The Netherlands was the second European country to complete the move to digital terrestrial broadcasting on December 11, 2006.
KPN launched a DVB-H service MobileTV on Thursday, June 5, 2008 with a bouquet of ten channels.
The service was closed on June 1, 2011, KPN is now using the freed up capacity for adding new channels to its Digitenne DTT platform.
But with the uptake of LCD and plasma televisions customers are looking for better picture quality in digital cable.
The largest cable company, Ziggo, supports the CI+ standard making it possible for their customers to use televisions with an integrated digital tuner without the need for an additional set-top-box.
Services from both satellite positions can be received using a single dish with a Duo LNB, specifically designed for this purpose.
A second provider of digital satellite television named Joyne began its services in 2017,[3] but went bankrupt in 2021.
Since mid-2008 XMSNET also has started the rollout of IPTV over their FTTH (Fiber To The Home) network in several cities in the Netherlands.
The first trials with high-definition television in the Netherlands began in the summer of 2006 with the broadcast of the 2006 World Cup in HD.
But because no Dutch network had made the move to HD, already broadcast in widescreen and the quality of the standard-definition PAL signal was good enough for most people, demand was low.
During the test period an additional 1080i version of the channel was made available to the cable companies because of quality complaints from viewers.
But most of these channels are not part of HD services offered in the Netherlands nor broadcast programming aimed at the Dutch market.