France - DVB

Experimental Push VOD trial authorised

11 Jan 2010

The CSA has authorised two experimental push video-on-demand (VOD) services on the DTT platform, to be operated by broadcast network operator TDF,

Government approves DTT package

21 Dec 2009

The government has approved an additional DTT aid grant of €96 million. This aid will be made available to the 150,000-200,000 television

More areas convert to DTT

21 Dec 2009

The CSA has announced the launch of DTT services in 45 new areas from the 18th December 2009. Limoges, Lourdes, Rouen, Le Mans, Bellegarde, and St

DVB-SH trial for Paris area

30 Nov 2009

Solaris Mobile has joined with Alcatel-Lucent and Towercast to trial DVB-SH in and around Paris. The trial will use a radio multiplex providing

Vacant DTT slots for Bolloré ?

30 Nov 2009

A story in Les Echos reports that the international investment and industrial group Bolloré is interested in taking over one of the vacant DTT

DTT channels to go HD by 2015

16 Nov 2009

Alain Méart, a member of the regulatory board of CSA, is reported to have said that all of France’s 18 DTT channels will be broadcast in HD by

Digital TV Switchover in Cherbourg Peninsular

09 Nov 2009

The switch to Digital Terrestrial TV in France begins with the first switch off in Northern part of the Cherbourg Peninsular on the 18th November

More DTT coverage in the South

02 Nov 2009

Four new transmitters have started broadcasting in the south of France. The transmissions began in the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, and

TDF offers to pay for mobile TV network

19 Oct 2009

The French transmission company TDF has made a proposal to finance the roll out of a mobile TV network and cover the costs of broadcasting during

ASO in Paris by 8th March 2011

12 Oct 2009

The broadcast regulator CSA has announced that analogue switch-off will be completed in the Paris region (Ile-de-France) by 8 March 2011.

70.3% of households watch digital TV

12 Oct 2009

Figures released for Q1, 2009 indicate that 70.3% of all French households have at least one digital receiver, for cable, IPTV, satellite or DTT,

Cable operators adopt DVB-C2

18 Sep 2009

Nine of Western Europe’s leading cable operators have chosen to adopt the new DVB-C2 cable delivery standard. The operators are Kabel Baden

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