Canvas is a Belgian television channel of the Flemish public broadcasting organisation Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT). Specialising in both original and adaptations from western Europe and North America, the channel offers: in-depth news and current affairs, non-mainstream entertainment, documentaries, arthouse films, other cultural programming, and most recently additional children's programming. The channel, launched in December 1997, is part of VRT's second network (VRT 2), which also carries occasional sports programming under the Sporza branding. The current network director of VRT 2 is Bart De Poot. Until 2012, Canvas timeshared with the children's channel Ketnet between 7am and 8pm; Ketnet has thus moved to its own channel and Canvas became a standalone channel. Prior to the launch of OP12, Canvas broadcast from 8pm until around midnight to 1am each evening. Since October 27, 2018, Ketnet Junior airs on Canvas every afternoon between 2 and 7 pm (Sunday until 6 pm), along with morning broadcasts on Ketnet. Programming Belgian Het Journaal International 1992 Afterlife Agatha Christie's Poirot The Americans Bancroft Below the Surface The Black Donnellys Blue Murder Borgen Bron/Broen Carnivàle Carrie and Barry Chef! Dark Heart DCI Banks Desperate Housewives Dynasties Earthflight Endeavour Episodes Extras Forbrydelsen The Handmaid's Tale Hidden Hotel Babylon Informer Inspector George Gently Inspector Morse The IT Crowd Jack Taylor Lewis Live from Abbey Road Luther Midnattssol Murder in Mind My Brilliant Friend Nature's Microworlds The Newsroom The Office Okkupert Psi Factor Pushing Daisies Sherlock Silent Witness Taggart Top Gear A Touch of Frost True Blood Wallander Whitechapel Logos and identities See also Eén BRTN TV2 Ketnet List of television channels in Belgium Sporza Terzake External links 1997 establishments in Belgium Television channels in Belgium Television channels in Flanders Television channels and stations established in 1997