Netherlands

The Dutch TV maret benefits from a comprehensive cable network reaching nearly all TV homes, at the same time with upgraded DSL networks which provide IPTV services to most households. The country was the first to complete the move to DTTV broadcasting, in December 2006. The country's excellent broadband infrastructure as well forms the bedrock of popular triple play services offered by KPN and the cable duopoly of Ziggo and UPC Nederland.

This report provides an overview of media convergence in the Netherlands in 2010, profiling the major players and covering developments in digital, cable and interactive TV as so then as services just as VoD, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and IPTV.