This is sometimes complicated in the Netherlands due to local building codes restricting the placement of satellite dishes.

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.

), also owner of the Belgian TV Vlaanderen Digitaal and TéléSAT Numérique, the Austrian HD Austria, the Czech/Slovak Skylink.

To receive the Dutch broadcasts a smartcard is required to decrypt the Mediaguard signal.

In 2017, Canal Digitaal went hybrid with a combined satellite and IPTV offer.