CanalDigitaal is a provider of digital television via satellite for the
Dutch 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
building codes 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
Luxembourg
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M7 Group (Canal+ Luxembourg s.a.r.l.), also owner of the
Belgian TV Vlaanderen Digitaal and
TéléSAT Numérique, the
Austria
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n
HD Austria, the
Czech/
Slovak Skylink. Since September 2019, M7 Group is owned by
Vivendi's
Groupe Canal+.
Smartcard
Unlike many
German and
British broadcasters, the Dutch
public
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and commercial broadcasts are not freely available via satellite. To receive the Dutch broadcasts a
smartcard is required to decrypt the
Mediaguard 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
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
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
free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscri ...
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.
See also
*
Television in the Netherlands
*
Digital television in the Netherlands
References
External links
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