
Dutch digital TV penetration has now reached 6.3 million subscriptions at the end of Q3, 2012, or over 81% of all TV homes.
The Business of Multiscreen Television

Despite political pressure from the Dutch parliament, the Dutch cable networks remain closed for third party resellers – at least for the time being.
Marja van Bijsterveldt, the Dutch minister for media, says she has no intention of telling cable operator Ziggo how to run its business. Answering questions in Parliament from the Socialist Party, she said cable operators are free to determine the number of analogue channels and the government does not intend to regulate pricing.

Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA no longer plans to impose further regulation on the Dutch cable sector. The Open Cable plan is now off the table.
The number of Dutch consumers using an alternative for cable for their television viewing rose from 24% in mid-2009 to 28% in September 2010, according to telecoms regulator OPTA.
In a effort to revive its Open Cable policy, the Dutch telecoms regulator OPTA said it will launch a new TV market analysis. The decision follows a ruling by the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal to overturn the first analysis.
The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven – CBb) has overturned the market analysis that telecoms regulator OPTA published in March 2009. The verdict has far-reaching implications for the Open Cable ruling in the Netherlands. By overturning the analysis, the basis for the Open Cable provisions issued by OPTA [...]
The most recent non-proprietary video compression standard, High-Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC), also known as H.265, was placed into final draft for ratification in January 2013 and is expected to become the video standard of choice for the next decade. … [Read More...]
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