France Digital TV News

Orange France brings high definition mobile TV to Unik
Nov 24, 2008 – Orange (Paris and NYSE:FTE) plans to launch high definition mobile TV for Unik on its 3G+ UMA platform, giving customers in France access to more than sixty high definition mobile TV channels via the LG Secret KF757 handset.
News categories: Orange, 5G, Digital TV, France, Mobile

UK leading internationally as a digitally advanced nation
Nov 20, 2008 – UK consumers are embracing new digital TV services, such as High Definition TV and Digital Video Recorders, alongside many other leading economies across the world, new Ofcom research reveals.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Regulation, Satellite, Spain, Streaming, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

French Digital-TV-On-Satellite Offer TNTSAT Tops 750,000 Households
Nov 18, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris & Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that at end-October, 750,000 TNTSAT receivers had been distributed to French households. TNTSAT HD will be launched on 15 February 2009 with the free HD DTT channels available on ASTRA.
News categories: SES ASTRA, TNTSAT, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Vivendi (Canal+ Group) Third Quarter Earnings
Nov 13, 2008 – Vivendi (Paris: VIV) revenues were €17,777 million compared to €15,643 million for the first nine months of 2007. Net Canal+ Group portfolio growth over the past 12 months amounted to approximately 40,000 subscriptions.
News categories: Vivendi, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Iliad (Free) 3Q 2008 Revenues
Nov 6, 2008 – At 30 September 2008, the Iliad Group (Paris: ILD) had 4,125,000 ADSL subscribers, 3,275,000 under the Free brand and 850,000 under the Alice brand. The Alice acquisition enabled Iliad to meet its 4 million subscriber objective two years in advance.
News categories: Iliad, Fibre, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

First Implementation of Dolby Digital Plus for HD Terrestrial TV
Oct 31, 2008 – Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) has announced that Dolby® Digital Plus and Dolby Digital have been chosen by France's new national HD terrestrial broadcasters for the Television Numerique Terrestre HD (TNT HD) platform, launched this week.
News categories: Dolby, Digital TV, France, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

France Telecom third quarter 2008 financial information
Oct 30, 2008 – France Telecom (Paris:FTE)(NYSE:FTE) group's revenue rose to 39.854 billion euros in the first nine months. ADSL digital TV services (IPTV) had a total of 1.746 million subscribers in Europe at 30 September 2008, a 72% increase in one year.
News categories: France Telecom, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers

Fibre To The Home (FTTH) is competitive with conventional Triple Play and already undercutting traditional ADSL+ services
Oct 29, 2008 – In a new report called FTTH Pricing in Europe 2009, Tariff Consultancy provides a unique survey of the main FTTH providers in 19 European countries - from Austria to the UK.
News categories: Tariff Consultancy, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Fibre, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, IPTV, Italy, Lithuania, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

HD Channels On ASTRA Increase By 30 Percent In Three Months
Oct 20, 2008 – SES ASTRA (Paris and Luxembourg: SESG) has announced that the number of HD channels broadcast via the ASTRA Satellite System has increased significantly in the last three months. At the beginning of October, the number of HD channels reached 55.
News categories: SES ASTRA, Austria, Belgium, Content Distribution, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Finland, France, Germany, Market Research, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Satellite, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK