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'''Television in Belgium''' was [[Timeline of the introduction of television in countries|introduced in 1953]] and began with one channel each in Dutch and French. The country is heavily [[cable television|cabled]], with 93% of households watching television through cable as of 2003.<ref>http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.195.5529&rep=rep1&type=pdf</ref>
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==Channels==
===Native channels===
There are no national TV channels in Belgium. Because of the language divide, there are only channels either in Dutch or French, there is no single company operating TV channels in both the Flemish and the French part. Media laws are created and controlled on a regional level (Flemish or French). Thus the Flemish channels are controlled by Flemish law and the French-speaking ones are controlled by the French community. The public broadcasters still share a building in Brussels, a leftover from the time when the Public Television was still a national (Belgian) competence, however, they have split operations altogether with French language broadcaster RTBF occupying the right half of the building and Flemish broadcaster VRT occupying the left half of the building. They are both governed by different law and a different parliament an example of this is the fact that the French languages public broadcaster RTBF is allowed to sell advertising on television and have actual ad breaks, while the Flemish public broadcaster can only sell product placement and sponsor billboards on television. On their radio channels both are allowed to sell full ad breaks. Both public broadcasters also work in a completely different competitive environment.
The two main Belgian public TV networks, [[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|VRT]] in the [[Flemish Community]] and [[RTBF]] in the [[French Community of Belgium]], broadcast their channels via operators using cable, satellite, IPTV and digital terrestrial television ([[DVB-T2]]). In the French community of Belgium the channels of [[RTBF]] can be received by DVB-T2 free of charge. The privately owned channels of the French community are not available on digital terrestrial television. In the Flemish part of Belgium all channels of the public tv ([[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|VRT]]) and the most important privately owned channels are available on all platforms (including DVB-T2), however the public TV is not available free of charge through DVB-T2 but part of a subscription service that includes the most important privately owned channels as well. This subscription is offered by [[TV Vlaanderen]] which also offers satellite tv subscriptions. <br>▼
▲The two main Belgian public TV networks, [[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|VRT]] in the [[Flemish Community]] and [[RTBF]] in the [[French Community of Belgium]], broadcast their channels via operators using cable, satellite, IPTV and digital terrestrial television ([[DVB-T2]]). In the French community of Belgium the channels of [[RTBF]] can be received by DVB-T2 free of charge. The privately owned channels of the French community are not available on digital terrestrial television. In the Flemish part of Belgium all channels of the public tv ([[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|VRT]]) and the most important privately owned channels are available on all platforms (including DVB-T2), however the public TV is not available free of charge through DVB-T2 but part of a subscription service that includes the most important privately owned channels as well. This subscription is offered by [[TV Vlaanderen]] which also offers satellite tv subscriptions.
In the Flemish part there are three main broadcast groups: <br>
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These three broadcast groups combined generate about 80% of the total market share daily with [[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|VRT]] being the biggest with a market share of just above 36% (all channels combined), [[DPG Media]] taking about 31% (all channels combined) and SBS Belgium taking about 12% (all channels combined). <br>
The channels [[één]] and [[VTM (TV channel)|vtm]] are the main players in terms of daily newscasts and local content with primetime being filled for 90% with local productions or local versions of international formats. Vier(4) also has started programming mainly local productions in the primetime slot. All other channels air a majority of international (mostly US made) productions in original language (English) with subtitles. The only exception is children's programming which is dubbed in Dutch. <br>
Apart from these main groups there are dozens of other local or localised versions of other channels. e.g. [[MTV]], [[Nickelodeon]], [[National Geographic]], and [[Discovery Channel]].
In the French part there are 3 main broadcast groups; [[RTBF]] (the public broadcaster) which has the TV channels [[La Une]], [[La Deux]] and [[La Trois]], [[RTL Group]] (the main French-speaking commercial TV group) which runs the channels [[RTL-TVI]], [[Club RTL]] and [[Plug RTL]], and [[Mediawan Thematics]] (formerly AB Groupe; the 2nd French-speaking commercial group) which runs the channels [[AB3]] and [[ABXplore]] (formerly [[AB4]]). RTL Group attracts about 25% of market share daily (all channels combined) and RTBF also has about 25% average daily market share (all channels combined). The channels La Une and RTL-TVI are the main channels with local newscasts and the most local programming. Local programming however is relatively limited in the French part. Primetime is often filled with international shows dubbed in French or French tv shows. Up to 70% of the French-speaking Belgians turn on a domestic channel on average every night, up from 55% a few years ago. The success of French channel TF1 makes this a more fragmented market with TF1 sometimes having up to 15% market share in the French part of Belgium. TF1 even has localised ad breaks. Local Belgian channels find it sometimes difficult to compete with French TV which has vastly larger production budgets due to the market size difference (France having an addressable audience 15 times the size of the French part of Belgium) but in the past years the local channels have been investing in local qualitative drama and entertainment which has increased market share and viewership.
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Analogue terrestrial TV transmission of '''VRT Eén''' and '''VRT Ketnet/Canvas''' ended on 3 November 2008. The VRT multiplex transmission from Egem moved from channel 40 (626 MHz) to channel 22 (482 MHz); that from Genk on channel 41 (634 MHz) will move to channel 25 (506 MHz), and that from Antwerpen and Schoten on channel 59 (778 MHz) will move to channel 25 (506 MHz) as well. The VRT multiplex transmissions from Brussels, Gent, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, and Veltem will continue to operate on channel 22 (482 MHz). The move to lower frequencies may result in a slight increase in coverage area of the transmissions.
In May 2018, VRT announced it would cease its DVB-T broadcasts on 1 December 2018,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2018/05/17/vrt-stopt-eind-dit-jaar-met-uitzenden-via-dvb-t/|title=VRT stopt eind dit jaar met uitzenden via DVB-T|website=vrt.be|language=Dutch}}</ref>
===Wallonia and Brussels===
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| 8 ||vtm4|| [[DPG Media]] || 2.1
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| 9 || [[ZES (TV channel)|Zes]] || [[Telenet (Belgium)|Telenet]] || 2.0%
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