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Line 1: {{Short description\|Dutch video on demand service}} {{Infobox company \| name = Videoland \| logo = ~~VIDEOLAND BY RTL~~Videoland.png \| type = [[Subsidiary]] \| founded = {{start date and age\|1984\|\|}} \| founders = {{Plainlist\| Nico Broersen~~<br>~~ Gerard van Stijn }} \| hq_location_city = [[Hilversum~~]], [[Netherlands~~]] \| services = [[Video on demand]] Service (2010 - present)<br>[[Video rental shop\|VHS/DVD home video rentals]] (1984 - 2013)▼ \| hq_location_country = [[Netherlands]] ~~\| parent = [[RTL Nederland]] (2013 - present)<br>Moving Pictures Holding (2011 - 2013)<br>Entertainment Retail Group (1997 - 2011)<br>[[Philips]] (1992 - 1996)~~ \| services = {{Plainlist\| \| homepage = {{URL\|http://videoland.com/}}▼ [[Video on demand]] Service (2010 - present) ▲~~\| services = [[Video on demand]] Service (2010 - present)<br>~~[[Video rental shop\|VHS/DVD home video rentals]] (1984 - 2013) }} \| parent = {{Plainlist\| [[Philips]] (1992 - 1996) Entertainment Retail Group (1997 - 2011) Moving Pictures Holding (2011 - 2013) [[RTL Nederland]] (2013 - present) }} ▲\| ~~homepage~~website = {{URL\|http://videoland.com/}} }} '''Videoland''' ~~was originally~~is a Dutch ~~retail chain of video rental stores and is now primarily an~~ [[Over-the-top media services\|OTT]] [[online service provider]] owned by [[RTL Nederland]]. Originally it was a retail chain of video rental stores. Its main competitor is [[Netflix]]. Videoland is registrered as a VOD-service in Luxembourg; hence the law of Luxembourg (as is for the tv-stations RTL4, RTL5 etc) applies to Videoland. ==History== Videoland was founded by Nico Broersen and Gerard van Stijn and opened its first video rental store in 1984. From 1992 to 1996 [[Philips]] was the owner, and took over the management in the Netherlands. In 2004, the 200th store opened.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/nieuws/2004-W10/videoland-opent-200ste-vestiging\|title=Videoland opent 200ste vestiging\|work=EntertainmentbBsiness.nl\|date=4 March 2004\|language=nl}}</ref> By the end of the ~~first decade of the 21st century~~2000s, video stores came ~~more and~~under more ~~under~~ pressure due to the rise of Video-on-Demand services. Parent company Entertainment Retail Group filed for bankruptcy in 2010. The Videoland formula and franchise were then acquired by Moving Pictures Holding.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://franchiseplus.nl/nieuws/moving-pictures-holding-neemt-videoland-en-movie-max-over\|title=Moving Pictures Holding neemt Videoland en Movie MAX over\|work=franchiseplus.nl\|date=12 September 2023 \|language=nl}}</ref> ==Video-on-Demand Service== Videoland on Demand islaunched ~~available since~~in 2010 and RTL Nederland took a share of 65% in 2013. Since 2015 Videoland on Demand is fully owned by RTL Nederland. ~~The~~As a result, Videoland's rental stores closed ~~its~~their doors.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.techzine.nl/nieuws/91396/rtl-nederland-is-nu-volledig-eigenaar-van-videoland.html\|title=RTL Nederland is nu volledig eigenaar van Videoland\|work=Techzine.nl\|date=24 April 2015 \|language=nl}}</ref> Since 2015, the company has also been producing its own programs for its video-on-demand service. ==Awards== * In the fall of 2018, Videoland won a Hashtag Award in the category ''Best Video on Demand'' with the series ''Mocro Maffia''.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2018-12-17\|title=Famke Louise en Mocro Maffia vallen in de prijzen bij Hashtag Awards\|url=https://www.ad.nl/show/famke-louise-en-mocro-maffia-vallen-in-de-prijzen-bij-hashtag-awards~a0b6195b/\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=[[Algemeen Dagblad]]\|language=nl}}</ref> * In May 2020, Videoland won two The Best Social Awards in the categories Best Positive Impact and Best Launch with the documentary Bont Girl, by [[Famke Louise]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-05-27\|title=Videoland valt in de prijzen met documentaire Famke Louise\|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/entertainment/832518015/videoland-valt-in-de-prijzen-met-documentaire-famke-louise\|access-date=2021-06-10\|website=Telegraaf\|language=nl}}</ref> ==References== Line 27 ⟶ 46: * {{official website\|http://www.videoland.com}} {{VOD services}} {{RTL Group}} {{Bertelsmann}} Line 34 ⟶ 54: [[Category:Video rental services]] [[Category:Video on demand services]] [[Category:Entertainment companies established in 1984]] [[Category:Mass media companies established in 1984]] [[Category:Retail companies established in 1984]] [[Category:Dutch companies established in 1984]] [[Category:Internet properties established in 2010]] [[Category:2015 mergers and acquisitions]]