Cable: analog and digital on all Belgian and Dutch cable providers; IPTV to all major Belgian DSL providers (Proximus, Orange, Scarlet); Satellite with paid TV Vlaanderen subscription (encrypted DVB-S2 using SES Astra network). Terrestrial with paid TV Vlaanderen subscription (encrypted DVB-T2 using Norkring network) in Flanders and paid Digitenne subscription (encrypted DVB-T2) in the Netherlands. Free to air DVB-T broadcast by VRT was discontinued on 1 December 2018. Current channels Eén (Dutch for: one), the main channel, formerly known as VRT TV1. Started in 1953 on VHF channel 10. In PAL colour since 1971. In 1977 the transmission standard changed from Belgian 625 to European CCIR) standard. Canvas, the quality TV channel. Started in 1997. Ketnet, the children's channel. Formerly took up Canvas's channel from 6am to 8pm. Sporza, the sports channel. Sport programs (like cycling, football, tennis...) are aired under the Sporza name but on the channels of Eén, Canvas or Ketnet. During big sport events (like the Olympics) it is not uncommon for two or more channels to simultaneously air Sporza. Former channels BRTN TV2 was launched on 26 April 1977 as BRT TV2. BRT(N) TV2 broadcast Terzake and Het Journaal 8 uur until Sunday, 30 November 1997, when TV2 ceased transmission. On Monday 1 December 1997, BRTN TV2 was split into two channels: BRTN Ketnet and BRTN Canvas. The two channels were part of BRTN until 1998 – Canvas and Ketnet are still broadcasting as part of VRT2. OP12 (Dutch for: on twelve) was a channel used as backup in the event of primetime shortage. Mostly used for excess sport- and culture programs. It was discontinued in 2014. BVN was a joint Dutch-Flemish TV station for international audiences; some VRT programmes aired as part of BVN's schedule. VRT left the BVN venture in July 2021; the channel is currently owned exclusively by the Dutch public broadcaster NPO and airs an exclusively Dutch schedule. Radio channels The VRT broadcasts radio channels in both analog format (FM) and digital format (using DAB+). All channels are also broadcast live over the Internet at radioplus.be. International broadcasting was done via VRT's Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal (RVi). Regular channels Radio 1 – info channel Radio 2 – Flemish channel Klara – classical channel StuBru – young and alternative channel MNM – hit channel Digital and streaming-only channels Klara continuo – uninterrupted classical music MNM Hits – uninterrupted popular music Nieuws+ – latest news