France Digital TV News

23 million People Watched More Than 2 Billion videos online in France in January 2008
Jun 3, 2008 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released data from the comScore Video Metrix service, indicating that 23.2 million French Internet users viewed 2.1 billion videos online in January 2008.
News categories: comScore, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Streaming

France - CSA announces services for DVB-H platform
May 27, 2008 – The CSA has announced the 13 television services which will receive licenses to broadcast on the DVB-H platform.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Regulation

'Baromètre TDF de la télévision numérique N°7' Published
May 26, 2008 – As of 31 March 2008, 51.7% of households had access to digital TV on at least one television, up 4.2 points from the previous quarter.
News categories: TDF, 5G, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

France - Call for Proposals for a pay channel in HD: Canal+ declared eligible
May 19, 2008 – In response to the call for applications launched by the CSA on January 29, 2008 for broadcasting a pay TV channel in high definition, the submission of Canal+ SA (Euronext Paris: VIV), the only candidate to have replied, has been declared eligible.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial

Orange TV will cover more than 98% of French households from July 3rd as part of its triple play offer
May 19, 2008 – As part of the deployment by France Telecom (Euronext Paris: FTE) of the Orange triple play offer (telephone, Internet, TV), 24 million French households (98.3% of the mainland population) will be able to enjoy Orange TV from July 3rd.
News categories: France Telecom, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite

Vivendi: Very Good First Quarter - 2008 Outlook Confirmed
May 14, 2008 – Vivendi's revenues from pay-TV operations in France increased to €971 million (+5%), mainly driven by Canal+ and CanalSat portfolio growth, up 180,000 subscriptions compared to the same period last year, and higher advertising revenues.
News categories: Vivendi, Digital TV, France, Poland, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

IPTV to drive take-up of pay TV in Western Europe, says Analysys Mason
May 8, 2008 – The pay-TV market in Western Europe is generally considered to be mature, but the increasing deployment of IPTV services will see the market enjoy a modest rate of growth in the number of households subscribing to pay-TV services.
News categories: Analysys, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Market Research, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, UK

Are National Regulation Frameworks for Mobile TV ready?
May 7, 2008 – A study on terrestrial mobile broadcast TV by the bmcoforum has concluded that a significant number of countries are still lagging behind most advanced countries in defining the regulatory framework including the licensing conditions and processes.
News categories: bmcoforum, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Market Research, Mobile, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Regulation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA

France Telecom financial information - first quarter 2008
May 7, 2008 – France Telecom's Digital TV over ADSL services (IPTV) had 1.41 million subscribers in Europe at 31 March 2008 compared with 770,000 at 31 March 2007, an increase of 83%.
News categories: France Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Poland, Results, Set Top Box, Spain, Subscribers