VT4

Infobox TV channel
name = VT4
logofile = Vt4.png logosize = 150px
logoalt =
country = flagicon|Belgium Belgium
launch = 1 February 1995
picture format = 625 Lines PAL (analogue), 576i SDTV (digital)
owner = ProSiebenSat.1 Media
web = [http://www.vt4.be/ vt4.be]
sat serv 1 = TV Vlaanderen Digitaal (BE)
sat chan 1 = Channel 4
sat serv 2 = SES Astra 19,2°E
sat chan 2 = 12670V, 22.0, 5/6
cable serv 1 = Telenet (Belgium)
cable chan 1 = Channel 4
online serv 1 = Zattoo
online chan 1 = Channel 3
Only available in Belgium
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VT4 (Viking Television 4)fact|date=March 2008 is a Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG.

The channel began broadcasting on 1 February 1995. The channel initially had no Belgian broadcasting license and was transmitted via London (actually from the BBC building at Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire). The channel now broadcasts legally from Zaventem in Belgium. It is available on the cable network in Brussels as well as in Flanders.

At first the channel was aimed at an adult demographic but this approach was deemed unsuccessful and the channel moved to a youth-oriented schedule with many imported popular American programmes (like The Simpsons, My Wife and Kids, Friends), all of which carry Dutch subtitles. This approach has been more successful and the channel now has a market share of more than 7%.

The owners of VT4 also own and operate a sister station called VIJFtv.

Internet television

In 2007, VT4 struck a deal with Zattoo so that Belgian residents can watch the channel using their online television service for free.

VT4 HD

VT4 HD was launched as a temporary high-definition channel on June 7th 2008 to coincide with the kick-off of Euro 2008. It was merely a simulcast of VT4's schedule, but the Euro 2008 matches and all related talk shows were broadcast in HD. VT4 HD was available exclusively to Telenet Digital TV subscribers and was shut down on June 29th 2008.

External links

*nl [http://www.vt4.be/ VT4]
*nl fr [http://www.audimetrie.be/ The Belgian Television Audience Measurement Company]

ee also

*List of television channels in Belgium