SBS (2003-)
In 2002-2003 the Association learned the hard way that it could not realize radio and TV in a stand-alone setting. In 2001 SBS Broadcasting B.V., the Dutch branch of the SBS Broadcasting Group, already bought the Dutch TV channel Fox 8 from the News Corporation and renamed it into V8 in anticipation of Veronica. Unfortunately the negotiations between the Veronica Association and SBS Broadcasting were not going as planned and no agreement could be set. In the course of 2002 Veronica cooperated with MTV Networks Benelux and started time-sharing with MTV's Kindernet. The ratings were poor though. At the end of 2002 the Association is even talking with HMG again. Eventually Veronica closed a deal with SBS and it replaced SBS's V8 on 20 September 2003.
The German ProSiebenSat.1 Media took over SBS Broadcasting on 27 June 2007. In 2011 the three TV stations (SBS 6, NET 5 and Veronica), the two TV guides (Veronica Magazine and Totaal TV), production, design and text activities were sold to a joint venture between Sanoma (67%) and Talpa Media Holding (33%).
Though Veronica's appeal and power have dissipated, most of the Dutch commercial radio and television landscape has been formed by Veronica and its spin-offs.
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