Dutch/Belgian TV In the UK

I know in the Netherlands and Belgium people can pick up BBC1 and 2 and I'm guessing on the coast that they can pick up the analogue signal. My question is can Dutch/Belgian TV be picked up in this country? I'm aware that the Netherlands and Belgium are smaller countries so therefore the signal will be weaker.

Thanks

When I went on holiday* in Great Yarmouth I picked up some sort of faint channel (could be Dutch/Belgian), with an unknown DOG, I never found it out, as I used Freeview mostly.
* Caravan aerial (looks like a UFO)

Under normal atmospheric conditions, I don't think it is possible to receive Dutch/Belgian transmissions, in the same way it is possible to receive the French transmissions. It might be worth seeing what is available on satellite, such as on Hotbird or Astra 1, both of which have a lot of the European networks either FTA or Encrypted.

At home in Norfolk I could pick up at least one Dutch channel through our normal aerial pointed at Talconeston. Under certain weather / atmospheric conditions, they could even wipe Channel 5 out.

(Still doesn't beat the time when I picked Vibe FM up off of Mendlesham from Sheffield in stereo - I like atmospherics!)

I don't know what it is, but here in the UK you cannot really pick up many European channels unless you have the right equipment to do so. Where as if you are in the continent then many European Terrestrial channels do appear on basic Sattelite or Cable TV.

I've been to Hungary a couple of times now and excluding the Hungarian channels you can pick up...

English - BBC Prime, CNN International, TCM
German - RTL, RTL II, Pro7 and Sat1
Italian - Rai Uno
Russian - State broadcaster, not sure of the name mind.
French - TV5 Monde

Where as on my Virgin Media box I can only get TV5 Monde. Although I don't speak other languages sometimes it's nice to have the option there. We used to get Sat1 on CWC Analogue and ISTR Sky Analogue had plenty of German channels.

This is because of the positioning of the satellites.

The UK is in a near-unique position of having a full position pretty much dedicated to the UK only.

In Hungary, they have a small selection of around 30-40 digital channels, many shared with other broadcasters in the area, using commonly-utilised birds.

So on satellite, the extra channels are incidental. If your network is on 19E (as Hungary's is), you get access to hundreds of FTA overseas networks.

From cable's perspective, if you have a system that can hold say 200 channels, and there are only 50 domestic ones, you'll fill the rest of the space up with FTA foreign stuff.

If there are 300 domestic networks, then the overseas channels go out the window because there is more money to be made from selling space to the local stations.

Most Dutch and Belgium viewers are watching BBC One and Two on cable - as the BBC have a deal with cable networks in these countries dating back many years. Originally a large aerial array was used to receive the BBC One and Two analogue signals from the UK - but these days they receive them via satellite for further broadcast on cable networks.

The BBC have a special clause in all their domestic "UK and EIRE" rights agreements for material bought for domestica broadcast only that also includes, in the small print, the cable networks in these countries, as do some freelance contracts. (The so-called "cable supplement")

Back in the days before BBC One was 24 hours, I once picked up ZDF from Germany early one summer morning on the BBC One frequency. This was when I was living quite high up on a hill near Wakefield (not far from Emley Moor).

My friend who used to live in Scarborough on the East Coast used to get a lot of German channels during the summer months with near perfect pictures, but no sound (due to the differing transmission standards I assume).

Forget about Dutch analogue terrestrial TV, that was completely switched off in Dec 2006. Dutch DTT and/or Belguim DTT and ATV can be received in parts of Suffolk, Essex and Kent but is very weak. During 'lifts' brought on by anti-cyclonic activity, temporary reception is often possible over a much larger area of England.

Yep - no dutch analogue terrestrial TV left to receive! If it sounds dutch it is probably from Belgium.

AIUI Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands have all switched off analogue terrestrial, as has Berlin.

Forget about Dutch analogue terrestrial TV, that was completely switched off in Dec 2006. Dutch DTT and/or Belguim DTT and ATV can be received in parts of Suffolk, Essex and Kent but is very weak. During 'lifts' brought on by anti-cyclonic activity, temporary reception is often possible over a much larger area of England.

You can pick up Dutch TV, but its encrypted on 19E, but they show a lot of stuff in English with embedded Dutch Subtitles, which you can't get rid off and no dual soundtrack option, they have at least embraced the technology of widescreen!