Satellite
TV Vlaanderen supplies DVB-S Satellite Television aimed at the Flemish, Dutch speaking market, broadcasting (encrypted, Seca 2/Irdeto 2) via the Astra 1G Satellite at 19.2°E. It has more than 60,000 subscribers.
In December 2008, a French language satellite platform called TeleSat has launched via the Eutelsat Hot Bird satellite position at 13°E. It broadcasts in MPEG4/DVB-S2 in SD and consists of RTBF La Une, RTBF La Deux, RTL-TVi, Plug TV and Club RTL as well as a number of French language Belgian radio stations.
Both TV Vlaanderen and TeleSat are Belgian subsidiaries of the Airfield Holding, who also owns the Dutch DTH platform, CanalDigitaal.
Canal Digitaal, a Dutch subsidiary of the Airfield Holding broadcasts from both Astra 19.2°E and Astra's 23.5°E position, which are available to the Flemish Dutch speaking market using a single dish with a Duo LNB (DVB-S).
VRT and RTBF both have international channels on digital satellite (DVB-S) called BVN (as a cooperation between the Flemish VRT and the Dutch NOS) and TV5MONDE.
(See also Euro1080).
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