Telenet allows five to more than eight channels will fall out of its analog television offer. From now on, only to be seen via digital tv. At the same time start the company an advertising campaign to digital television viewers to viewers.
The five international channels, the German ZDF, the British channels BBC1 and BBC2, the French France2 and the Italian RAI, from now on, customers of Telenet, only to be viewed via digital television. At some stations, as CNN, Arte and other German channels will also disappear. Telenet deleted previously BBC World, France 2 and 3, TVE and TRT of the analog signal.
According to Telenet, that is necessary in order ‘to on cable free up more space for digital television and the internet’. Analog tv takes up too much bandwidth compared to the internet – and telephony services that the company offers. The price of the analogue tv package remains the same. The company notes that there are still 21 analog television channels in Flanders, that together account for 90 percent of the ratings.
Digital tv competitor, Belgacom is furious about the decision of Telenet: “The are no small channels that the cable disappear”, says Philip Neyt Belgacom to Belga. BIPT, the Belgian telecoms regulator, last year, Telenet is imposed by the cable open to third parties, but according to Neyt try to Telenet to that for as long as possible.
Belgacom wants to be a analog televisiepakket on the cable release, but Neyt fear that with the delay of Telenet and the deletion of the channels that analog television hard shrunk by the time they take their package offer.
Update, 15.30: Belgacom now has a response given. This is the piece to be processed.