CanalDigitaal is a provider of digital television via satellite for the
Dutch market, using the
Astra
Astra may refer to:
People
* Astra (name)
Places
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* Astra (Isauria), a town of ancient Isauria, now in Turkey
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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 code
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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
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
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC or IC card) is a physical electronic authentication device, used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit (IC) c ...
is required to decrypt the
Mediaguard signal. CanalDigitaal has recently switched from Mediaguard 2 to Mediaguard 3.
A standard
DVB-S
Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite (DVB-S) is the original DVB standard for Satellite Television and dates from 1995, in its first release, while development lasted from 1993 to 1997. The first commercial applications was by Star TV in Asia ...
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 subscripti ...
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 subscripti ...
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
Television in the Netherlands was officially introduced in 1951. In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks, such as RTL Nederland, and a system of public broadcasters sharing three channels, NPO ...
*
Digital television in the Netherlands
References
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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Direct broadcast satellite services
Private equity portfolio companies
Providence Equity Partners companies
M7 Group