France Digital TV News

EBU Members offered free applications to 'fast-track' launch of HbbTV
Feb 2, 2012 – European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Members will be offered generic applications to deploy Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) during the Olympics and the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), when audiences peak.
News categories: European Broadcasting Union, Apps, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, HbbTV, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine

French TNTSAT: 3.3 Million Set-Top-Boxes sold at year-end 2011
Jan 23, 2012 – SES (Paris, LuxX: SESG) has announced that TNTSAT, the French digital terrestrial offer on satellite, reached a total of 3.3 million receivers sold at the end of 2011. This represents an increase of 650,000 compared to the end of 2010.
News categories: TNTSAT, SES S.A., France, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Global IPTV subscribers up 6% in 3Q 2011 to 54.4 million
Jan 12, 2012 – Latest broadband and IPTV figures published by the Broadband Forum show that IPTV subscribers grew by 6.06% in the third quarter of 2011 and now total 54.4 million globally. Asia is the fastest growing region for IPTV.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Belgium, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Netherlands, Russia, Subscribers, Taiwan, USA

Fransat TV Platform Now Delivering DTT Channels to 1.6 Million TVs in France
Dec 15, 2011 – With analogue switch-off in France completed on 29 November, Eutelsat's FRANSAT service is firmly anchored as a key digital platform delivering national free-to-air channels to viewers beyond the range of over-the-air, cable or ADSL reception.
News categories: FRANSAT, Eutelsat, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Microsoft and Orange join forces to offer orange tv on the Xbox 360
Dec 15, 2011 – Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Orange (Paris: FTE; NYSE: FTE) have announced that they have signed an agreement to offer a new service to Orange TV customers in the spring of 2012: voice and motion-activated television control using Kinect technology.
News categories: Xbox, Orange, Digital TV, France, Gaming, IPTV, Set Top Box

Broadcast Multimedia Mobile project receives French government funding
Dec 14, 2011 – The French government has confirmed a grant to a consortium of 8 partners led by TDF, to fund part (30%) of the development of their B2M (Broadcast Multimedia Mobile) project.
News categories: TDF, France, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet

UK TV viewing extends online
Dec 14, 2011 – Ofcom has released its sixth International Communications Market report into the global communications market. The UK's love of TV continues, with over a quarter (27 per cent) of UK internet users saying they watched TV online every week.
News categories: Ofcom, Australia, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

France's CSA publishes 1H 2011 digital TV penetration survey
Dec 5, 2011 – The CSA has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households. 62.6% of households have chosen DTT as their method of digital TV reception, up 2.4 percentage points since the end of 2010.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Cable TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

The Future of TV Begins Now on Xbox 360
Dec 5, 2011 – Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has announced the launch of an all-new Xbox 360 experience including the first group of new, custom applications from world leading TV and entertainment content providers on Xbox LIVE.
News categories: Xbox, Australia, Austria, Canada, Digital TV, Finland, France, Gaming, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, UK, USA