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commercial television channel. It is part of
SBS Belgium 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 ...
and production company Woestijnvis. As of 2010, the channel has a
market share Market share is the percentage of the total revenue or sales in a market that a company's business makes up. For example, if there are 50,000 units sold per year in a given industry, a company whose sales were 5,000 of those units would have a ...
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
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broadcasting license and was transmitted via
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(actually from NTL's transmission station at Brookmans Park in Hertfordshire). Today, VIER broadcasts legally from
Zaventem Zaventem () is a Belgian municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant. It is located in the Dijleland area, one of the three large recreational areas which together form the '' Groene Gordel'' ("Green Belt") around the Brussels-Capital Region ...
in Belgium. It is available on the cable network in
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
as well as in
Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to cultu ...
. It's also available throughout Belgium on the
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network of
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, who offers triple play everywhere in Belgium where
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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 The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of Europea ...
. 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
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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

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'' * '' Dark Blue'' * ''
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'' * '' Expeditie Robinson'' * '' Extreme Makeover: Home Edition'' * ''
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'' * '' Hawaii Five-0'' * '' Hell's Kitchen USA'' * '' Heroes'' * '' Human Target'' * ''
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'' * '' Man with a Plan'' * '' Married... with Children'' * ''
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'' * '' MasterChef Australia: The Professionals'' * '' Medical Investigation'' * '' Mike & Molly'' * '' Moon Over Miami'' * ''
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'' * '' NCIS'' * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * '' Nikita'' * '' Numbers'' * ''
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'' * '' The Glades'' * ''
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'' * '' The Great Indoors'' * ''
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'' * '' The Life and Times of Juniper Lee'' * ''
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'' * '' The Nine'' * ''
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of channels of USA ( ABC, CBS,
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, Fox,
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, 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 C More Entertainment AB is a pay television company that previously operated as Canal+. It targets Nordic countries and has a separate channel in Sweden (C More Film). The main competitors of C More Entertainment are Viasat Film and Viasat Sp ...
group which delivers pay-TV, C More Entertainment was a part of the SBS Broadcasting Group which was bought by the
ProSiebenSat.1 Media ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (officially abbreviated as P7S1, formerly ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG) is a German mass media & digital company. It operates in three segments: Entertainment, Dating and Commerce & Ventures. The company is listed on the Fran ...
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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Play4 Television channels in Flanders Television channels in Belgium ProSiebenSat.1 Media Television channels and stations established in 1995 Zaventem