VIER
VIER ("four") is a Belgian-Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of SBS Belgium and production company Woestijnvis.
| VIER | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 1 February 1995 |
| Owned by | SBS Belgium |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Audience share | 7.54% (2008, [1]) |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | Dutch |
| Formerly called | VT4 (1995 - 2012) |
| Sister channel(s) | Vijf, Zes |
| Website | vier.be |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| TV Vlaanderen | Channel 4 |
| Astra 1L 19.2° east | 12670V, 22.0, 5/6* |
| TéléSAT | Channel 603 |
| Cable | |
| Telenet Digital TV (Flanders) | Channel 3 |
| Telenet Digital TV (Brussels & Wallonia) | Channel 102 |
| Telenet | Refer to local listings at zenders.be |
| Voo (Brussels) | Channel 154 |
| IPTV | |
| Proximus TV (Flanders) | Channel 4 (HD) Channel 404 |
| Proximus TV (Brussels & Wallonia) | Channel 254 (HD) Channel 554 |
| Scarlet (Flanders) | Channel 34 (HD) Channel 4 |
| Scarlet (Brussels & Wallonia) | Channel 34 (HD) Channel 224 |
| Streaming media | |
| Yelo TV | Watch Live (HD) |
| TV Overal | Watch Live (HD) |
As of 2010, the channel has a market share of more than 7%.
Its owner also operate sister stations VIJF (formerly VIJFtv) and ZES. Broadcast entertainment, series, cartoons, movies, sports programmings.
History
The channel began broadcasting on 1 February 1995 under the name VT4. The channel initially had no Belgian broadcasting license and was transmitted via London (actually from Arqiva's transmission station at Brookmans Park in Hertfordshire).
Today, VIER broadcasts legally from Zaventem in Belgium. It is available on the cable network in Brussels as well as in Flanders. It's also available throughout Belgium on the IPTV network of Belgacom, who offers triple play everywhere in Belgium where VDSL is available.
On 17 September 2012, VT4 was rebranded as Vier.
HD broadcast
VT4 HD was launched as a temporary high-definition channel on June 7 2008 to coincide with the kick-off of UEFA 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 29, 2008.
On September 1, 2012 VT4 HD, along with sister channel VijfTV HD, launched as a HD simulcast. The channel was made available to Belgacom TV subscribers. On September 17, the day of the relaunch, both VIER HD and VIJF HD were made available for Telenet Digital TV subscribers.
Programming
Belgian
Current
Comedy
Drama
Reality
Past
Game Show
Reality
Imports
Current
Drama
Reality
Sitcoms
Sport
Past
Animation
Children's Shows
Comedy
Drama
- 18 Wheels of Justice
- The A-Team
- The Blacklist
- Blade
- Blue Bloods
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY
- Dexter
- Elementary
- The Following
- Forever
- The Glades
- Hawaii Five-0
- Heroes
- Jericho
- Joan of Arcadia
- The L Word
- Lost
- Medical Investigation
- The Mentalist
- Moon Over Miami
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- Nikita
- The Nine
- Numbers
- Scorpion
- Street Time
- Supernatural
- Touching Evil
- The Vampire Diaries (first 14 episodes)
Reality
Science Fiction
Sitcoms
Soap Opera
Video on demand
C-More was the VOD service of SBS Belgium. The name and logo are the result of the C More Entertainment group which delivers pay-TV, C More Entertainment was a part of the SBS Broadcasting Group which was bought by the ProSiebenSat.1 Media group which sold it to TV4 Gruppen. After the rename of the channel the service has been renamed to MEER (MORE). The service is available through Telenet Digital TV & Belgacom TV and is available on its own website MEER.be.
References
External links
- (in Dutch) VIER
- (in Dutch and French) The Belgian Television Audience Measurement Company