Canal Digitaal

Canal Digitaal
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySubscription Television
PredecessorMultiChoice Nederland
Founded1 July 1996 (as MultiChoice Nederland)
1 October 2009 (as CanalDigitaal)
Headquarters,
Area served
Netherlands
ProductsDirect broadcast satellite
ParentM7 Group
Websitewww.canaldigitaal.nl
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CanalDigitaal is a provider of digital television via satellite for the Dutch market, using the Astra satellites at 23.5° east.

Initially customers were mainly Dutch citizens in the countryside who did not have cable access. But in the meantime the company also managed to expand into the cities. 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.

CanalDigitaal is owned by the Luxembourg M7 Group (Canal+ Luxembourg s.a.r.l.), also owner of the Belgian TV Vlaanderen Digitaal and TéléSAT Numérique, the Austrian HD Austria, the Czech/Slovak Skylink. Since September 2019, M7 Group is owned by Vivendi's Groupe Canal+.