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Television in the Netherlands was introduced in 1951. In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks and a system of public broadcasters sharing three channels. In the Netherlands, as in Belgium and several other European countries, foreign shows are generally shown in the original language, with subtitles.
[edit] Public ChannelsThe Netherlands have three nationwide channels for publicly-funded television (the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO)). These channels can only make a fixed maximum amount of money from commercials inserted by the independent Ster agency. These commercials never interrupt broadcasts, and are only shown in between shows. The broadcasting organisations that use these channels are basically representative of the Dutch society. Every broadcasting company has members and the number of members gives them a status that is connected to the number of hours of broadcasting. If you are planning to 'go public' on Dutch television you need to have 50.000 members and something new to add to the existing broadcasting conglomerate. Granting or refusal of entry is decided politically on the guidance of public opinion. In 2005 there has been a sharp political debate over government plans to cut funding to public broadcasters, as well as abolishing statutory broadcaster NPS. [edit] National ChannelsThe three national television channels are: [edit] Digital ChannelsThe twelve digital television channels, that are available through Nederland 24, a promotional name for the set of digital speciality channels that are provided by the Netherlands Public Broadcasting organisation, are:
[edit] International ChannelThere is also an international channel the
[edit] Regional ChannelsMost regions and provinces have their own television channel as well. These also receive government funding:
[edit] Commercial Channels[edit] National Channels[edit] Digital Channels[edit] International ChannelsThe following international commercial channels broadcast localized versions of their programs:
[edit] Cable or SatelliteMany cable and satellite providers also broadcast 'domestic television' networks free; that is to say they are provided as part of the basic subscription to the cable or satellite service. Other 'domestic' channels may be received as part of extended packages. Many basic subscriptions include:
[edit] High-definitionIn the Netherlands customers can receive high-definition television channels by cable or satellite. There is no terrestrial HD service available nor planned. The first trials with high-definition television in the Netherlands began in 2006 with the broadcast of the 2006 World Cup in HD. After the trial the larger cable companies continued a HD service with a small number of channels as Discovery HD and National Geographic Channel HD. But because no Dutch network had made the move to HD, already broadcasted in widescreen and the quality of the standard-definition PAL signal was good enough for most people, demand was low. Since the 2006 trials none of the main Dutch networks made the move to HD. This changed in the summer of 2008 when from June 1, 2008 until August 24, 2008 the Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPO) organisations made their primary channel, Nederland 1 temporary available in HD. This made it possible to broadcast Euro 2008, the 2008 Tour de France, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in HD and additionally allowed them to test their systems before the scheduled launch of their permanent HD service in early 2009. The NPO planned to launch their permanent HD service with HD versions of their three channels Nederland 1, Nederland 2, and Nederland 3. Most of the programming in the early stages will consists of upscaled material from their parent channels as in time more programs will become available in HD.[1] Technicolor Netherlands, the company responsible for the technical realisation of the broadcasts of the NPOs television and radio channels, began the summer 2008 test broadcast of Nederland 1 HD in 720p/50 as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) recommends. During the test period an additional 1080i/25 version of the channel was made available to the cable companies because of quality complaints from viewers. No information has been made available what the format of the permanent HD service from the NPO will be. The commercial broadcasting organizations in the Netherlands RTL Nederland (RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8) and the SBS Broadcasting Group (NET 5, SBS 6, Veronica) have made no concrete HD plans available but said that HD will be part of their "regular replacement investments".[1] Currently there are still a limited number of HD channels available in the Netherlands, most of them are general HD channels without any Dutch programming.
Satellite viewers can receive a number of additional HD channels from the surrounding countries when broadcasting free-to-air including BBC HD. But these channels are not part of HD services offered in the Netherlands nor broadcast programming aimed at the Dutch market. [edit] Defunct or rebranded Channels
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