France Digital TV News

France - 17.4 million DTT receivers in homes
Apr 25, 2008 – According to the latest data from GfK, 17.4 million DTT receivers are now in French television households.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

European cable industry sees rapid growth in digital TV, telephony and broadband internet
Apr 23, 2008 – Details of 2007 industry revenues and customer volumes were announced at the annual Cable Congress. The number of Digital cable TV customers has more than doubled in the past two years to 13.9m (+40% in 2007 compared to 9.9m in 2006).
News categories: Cable Europe, Austria, Belgium, Broadband, Bulgaria, Cable TV, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Estonia, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Subscribers, Sweden, UK

IPTV Gathering Steam: Almost 10 Million Television-Over-Broadband Subscribers Worldwide
Apr 18, 2008 – A new report from Telecommunications Management Group (TMG), 'IPTV: The Killer Broadband Application,' forecasts that there will be nearly 60 million Internet Protocol television (IPTV) subscribers worldwide by the end of 2010.
News categories: Telecommunications Management Group, Asia, China, Digital TV, Europe, France, Hong Kong, India, IPTV, Latin America, Market Research, North America, Subscribers, USA

VIACCESS chosen by Vest@vision to secure content of new offer TNtop
Apr 17, 2008 – Vest@vision has chosen Viaccess' innovative solution of content security for its TNTop offer, an offer which will give a secured access to all channels of the Digital Terrestrial Television.
News categories: Viaccess, TNTop, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, France, NABShow, Terrestrial

France - CSA plans analogue switch-off time table
Apr 17, 2008 – The French media authority CSA has published a preliminary timetable for the country's analogue switch off.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial

High-definition viewing to reach 44 million homes by year-end
Apr 10, 2008 – According to an Informa Telecoms & Media report 'Global HDTV Forecasts 3rd Edition,' only 4% of global homes will actively watch HD programming by the end of this year. However, this means nearly 44 million active HD households.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Orange selects Eutelsat's HOT BIRD™ and ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3
Apr 10, 2008 – Orange has confirmed its selection of two Eutelsat premium video neighbourhoods, HOT BIRD™ and ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3, to broadcast by satellite the TV component of its triple play offer in cases where it is not accessible via ADSL.
News categories: Eutelsat, Orange, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Satellite, Set Top Box

CANALSAT Expands Video over DSL Service with Harmonic's MPEG-4 High Definition and Standard Definition Encoders
Apr 10, 2008 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that CANALSAT, part of the CANAL+ Group, has expanded its ADSL video service with MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) based digital video solutions from Harmonic.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, CANAL+ Group, Content Distribution, Digital TV, France, IPTV

Pirelli selected by Alice France as the new supplier for triple-play gateways
Apr 9, 2008 – Pirelli Broadband Solutions and Alice France have signed an agreement for the supply of broadband Gateways in the frame of the latest ADSL2+ and FTTH access offers.
News categories: Pirelli Broadband, Alice, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, France, Gateway, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home