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Analoguesat · 23-06-06, 09:47 AM

June 23rd, 2006, 08:40 UTC
RTL Nederland has announced that, from 1 January 2007, its three commercial TV channels will switch to widescreen (16:9) format for all locally-produced material. At the moment, only one Dutch commercial TV station (Talpa) is producing new material in 16:9 format, although the public channels have been doing so for some time. More than half of Dutch households now have a widescreen TV set, and RTL Nederland boss Fons van Westerloo says the time has come to make the switch. Nevertheless, public broadcaster NOS declined the opportunity to broadcast the World Cup in 16:9 format, claiming that this would irritate viewers with older sets.

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Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	RTL to broadcast its TV services in widescreen June 23rd, 2006, 08:40 UTC RTL Nederland has announced that, from 1 January 2007, its three commercial TV channels will switch to widescreen (16:9) format for all locally-produced material. At the moment, only one Dutch commercial TV station (Talpa) is producing new material in 16:9 format, although the public channels have been doing so for some time. More than half of Dutch households now have a widescreen TV set, and RTL Nederland boss Fons van Westerloo says the time has come to make the switch. Nevertheless, public broadcaster NOS declined the opportunity to broadcast the World Cup in 16:9 format, claiming that this would irritate viewers with older sets. Media Network __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!