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{{Short description|Belgian international television channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name         = RTBF Sat
| logo         = RTBF Sat logo.png
| logo_size    = 150px
| launch_date  = 26 November 2001
| closed_date  = 15 February 2010
| owner        = [[RTBF]]
| country      = Belgium
| former_names = RTBF Satellite
| website      = {{URL|rtbfsat.be}}
}}
'''RTBF Sat''' was a Belgian international television channel, available throughout Europe by digital satellite.
== History ==
RTBF Sat was launched by [[RTBF]] on 26 November 2001. From 26 November 2008, the channel changed satellite of transmission from Astra to Hot Bird.
On 15 February 2010, RTBF Sat closed down due to budgetary constraints.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtbf.be/tv/actualite/detail_le-lundi-15-fevrier-a-0-h-rtbfsat-cessera-ses-emissions?id=6451|title=RTBF TV : Le portail des chaînes de télévision publiques francophones belges (La Une, La Deux, La Trois)|publisher=|accessdate=30 April 2017}}</ref> A possible RTBF Sat relaunch is mentioned in RTBF's 2013-2017 contract, which was ultimately never achieved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/medias-tele/contrat-de-gestion-bientot-finalise-51b8f628e4b0de6db9c8fc6a|title=Le CA de la RTBF a adopté, à l’unanimité, le contrat de gestion 2013-2017|date=20 December 2012|website=[[La Libre Belgique]]}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rtbfsat.be www.rtbfsat.be]
*[https://archive.today/20130222081734/http://www.tv-zone.net/content/view/2567/1/ Article about the passage of RTBF Sat from Astra to Hot Bird (in Italian)]
{{RTBF}}
{{Television in Belgium}}
[[Category:Defunct television channels in Belgium]]
[[Category:French-language television stations in Belgium]]
[[Category:International broadcasters]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2001]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Belgium]]
[[Category:2010 disestablishments in Belgium]]
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