CanalDigitaal is a provider of digital television via satellite for the

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market, using the Astra satellites at 23.5° east. Initially customers were mainly Dutch citizens in the countryside who did not have cable access. But in the meantime the company also managed to expand into the cities. This is sometimes complicated in the Netherlands due to local

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s restricting the placement of satellite dishes. The company now also actively markets its products to countries outside the Netherlands and it is no longer necessary to have a Dutch address or bank account to take out a subscription. CanalDigitaal is owned by the

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M7 Group M7 Group (legally Canal+ Luxembourg S.à.r.l.) is a Luxembourg-based television provider which operates several direct broadcast satellite pay TV platforms: HD Austria in Austria, Télésat in Belgium and Luxembourg, TV Vlaanderen in the Flander ...

(Canal+ Luxembourg s.a.r.l.), also owner of the

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TV Vlaanderen Digitaal and TéléSAT Numérique, the

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n HD Austria, the

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/ Slovak Skylink. Since September 2019, M7 Group is owned by

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broadcasters, the Dutch

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and commercial broadcasts are not freely available via satellite. To receive the Dutch broadcasts a

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is required to decrypt the

Mediaguard MediaGuard is a conditional access system for digital television developed by SECA (Société Européenne de Contrôle d'Accès; renamed to Canal+ Technologies SA) (CEO François Carayol), a subsidiary of Canal+ Group, sold to Thomson (CEO Thierry ...

signal. CanalDigitaal has recently switched from Mediaguard 2 to Mediaguard 3. A standard DVB-S or DVB-S2 receiver is used, which can also receive other

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broadcasts. In 2017, Canal Digitaal went hybrid with a combined satellite and IPTV offer. The company is now working with several IPTV partners, including M7's online.nl service.

Fastscan channel list

The CanalDigitaal Fastscan lists all channels carried on the CanalDigitaal platform and almost all

channels on the 19.2° east, 23.5° east and 28.2° east satellites. Many channels are free, others are available only with a subscription.

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External links

CanalDigitaalList of channels on CanalDigitaalSES guide to receiving Astra satellitesSES guide to channels broadcasting on Astra satellitesUpdate CanalDigitaal Free to Air channels
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Fastscan channel list

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