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Play4 is a Belgian- Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of SBS Belgium and production company Woestijnvis.

As of 2010, the channel has a market share of more than 7%.

The channel was formerly known as VIER from 17 September 2012 to 27 January 2021. On 28 January 2021, the channel was rebranded to Play4.

Its owner also operates sister stations Play5, Play6 and Play7. 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 NTL'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.

On 7 June2019, it was announced that the channel would be eventually rebranded as "Four" as part of the rebranding of the three channels under the "Play" name. The following year, it was decided that the channel would instead rebrand as Play4 on 28 January 2021.

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

* ''18 Wheels of Justice''
* ''2 Broke Girls''
* ''8 Simple Rules''
* '' According to Jim''
* '' Alcatraz''
* '' Aliens in America''
* ''Battlestar Galactica''
* '' Ben 10''
* '' Beyblade: Metal Fusion''
* '' Beyblade: Metal Masters''
* '' Bionic Woman''
* ''Big Brother''
* '' Big Shots''
* '' Blade''
* '' Blue Bloods''
* '' Californication''
* '' Callboys''
* ''Castle''
* ''Cheers''
* '' Committed''
* '' Criminal Minds''
* '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''
* '' CSI: Miami''
* '' CSI: NY''
* '' Dark Blue''
* ''Dexter''
* '' Dirt''
* '' Donkey Kong Country''
* '' Elementary''
* '' Everybody Hates Chris''
* '' Expeditie Robinson''
* '' Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''
* '' The Fairly OddParents''
* '' Felicity''
* '' Flashpoint''
* '' Forever''
* ''Friends''
* '' Fringe''
* '' Grounded for Life''
* ''Hannah Montana''
* ''Hawaii Five-0''
* '' Hell's Kitchen USA''
* '' Heroes''
* '' Human Target''
* ''Jericho''
* ''Joan of Arcadia''
* ''Kitchen Nightmares''
* '' Knight Rider''
* '' Las Vegas''
* ''Law & Order''
* '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''
* '' Lost''
* '' Man with a Plan''
* '' Married... with Children''
* ''MasterChef Australia''
* '' MasterChef Australia: The Professionals''
* '' Medical Investigation''
* '' Mike & Molly''
* '' Moon Over Miami''
* '' My Wife and Kids''
* ''NCIS''
* '' NCIS: Los Angeles''
* '' Nikita''
* '' Numbers''
* '' Peking Express''
* ''People of Earth''
* ''Pokémon''
* '' Poker After Dark''
* ''Psych''
* '' Pushing Daisies''
* '' Rules of Engagement''
* ''Sailor Moon''
* '' Samantha Who?''
* '' Samurai Jack''
* '' Scorpion''
* ''Scrubs''
* '' Sex and the City''
* '' Space: Above and Beyond''
* ''Street Time''
* ''Supernatural''
* '' Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles''
* '' The A-Team''
* '' The Biggest Loser''
* '' The Blacklist''
* '' The Bold and the Beautiful''
* '' The Following''
* '' The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''
* '' The Glades''
* '' The Great British Bake Off''
* '' The Great Indoors''
* '' The L Word''
* '' The Life and Times of Juniper Lee''
* '' The Mentalist''
* '' The Nanny''
* '' The Nine''
* '' The Shield''
* '' The Simpsons''
* '' The Vampire Diaries''
* '' The War at Home''
* ''Threshold''
* '' Totally Spies''
* '' Touching Evil''
* '' Two and a Half Men''
* '' Under the Dome''
* '' Vermist''
* ''Winx Club''
* '' Young Sheldon''
( simulcast of channels of USA ( ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, The CW, among others) and others).

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 was available through Telenet Digital TV & Belgacom TV and was available on its own websit
MEER.be
MEER closed on 31 December 2014.

On 28 January 2021, SBS Belgium relaunched a VOD platform, GoPlay.

References

External links

VIER

The Belgian Television Audience Measurement Company

See also

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Television channels in Flanders
Television channels in Belgium
ProSiebenSat.1 Media
Television channels and stations established in 1995
Zaventem