More and more Dutch have Internet television – Providers.nl

More than 37% of Dutch households have Internet on their television, in 2015 this was only 32%. This is the finding of the Media Standard Survey (MSS). Expected growth in the number of households will have Internet television only increase.

The possibilities of the Internet on your TV

Internet on your TV offers more options than you might think at first. Not only can you watch endless series on Netflix, you also have access to special TV apps that offer major media such as NOS and RTL.

All sports in Rio live tracking via NOS TV app

in contrast to the standard television channel NPO1 you can through the NOS TV app to follow all sports of the Olympic Games in Rio. If your connected smart TV to the Internet, you can toggle the app between all the sports practiced at that time. It NIS uses the Dutch flag to indicate in the statement in which sport is a Dutchman active.

order food through your TV

Internet your television is very useful if you want to stream broadcasts or videos. With the Internet via your television but you can also visit websites or buy food, for example through the Thuisbezorgd TV app. The app Thuisbezorgd is made exclusively for Samsung televisions. The interactivity of great value add the Internet can to televisions for the user.

Chromecast television without Internet

As currently roughly 63% of Dutch households have no access to Internet on television, many providers make their content and services accessible through the Chromecast. Google Chromecast is a device that allows you to stream the image of your smartphone naarje television. For televisions that do have an HDMI jack, but not on the internet, the Chromecast is ideal. For example via T-Mobile’s Knippr whether KPN Play you can watch live TV on your television without a traditional TV subscription. The same applies to apps from major news channels, all live streams of Rio you can stream to your TV via your phone with Chromecast.

Large part of Dutch still looks traditional television

Despite growing popularity of video streaming services and innovative applications remain many Dutch people watching traditional television broadcast TV channels from their internet and TV package. Over 87% of households have digital television on one or more devices. The most popular form of television reception via cable, over 53% of consumers choose this connection. Only 15% indicate that they watch television over the phone line.

It is not surprising that more people are opting for cable television, in this connection, the television signal separate from the internet connection. With Internet and television, the connection is shared through the phone line. This means that you always lose some Mbit / s Internet speed if you simultaneously use the Internet and your TV receiver.

If you still interested to watch traditional television, when using television the telephone the best choice for high speed internet. HDTV uses about 8 Mbit / s internet speed. Watch your television via a fiber optic connection, it is the stream of data around 13 Mbit / s. A web speed of more than 50 Mbit / s is therefore desirable in this connection types. An internet and TV package you close online with a provider of your choice. Through a postcode check you out if you are at your address enough speed for television over the phone line, or you can opt for cable television.