STVS

thumb | right | STVS logo on the sign on the right STVS (Surinaamse Televisie Stichting) is a television network in Suriname and was founded in 1965 by Prime Minister Johan Adolf Pengel. It broadcasts in the Dutch language and it is owned by the government. It is headquartered in Paramaribo, Suriname. The picture format of the STVS television network is 480i (SDTV).

==History== Television was first trialed in Suriname in 1958, at the Kersten firm in Paramaribo. In 1961, Frits Pengel of the Dutch omroep VARA (the current BNNVARA) wrote a plan to start television broadcasts in Suriname. The plan mainly consisted of an argument that television was no longer destined for industrialized countries. Pengel did not have a good relationship with the then Prime Minister Emanuels and the plan was shelved for the time being. This changed when Jopie Pengel took office as Prime Minister in 1963; both are related, but not closely related. The new Prime Minister was interested in his plan and asked Frits Pengel to write an additional report. This came after an orientation trip to Curaçao and Trinidad, where television broadcasts had started a short time earlier. Ultimately, it led to the founding of STVS in February 1964. On 24 February 1964, the Surinamese government founded the Surinaamse Televisie Stichting (STVS) and ordered the construction of a studio. The studio was opened on 1 October 1965, and on the same day trial broadcasts were started. Regular broadcasts started on 20 October 1965 on channel 8. First director of STVS was Frits Pengel, who had taken a television broadcasting course in the Netherlands. Pengel would remain director of STVS until 1994.