France Digital TV News

70% of TV households in the EU-5 access digital TV on their main TV set
Sep 30, 2009 – e-Media Institute has published the 2nd quarterly release of its EU-5 TV Market Maps. At the end of June 2009 digital TV penetration in the five largest European TV markets finally reached the landmark figure of 70% of total TV households.
News categories: e-Media Institute, Cable TV, Digital TV, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Terrestrial, UK

Western Europe: Pay TV revenues hit by triple-play growth
Sep 29, 2009 – New research by Informa Telecoms & Media shows digital TV penetration of Western European households will maintain its present strong growth going from 62% at the end of 2008 to 93% at the end of 2014.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Finland, France, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Satellite, Spain, Terrestrial, UK

Europe's Leading Cable Operators Signal Their Support for DVB-C2
Sep 22, 2009 – Nine of Europe's leading cable network operators, representing more than 35 million connected homes, have shown their immediate support and declared their intention to exploit the operational potential of DVB-C2.
News categories: DVB Project, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Denmark, Digital TV, DVB-C2, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Set Top Box, Spain, Sweden

Numericable and Nagravision launch a comprehensive widget TV solution
Sep 22, 2009 – Numericable has chosen Nagravision's (SIX: KUD.VX) widget platform for the launch of its 'Widget TV' service. Widgets will allow Numericable customers to interact with their TV and build a genuine social network as part of their TV experience.
News categories: Nagravision, Numericable, Cable TV, Content Distribution, France, Middleware

SFR Selects WYPLAY for its Next Generation of HD IP-STB
Sep 11, 2009 – WYPLAY has been selected by SFR (Paris: VIV) to collaborate with its technical team to develop the software for its next generation of HD IP-STB (Set Top Box).
News categories: WYPLAY, SFR, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Cable & Wireless Partners with Move Networks to Offer IPTV Services Globally
Sep 10, 2009 – CWI, Cable & Wireless' international telecoms business, has announced that it has signed a partnership with Move Networks paving the way for a roll-out of IP-based TV services across CWI's global operations.
News categories: Move Networks, CWI, Afghanistan, Algeria, Caribbean, Channel Islands, Conditional Access, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Macau, Middleware, Monaco, Oceania, Panama, Seychelles

CANAL READY certification obtained by SmarDTV's latest CI Plus module
Sep 10, 2009 – SmarDTV (SIX:KUD.VX) has announced the availability of a new Conditional Access Module (CAM) for France. The SmarCAM-3 CANAL READY module enables CANAL+ Group's DTT offer to be viewed without a set-top and comes bundled with a CANAL+ smart card.
News categories: SmarDTV, CANAL+, CI Plus, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Smart TV, Terrestrial

NETGEM and Monaco Telecom Announce Next Generation TV Service
Sep 10, 2009 – Netgem (Paris:NTG) and Monaco Telecom have announced the impending launch of an interactive TV service, that integrates multiple and heterogeneous sources of contents into one, attractive and easy to use experience.
News categories: Netgem, Monaco Telecom, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, Monaco

The Americas Show Strong Broadband Growth and Widespread IPTV Adoption
Sep 8, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest broadband and IPTV statistics, which show a strong performance in the Americas, both in broadband growth at 18 per cent and in IPTV adoption, where subscriptions grew by 86% over the last twelve months.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Africa, Asia, Brazil, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Subscribers, UK, USA