24Kitchen to leave Dutch television in 2027
The cooking channel will cease as a linear channel on 31 March 2027 and move its programmes to Disney+.
24Kitchen will stop broadcasting on Dutch television next year. According to the channel, its cooking programmes will remain available via Disney+, where room must remain for Dutch productions and new programmes.
24Kitchen will cease operating as a linear television channel in the Netherlands on 31 March 2027. A spokesperson confirmed the decision to RTL Boulevard, after which several media outlets reported on the move.
The channel has been broadcasting on Dutch television since 2011. During that period, 24Kitchen grew into a recognisable cooking channel with programmes by, among others, Rudolph van Veen, Miljuschka Witzenhausen, Hugo Kennis and Danny Jansen.
The existing programmes will move to Disney+. This means the programming will not disappear immediately, but the way viewers access it will change. Those who want to continue watching the programmes will have to use a streaming service instead of a traditional television channel.
According to the spokesperson, there will remain room for local productions and new programmes. It has not yet been announced how large that offering will be, when new productions will appear or whether all existing programmes will remain available.
The move fits into a broader shift from linear television to streaming. For media companies, a streaming platform offers more opportunities to provide programmes on demand and measure viewing behaviour. At the same time, a channel is disappearing from the standard package of viewers who do not have a subscription to the service.
24Kitchen is part of the international Disney organisation and, according to reports, broadcasts in fourteen countries. It is not yet clear whether the linear channel will also disappear in other countries. Disney already closed a similar channel in Turkey in 2023.
For programme makers and presenters, distribution will change, but the productions themselves will not necessarily cease to exist. The announced move in itself says nothing yet about contracts, jobs or the size of the Dutch offering.
The coming months will show which programmes will move to Disney+ and how the service positions the 24Kitchen brand there. Until the announced date, the channel will continue broadcasting in the Netherlands according to its current schedule.
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The announcement, date and move to Disney+ have been confirmed by several public media sources. Unknown aspects of the future programming have been marked as uncertain.
- confirmed 24Kitchen will stop broadcasting on Dutch television on 31 March 2027. — Tweakers and TVvisie report the same date, based on confirmation by the channel. source
- confirmed The content will move to Disney+. — This is stated in the reports and is visible on the Disney+ page. source
- confirmed 24Kitchen has been broadcasting on Dutch television since 2011. — Tweakers names 2011 as the start year. source
- confirmed The size of the future Dutch offering is not yet known. — The spokesperson mentions room for local content, but no detailed offering. source
Editor's note
The date on which broadcasting will stop in the Netherlands and the move to Disney+ have been confirmed. The future size of the local offering and the situation in other countries remain unknown.Sources
- 24Kitchen stopt op tv: content wordt voortaan geserveerd op Disney+ — Tweakers
- 24Kitchen verdwijnt van televisie en verhuist naar Disney+ — TVvisie
- 24Kitchen op TV — 24Kitchen
- 24Kitchen-films en -series — Disney+
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