France Digital TV News

EU Member States on course for analogue terrestrial TV switch-off
Feb 16, 2009 – The switch-off of analogue terrestrial TV transmission in Europe is well on track. Switch-off has already been completed in five Member States and by 2010 the process should be well advanced in the whole EU.
News categories: European Commission, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, EU, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK

Iliad (Free) 2008 Revenues
Feb 12, 2009 – Iliad Group (Paris: ILD)'s 2008 consolidated revenues were €1,565 million, a 29% increase compared to 2007. Free gained 485,000 new subscribers, net of churn, to a total of 3,389,000 subscribers at the end of 2008.
News categories: Iliad, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

HDMI Moves Beyond HDTVs to Set Top Boxes, DVD Equipment, Mobile PCs and More
Feb 9, 2009 – As adoption of HDMI ports approaches 100% in digital televisions, the interface is now moving into set top boxes, DVD Equipment and Mobile PCs, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, DVD, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart Home, Smart TV, UK, USA

35% of France's ADSL subscribers have TV-over-DSL
Feb 4, 2009 – France's telecoms authority, ARCEP, has published its latest market survey up to the end of the third quarter 2008. At the end of the period, 35% of ADSL subscribers, or 5.6 million, were also subscribing to TV-over-DSL.
News categories: ARCEP, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Subscribers

Kesa (Darty) Interim Management Statement
Jan 20, 2009 – Kesa Electricals has released an interim management statement for the period Nov. 1, 2008 to Jan. 8, 2009. The launch of the new Darty Box IPTV offer shows encouraging early results with subscribers expected to reach close to 200,000 by end-January.
News categories: Kesa, Darty Box, France, IPTV, Results, Set Top Box, Subscribers

Bis TV Online, France's first P2P Internet TV
Jan 13, 2009 – AB Groupe has launched, for the first time in France, a television service over the Internet, Bis TV Online, using peer-to-peer (P2P) technology.
News categories: AB Groupe, RayV, Bis TV Online, Digital TV, France, Media Player, Streaming

French Digital TV Satellite Offer Tops One Million Households At End 2008
Jan 12, 2009 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that TNTSAT has further extended its reach. Only 16 months after its launch more than one million TNTSAT receivers have already been distributed to French households.
News categories: TNTSAT, SES ASTRA, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

IWEDIA at the heart of innovation providing connected services for TV sets
Jan 7, 2009 – IWEDIA Middleware has announced its active involvement in advanced R&D projects aimed at providing a variety of connected services for TV sets.
News categories: IWEDIA, France, Middleware, Smart TV, Streaming

Orange and Canal+ Group sign agreement to broadcast Canal+ and Canalsat channels via Astra satellite
Jan 6, 2009 – Orange (Paris, NYSE:FTE) and Canal+ (Paris: VIV) have signed a multi-annual agreement to allow Orange triple play customers who are not eligible for TV by ADSL to subscribe to Canal+ and/or Canalsat, as well as Foot+ via satellite.
News categories: Orange, Groupe CANAL+, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box