Netherlands first country to switch to fully digital TV
The Netherlands ended transmission of "free to air" analog television yesterday, becoming the first nation to switch completely to digital signals. Few Dutch consumers noticed, because the overwhelming majority get TV by cable. Only around 74,000 households relied primarily on the old-fashioned TV antennas in the country of 16 million, although 220,000 people had an "occasional use" set somewhere such as in a vacation house, camper or boat, according to government figures.
The bandwidth formerly used by analog has been licensed through 2017 by former Dutch telecommunications monopoly Royal KPN NV, which will use it to broadcast digital television.
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