VIER

See also: VT4 (disambiguation)

VIER
Launched	1 February 1995 (original launch; as VT4) 17 september 2012 (relaunch; as VIER)
Owned by	De Vijver Mediaholding (formerly SBS Belgium and ProSiebenSat.1)
Picture format	625 Lines PAL (analogue) 576i SDTV (digital) 1080i HDTV (digital)
Audience share	7.54% (2008, )
Country	Belgium
Language	Dutch
Formerly called	VT4 (1995 - 2012)
Website	VIER.be
Availability
Satellite
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal	Channel 4
Astra 1L 19.2° east	12670V, 22.0, 5/6
Cable
Telenet Digital TV (Flanders)	Channel 3 (HD) Channel 95
Telenet Digital TV (Brussels)	Channel 102 (HD) Channel 1V95
Telenet	Refer to local listings at zenders.be
Voo (Brussels)	Channel 74
IPTV
Belgacom TV (Flanders)	Channel 4 Channel 34 (HD)
Belgacom TV (Brussels)	Channel 34 (HD) Channel 53
Belgacom TV (Wallonia)	Channel 34 (HD) Channel 223
Streaming media
Yelo TV	Watch Live (HD)
TV Overal	Watch Live (HD)

VIER (literally: Four) is a Belgian-Flemish commercial television channel. It is part of De Vijver Mediaholding and production company Woestijnvis.

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

The owners of VIER also own and operate a sister station called VIJF (formerly VIJFtv).

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 the BBC'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.

HD broadcast

File:VT4 HD Television Logo.jpg

VT4 HD logo

VT4 HD was launched as a temporary high-definition channel on June 7, 2008 to coincide with the kick-off of 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

• 2 Broke Girls
• 8 Simple Rules
• According to Jim
• Aliens in America
• Battlestar Galactica
• Ben 10
• Beyblade: Metal Fusion
• Beyblade: Metal Masters
• Bionic Woman
• Big Shots
• Californication
• Castle
• Committed
• Criminal Minds
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• CSI: Miami
• CSI: NY
• Dark Blue
• Dirt
• Donkey Kong Country
• Everybody Hates Chris
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• The Fairly OddParents
• Felicity
• Flashpoint
• Friends
• Fringe
• Hawaii Five-0
• Hell's Kitchen (U.S. TV series)
• Human Target
• Jericho
• Kitchen Nightmares
• Knight Rider
• Las Vegas
• Law & Order
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Lost
• Married... with Children
• MasterChef Australia: The Professionals
• Medical Investigation
• Mike & Molly
• My Wife and Kids
• NCIS
• NCIS: Los Angeles
• Nikita
• Pokémon
• Poker After Dark
• Psych
• Rules of Engagement
• Sailor Moon
• Samurai Jack
• Sex and the City
• Space: Above and Beyond
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• The Chopping Block
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• The Life & Times of Juniper Lee
• The Mentalist
• The Nanny
• The Shield
• The Simpsons
• The Vampire Diaries
• The War at Home
• Threshold
• Totally Spies
• Two and a Half Men
• Winx Club

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 relaunch 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.

External links

• (Dutch) VIER
• (Dutch) (French) The Belgian Television Audience Measurement Company