Erik de Zwart
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Erik de Zwart is a Dutch
radio
and television
maker, former D.J., former Music Box
, The Music Factory
and MTV V.J. and media entrepreneur
.
He was co-founder and shareholder of Radio 538
(1992) and The Music Factory
(1995).
Presently, Erik is chairman of Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, the body that owns and exerts all broadcasting and publishing rights of the Dutch Top 40
, the nation's flagship music chart and its spin-offs.
Among his current major investments and interests is the media technology company Mobilaria / Tunin.FM that offers mobile streaming audio in high quality over small bandwidth GPRS mobile networks
using highly advanced compression technologies.
As of April 2008, Erik de Zwart also is the station voice of Radio Veronica
(the present day successor of the legendary offshore pirate station under the same name - Radio Veronica nowadays is a subsidiary of Sky Radio Group Ltd.).
De Zwart is the Dutch
dubbing
voice and narrator of the children's television series Thomas and Friends (Dutch title: Thomas de Stoomlocomotief).
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
maker, former D.J., former Music Box
Music Box (TV)
Music Box Ltd. was a television production company that developed from a pioneering pan-European 24-hour cable and satellite channel that ran from March 1984 to 30 January 1987, originally one of three channels along with PREM1ERE and The Children's Channel, that formed Thorn EMI's venture into...
, The Music Factory
TMF Nederland
TMF was a 24-hour music channel operated by Viacom International Media Networks in the Netherlands. The channel ceased operating on September 1, 2011. The channels operations were based in Amsterdam. The channel was previously known as TMF6 and TMF9 respectively.- History :TMF was launched on May...
and MTV V.J. and media entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
.
He was co-founder and shareholder of Radio 538
Radio 538
Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station aimed at young people. It has a broad format which includes Top 40, dance, R&B and recent hits...
(1992) and The Music Factory
TMF Nederland
TMF was a 24-hour music channel operated by Viacom International Media Networks in the Netherlands. The channel ceased operating on September 1, 2011. The channels operations were based in Amsterdam. The channel was previously known as TMF6 and TMF9 respectively.- History :TMF was launched on May...
(1995).
Presently, Erik is chairman of Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, the body that owns and exerts all broadcasting and publishing rights of the Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
, the nation's flagship music chart and its spin-offs.
Among his current major investments and interests is the media technology company Mobilaria / Tunin.FM that offers mobile streaming audio in high quality over small bandwidth GPRS mobile networks
Mobile telephony
Mobile telephony is the provision of telephone services to phones which may move around freely rather than stay fixed in one location. Mobile phones connect to a terrestrial cellular network of base stations , whereas satellite phones connect to orbiting satellites...
using highly advanced compression technologies.
As of April 2008, Erik de Zwart also is the station voice of Radio Veronica
Radio Veronica
Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast from offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales of radio receivers by providing an alternative to...
(the present day successor of the legendary offshore pirate station under the same name - Radio Veronica nowadays is a subsidiary of Sky Radio Group Ltd.).
De Zwart is the Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
dubbing
Overdubbing
Overdubbing is a technique used by recording studios to add a supplementary recorded sound to a previously recorded performance....
voice and narrator of the children's television series Thomas and Friends (Dutch title: Thomas de Stoomlocomotief).