Business Channel One features documentaries and reports on innovation, from a hydrogen filling station in Alkmaar and laser weed control in flower-bulb farming, to algae cultivation on CO2 from biogas and dike reinforcement without sheet piling. Free to watch, with no paywall or ads, and subtitled in five languages. Films made within projects for provinces, water authorities, universities and research institutes remain online long after those projects have ended.
BC1® is an independent film platform and public knowledge archive on sustainable innovation, serving the Netherlands via bc1.nl and Europe via bc1.eu. It's also a public knowledge archive: a place where innovations, methods and solutions are collected and kept accessible.
What BC1® is for
Europe invests heavily in innovation. The results are documented in films, reports and presentations, and the projects themselves generate a wealth of practical knowledge. What's missing is a single public, European home where all of that comes together and stays visible.
In practice, that knowledge ends up on platforms where algorithms decide what gets seen, or on a project website that goes offline once the project ends. Practical knowledge and experience disappear from view the moment a project wraps up, which means the next project has to reinvent the wheel. That's value thrown away.
BC1® fills that gap: one place where innovations, and the thinking behind them, stay public, ad-free and findable, years later, and even for someone searching through AI. Preservation alone isn't enough. When a topic becomes relevant again, we bring the relevant films back into view.
Who's behind it
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BC1® is run by Hans and Tilly Scholtze, documentary filmmakers and partners in both work and vision. They founded the platform in 2015 and have kept it running ever since, making the films, handling the editorial work, making the content discoverable, and ensuring the material stays available years later. For productions, they work with a fixed group of professionals who share the same approach.
What drives them is the conviction that alternatives exist, and that people should be able to see them. Innovation, and the people behind it, captured in a way that's easy to follow; unpolished, with no sales pitch. No actors, no AI-generated footage, whoever appears in a film is the person actually doing the work and telling the story. And then preserved, because knowledge that disappears once a project ends is no use to anyone.
How we work ourselves
We work as close to CO2-neutral as we can, including our chain, from filming to the website. That belongs with the subjects we film.
When we started in 2015 we were already filming in 4K, which almost nobody in this field did at the time.
The editors decide what gets published
The editorial team decides what gets published, even when BC1® takes part in a project as a media partner. Films are commissioned or produced within projects, and paid for accordingly, that's how the platform sustains itself. Our information page explains how that works in more detail.
Innovation only pays off when others can build on it. For that, knowledge needs to stay findable.
Give us a call
We're happy to think along with you, no strings attached. No sales pitch, just an honest conversation about what works for your situation.
What our clients say
Mark Spetter, Province of Flevoland: Through her company BC1®, Tilly made a film for us, the Province of Flevoland, about the circular economy: Circular Flevoland 2030.
From start to finish, Tilly and her team were highly engaged and professional. They helped us clarify what we wanted to say and how to translate that into film.
The 33-minute film premiered at the cinema in Almere, and everyone, both the companies featured and the audience, was genuinely enthusiastic. Striking, powerful footage that clearly shows what's already happening around the circular economy in the province, and what it could look like by 2030. It was also built to be shown in parts, for instance at events or in education.
BC1® also supported us well with communications, both internal and external, from targeted invitations to social media posts and communication strategy.
All in all, we got more than we asked for, and we're very pleased with both the content and the process.
Flevoland gives entrepreneurs room to do business circularly
Sander 't Sas, Journalist, EenVandaag: Hans Scholtze is one of the best filmmakers I know. I've worked with him for over 15 years, and it has always resulted in outstanding productions. He's a skilled cameraman and editor with broad, up-to-date technical knowledge. Hans has a strong eye for visual storytelling, which means he always brings a story across beautifully and clearly. His sharp instinct for good footage and strong narrative makes even complex subjects visually engaging and easy to grasp. On top of that, he's simply a pleasure to work with.
Huub Lavooy, Delta21: I know Hans Scholtze as a skilled director of highly professional films across many fields. His knowledge of the energy transition, in particular, really stands out.