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West International:
Holland’s First Expat TV Show!
TV West is having the scoop of broadcasting the very first television show for expats and internationally-minded people in The Hague, Delft, Leiden, Alphen and Gouda. The broadcasting station has been working on this idea for two years and finally the show ‘West International’ starts on January 26, 2009 with the first show broadcast live from the Kurhaus in Scheveningen.
West International is aimed at an international audience in the broadest sense. From the “traditional” expats working for large multinationals to business owners, international students, the wide variety of expats from Eastern Europe and Asia as well as Dutch citizens who are interested in the issues affecting their area. The primary goal of the show is to provide information and entertainment and to highlight the region as truly international.
TV West approached Starsound Productions, the successful production company of Edgar Wurfbain (director, producer) to produce the first 20 episodes. Edgar hit upon the idea of one main anchorman (Paul Brown), to be the central person of the show. Paul will be flanked by two co-hosts; one from the UK and the other from the USA.
Paul, a businessman and expat from London has been living in The Hague for seventeen years and is the chairman of WorldWideBroker, a financial services company. Paul seems to be the perfect person to present the show as he knows the region well and he is familiar with the problems and challenges expats are facing in this country. Together with the co-hosts he also knows what interests expats. Paul: ‘The content of show is going to be a combination of infotainment, (street) interviews with expats as well as interesting and famous people. There will be service-items, sports, fashion and lifestyle and it’s going to be a lot of fun! ‘
Edgar complements: ‘We also need to address serious topics such healthcare, education and counselling because, whilst it is exciting to live aboard, landing on foreign soil can be a big challenge.’’ The show is filmed from different locations in the range area of TV West so it gives the internationally-minded viewer the chance to find out what is happening across the region, thereby broadening their horizons. Paul says: ‘Each episode runs for 22 minutes and will be repeated 7 times a week from Monday till Thursday 11.30 and 22.30; so there are several opportunities to catch the show. Missed episodes and lots more information about items featured will be available online. We have guests on the show from the area, from international companies, international schools, expat networks etc, but we can always use more people. If you are interested in participating in West International, please contact the editorial desk of Starsound Production (redactie@starsoundproductions.com) and watch us in January!!’
Written by Eline Attema
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