{{Short description|Dutch satellite television provider}} {{For|the television provider based in Norway|Canal Digital}} {{Expand Dutch|Canal Digitaal|date=July 2018}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox company | name = Canal Digitaal | logo = Canal Digitaal Logo 2017.svg | image = CanalDigitaal benodigdheden.png | type = [[Subsidiary]] | genre = | fate = | predecessor = [[MultiChoice|MultiChoice Nederland]] | successor = | foundation = 1 July 1996 (as MultiChoice Nederland)<br>1 October 2009 (as CanalDigitaal) | founder = | defunct = | location_city = [[Hilversum]] | location_country = [[Netherlands]] | location = | locations = | area_served = [[Netherlands]] | key_people = | industry = [[Subscription Television]] | products = [[Direct broadcast satellite]] | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = [[M7 Group]] | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{url|http://www.canaldigitaal.nl}} | footnotes = | intl = }} [[File:CanalDigitaal logo.gif|thumb|CanalDigitaal previous logo]] '''CanalDigitaal''' is a provider of digital television via satellite for the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] market, using the [[SES Astra|Astra]] satellites at [[Astra 23.5°E|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]]s restricting the placement of [[satellite dish]]es. 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]] [[M7 Group]] (Canal+ Luxembourg s.a.r.l.), also owner of the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[TV Vlaanderen Digitaal]] and [[TéléSAT Numérique]], the [[Austria]]n [[HD Austria]], the [[Czech Republic|Czech]]/[[Slovakia|Slovak]] [[Skylink (TV platform)|Skylink]]. Since September 2019, M7 Group is owned by [[Vivendi]]'s [[Groupe Canal+]].
==Smartcard== Unlike many [[Germany|German]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] broadcasters, the Dutch [[Netherlands Public Broadcasting|public]] 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]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/11/02/dutch-canal-digitaal-goes-hybrid/|title=Dutch Canal Digitaal goes hybrid|date=2017-11-02|website=Broadband TV News|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref>
==Fastscan channel list== The CanalDigitaal Fastscan lists all channels carried on the CanalDigitaal platform and almost all [[free-to-air]] channels on the [[Astra 19.2°E|19.2° east]], [[Astra 23.5°E|23.5° east]] and [[Astra 28.2°E|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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.canaldigitaal.nl CanalDigitaal] *[http://www.tvchannellists.com/List_of_channels_on_CanalDigitaal List of channels on CanalDigitaal] *[https://www.ses.com/ official SES website] *[https://www.ses.com/our-coverage#/explore SES fleet information and map] *[http://www.satellietzaak.nl/blog/canal-digitaal-npo-betalen/ Update CanalDigitaal Free to Air channels]
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