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Belgian pubcaster VRT terminates DTT broadcasts

May 18, 2018 07.04 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Belgian Dutch language public broadcaster VRT is pulling the plug out off its DVB-T broadcasts on December 1, citing “changing media consumption usage.’

The end of digital terrestrial broadcasts concerns VRT’s three main channels Eén, Canvas and Ketnet, that are now available free-to-air across the country.

According to the broadcaster, just 45,000 people currently use the DTT broadcasts as their means of reception, which costs more than EUR1 million a year to sustain.

VRT said it now wants to invest the money into its free-to-use VRT Nu online platform which has 1,125,000 registered users. VRT Nu offers live streams of all the channels as well as added functionality such as catch-up via the EPG as well as selected on-demand programming.

Viewers in Belgium will continue to have access to Antenne TV, the pay DVB-T2 service from M7 Group, which launched in December 2017. For €9.95 per month, Antenne TV offers 15 channels via DVB-T2 including all private Belgian TV channels. There is a possibility that M7 will negotiate a distribution deal to bring the three VRT channels to the platform.

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Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Terrestrial, Top Story Tagged With: Belgium, Canvas, DTT, DVB-T, Eén, Ketnet, VRT Edited: 21 May 2018 11:00

About Robert Briel

Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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