France - DVB

HD Services in France

17 May 2010

Viewers in France are able to watch HD services across all television delivery platforms, cable, terrestrial, satellite and IPTV according to

Virgin Mobile to launch DVB-H service

30 Apr 2010

MVNO Virgin Mobile France and broadcast services provider TDF plan to launch DVB-H mobile TV services in the second half of 2011. (official date is

DVB-SH trial service extended

30 Apr 2010

Solaris Mobile, a joint venture between Eutelsat and SES Astra, is to expand its existing Paris Based DVB-SH trial network to cover Rennes, Nancy

CSA issues mobile TV authorisations

18 Apr 2010

The CSA has issued the necessary authorisations for the 16 broadcasters previously allocated licences to launch mobile television services. As a

DTT penetration now 12.9 million households

22 Mar 2010

DTT penetration has now reached 48.3% (12.9 million) of French TV households according to figures from the CSA. This is an increase of 12.5% during

Switch off completed in Lower Normandy

15 Mar 2010

Analogue switch off in Lower Normandy took place at midnight on the 8th March as planned By the morning the conversion to digital transmission

DTT licences for regional broadcasters

01 Mar 2010

The French media authority, the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), has announced that two licences have been issued to regional

Lower Normandy digital on 9th March

01 Mar 2010

On the 9th March Lower Normandy becomes the second region in France to switch completely to digital broadcasting after the remaining analogue

CSA announces new DTT HDTV timetable

22 Feb 2010

The Conseil Supérieur de L’Audiovisuel (CSA) has released a new timetable detailing the deployment of HDTV services on the DTT platform in

CSA launches coverage checker

08 Feb 2010

The broadcast regulator CSA has launched a DTT coverage checker. Viewers can see the probability and number of DTT services they should be able

More Switch off dates announced

25 Jan 2010

Canal+ will end analogue pay-TV services in Rhône-Alpes on the 22nd September and in Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées on the 13th October

New DTT services reaching financial equilibrium