Netherlands

Nearly one-third of Dutch TV connections are digital

09 Oct 2007

The total number of Dutch TV connections reached 7.027 million at the end of Q2, 2007 according to Telecompaper’s quarterly update. Cable

Digitenne DTT to reach 500,000 by year-end

14 Sep 2007

Dutch DTT operator Digitenne will have 500,000 subscribers by the end of the year, according to Baptiest Coopmans, a member of the KPN board,

KPN to launch DVB-H in time for Olympics

14 Aug 2007

Dutch operator KPN has said that its previously announced DVB-H mobile TV service will be launched in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The new

KPN digital TV subscribers up to 337,000

30 Jul 2007

KPN ended the second quarter of 2007 with 337,000 Digital TV subscribers, an increase of 47% on the same quarter last year. Most of the growth was

KPNTV reverts to Digitenne with reduced subscriptions

24 Jul 2007

Dutch Telco KPN is lowering the subscription to its DTT service by 30% from August 2nd, in a renewed attempt to compete with cable services, which

Dutch digital TV connections grow to 2.12 million

10 Jul 2007

Digital TV connections in the Netherlands grew 5.9 % during Q1 2007 to reach 2.12 million. During the same period the number of TV connections also

KPN delays DVB-H launch until 2008

21 May 2007

Broadband TV News reports that Marco Visser, MD of Mobile, the Telco and DVB-T operator of KPN, is putting back the launch of its mobile TV service

DVB-H launch in the second half of 2007

21 Mar 2007

At Cebit, Samsung were showing new phones especially developed for a potential DVB-H service in the Netherlands. KPN has the sole DVB-H licence

DTT reaches 265,000 Digitenne customers

06 Feb 2007

By the end of 2006, 265,000 customers were subscribing to the ‘Digitenne’ DTT service. This is up 44% year-on-year and KPN’s new service

The Netherlands becomes the first country to completely switch of analogue TV

12 Dec 2006

On the night of 10-11 December 2006, the Netherlands switched off its analogue terrestrial television network. This makes it the first country in

Analogue switch-off delayed once again

18 Sep 2006

The Dutch government has again changed the date when all analogue television transmitters will be switched off. Originally scheduled for the end of

Netherlands Analogue Switch Off date confirmed

29 Aug 2006

The Dutch government confirmed that analogue switch off will take place nationally on 26-27th November 2006 instead of the 30th October previously

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