These also receive government funding: The following (international) commercial channels broadcast localized versions of their programs: While there are many localised versions of international channels meant for the Dutch market, many television providers also broadcast 'domestic television' networks as part of the basic subscription package.
Many basic subscriptions include: In the Netherlands customers can receive high-definition television channels by cable or satellite.
KPN started to switch its digital terrestrial television platform to the DVB-T2 HEVC standard in October 2018,[7] this transition completed on 9 July 2019.
[8] The first trials with high-definition television in the Netherlands began in 2006 with the broadcast of the 2006 World Cup in HD.
This changed in the summer of 2008 when from 1 June 2008 until 24 August 2008, the Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPO) organisations made their primary channel, Nederland 1 temporary available in HD.
During the test period an additional 1080i/25 version of the channel was made available to the cable companies because of quality complaints from viewers.
In April 2017, satellite provider CanalDigitaal added Insight TV 4K UHD in its channel line-up.
[11] After more than a year of testing, KPN launched ultra-high-definition television on 1 July 2017, with Xite 4K and Hispasat 4K TV.
[14] NPO 1 launched its first trials with ultra-high-definition television through KPN, CanalDigitaal and some minor networks on 14 June 2018, using the HLG standard.