France Digital TV News

37% of France's ADSL subscribers have TV-over-DSL
May 4, 2009 – France's telecoms authority, ARCEP, has published its latest market survey up to the end of the fourth quarter 2008. At the end of the period, 37% of ADSL subscribers, or 6.2 million, were also subscribing to TV-over-DSL.
News categories: ARCEP, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Subscribers

2.5 million digital TV customers for France Telecom
Apr 29, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has released its first quarter 2009 results. The company had 2.5 million digital TV (ADSL and satellite) customers at 31 March 2009, a year-on-year increase of 75%.
News categories: France Telecom, France, Gateway, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

CANAL+ launches 'CANAL READY' label
Apr 27, 2009 – CANAL+ (Paris: VIV) has announced the creation of CANAL READY, a labelling scheme for new TV equipment. The objective of the label is to reassure consumers of the full compatibility of the equipment with CANAL+ products and services.
News categories: CANAL+ Group, Conditional Access, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

France's analogue switch-off could be delayed to 2014
Apr 8, 2009 – France Télé Numérique has said that the current legally enshrined deadline of November 30, 2011 for analogue TV switch-off in France is not feasible, and that a new timetable, completing in 2013 or 2014, is needed.
News categories: France Télé Numérique, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial

France's free DTT channels on satellite from June
Apr 8, 2009 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced the upcoming launch of France's free Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels via its ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3 satellite. The new offer, called FRANSAT™, will be available from June.
News categories: Eutelsat, FRANSAT, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Canal+ goes all-digital
Apr 2, 2009 – The Canal+ Group (Paris: VIV) is switching all Canal+ terrestrial-broadcast sales to DTT. New subscribers will enjoy an enhanced service, which includes HDTV, and a decoder that lets subscribers watch 18 free DTT channels.
News categories: Canal+ Group, Digital TV, France, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

DTT comes of age in Europe
Apr 1, 2009 – Recent data from the MAVISE TV database shows the continued expansion of television channels in the European television market. There are now a total of 5587 channels (plus 412 non-European channels) available in the 29 countries.
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

France Telecom 2008 annual results
Mar 4, 2009 – France Telecom (Paris & NYSE: FTE) has reased its 2008 results. Digital and satellite TV subscribers rose to 2.1 million in Europe at 31 December 2008 (mainly in France), compared with 1.2 million a year earlier, an increase of 66%.
News categories: France Telecom, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Vivendi: 2008 Goals Reached
Mar 2, 2009 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) revenues reached €25,392 million compared to €21,657 million in 2007. In 2008, the digitization of the Canal+ subscriber base accelerated with nearly 350,000 upgrades from analog to digital offers.
News categories: Vivendi, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers