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Encyclopedia > TV Vlaanderen Digitaal
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal
Type Private
Founded 2006
Headquarters Zaventem, Belgium
Key people K. Pauwels, General Director
Industry Telecommunication
Products Direct broadcast satellite
Website tvvlaanderen.be

TV Vlaanderen Digitaal is a provider of digital television via satellite for the Belgian market, using the Astra-1 satellites at 19.2°E Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Geography Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region Flemish Region Province Flemish Brabant Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde Coordinates Area 27. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Copy of the original phone of Alexander Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception, also referred to as direct-to-home signals. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... SES Astra SA, a subsidiary of SES Global, is a Luxembourg-based (in Betzdorf) corporation which owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary satellites, which transmit approximately 1100 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 176 transponders to 91 million households across Europe. ...


Customers are mainly people in the area of Flanders, who do not have cable access, or Flemish people living in other parts of Belgium. It is only possible to register as a customer of TV Vlaanderen Digitaal using a Belgium postal address, due to copyright restrictions. Anthem De Vlaamse Leeuw (The Flemish Lion) Location of Belgian Flanders in Europe The Flemish Region Capital Brussels Official languages Dutch1 Recognised regional languages Flemish: Dutch Brussels: French and Dutch Government  -  Minister-President Kris Peeters Area  -  Total 13,522 km²   sq mi  Population  -  2006 [1] census 6,078,600   -  Density...


TV Vlaanderen is like the Dutch Canal Digitaal owned by Airbridge Investments and Providence Equity Partners. Whereby the last party has a controlling majority investment. A Dutch satellite broadcaster. ... Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island that focuses on investments in media and telecommunications. ...


Besides the Flemish stations ( één, Canvas, VTM, KanaalTwee, VT4, VijfTV and Vitaya ) Tv Vlaanderen also offers a number of themed channels such as Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel. één is a public TV station in Belgium, owned by the VRT who also owns Ketnet/Canvas/Sporza. ... Canvas is a Belgian public TV station, owned by the VRT who also owns één. ... VTM or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij is the main commercial television station in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking north of Belgium. ... Kanaal Twee (English: Channel Two) is a Belgian television channel owned by the Vlaamse Media Maatschappij. ... VT4 a Flemish commercial television channel. ... VijfTV started in october 2004 as SBS Belgiums second channel and a sister channel to VT4. ... Vitaya is a Flemish television station. ... Discovery Channel is a United States-based TV channel founded by John Hendricks. ... The National Geographic Channel is a subscription television network that features documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society. ...


Smartcard

In comparison to for instance many German broadcasters, the Flemish public and commercial broadcasts are not freely available via satellite. To receive the Flemish broadcasts a smartcard is required to decrypt the Mediaguard 2 signal. A smart card, or integrated circuit(s) card (ICC), is defined as any integrated circuitry embedded into a flat, plastic body. ... Mediaguard is a conditional access system for digital television developed by SECA (Société Européenne de Contrôle dAccès), which has since become Nagra France. ...


A standard DVB-S receiver is used, which can also receive other free-to-air broadcasts. DVB, short for Digital Video Broadcasting, is a suite of internationally accepted, open standards for digital television maintained by the DVB Project, an industry consortium with more than 300 members, and published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC... Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ...


External links

  • Website of TV Vlaanderen Digitaal
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Cable, satellite and other speciality television providers in Europe
Cable television: Canal Digital | Casema | Com Hem | Digi TV |Kabel Deutschland | Liberty Global Europe | ONO (Spain) | RCS (Romania) | TDC (Denmark) | Tele2 | Telenet (Belgium) | TV Cabo (Portugal) | UPC Romania | Virgin Media (UK) | WightCable
Satellite television: Athina Sat | Boom TV (Romania) | Canal Digital | Canal Digitaal Satelliet | CanalSat | Cyfra+ (Poland) | Digiturk (Turkey) | Digi TV | Dolce (Romania) | Euro1080 | Focus Sat (Romania) | Freesat | Freesat from Sky (UK/Ireland) | GlobeCast World TV | Max TV (Romania) | NTV Plus (Russia) | NOVA Cyprus | NOVA Greece | Premiere (Germany) | Sky Digital (UK/Eire) | Sky Italia | TPS (France) | TV Cabo (Portugal) | TV Vlaanderen Digitaal | Viasat (Scandinavia)
IPTV: Belgacom | BT Vision (UK) | Canal Digital | FASTWEB | Free (France) | Imagenio (Spain) | iNES (Romania) | Neuf (France) | Orange | Smartv (Portugal) | TeliaSonera | Tiscali TV (UK) | Viasat
Terrestrial television: Boxer (Sweden) | Freeview (UK) | Télévision Numérique Terrestre (France) | Top Up TV
See also: Template:CATV America and Template:CATV Africa, Asia and Oceania

 

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