to obtain an extra percent or two of the market, but to make public broadcasting's programming clearer. In the expectation that this will create a bond between the viewers and one or more of the public channels.