France Digital TV News

France: Digital TV market booming
Oct 4, 2007 – The French digital terrestrial system, "Television Numerique Terrestre", has been available since March 2005. Over the last two and a half years since its introduction, more than 2.5 million TV sets and 8 million digital receivers have been sold across the nation.
News categories: GfK, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Convergence Driving European TV Progress
Oct 1, 2007 – New research published today by Informa Telecoms & Media shows that digital TV penetration of Western European households will break the 50% mark by the end of this year.
News categories: Informa Telecoms & Media, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

France - CSA opens consultation on local television services
Sep 27, 2007 – The broadcast regulator has opened a consultation on local television services on the DTT platform.
News categories: Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), Digital TV, France, Terrestrial, TV Services

France - DVB-H standard selected to provide mobile TV services
Sep 26, 2007 – The government has signed a decree for the use of DVB-H as the technical standard for mobile television. DVB-SH can be used to provide complementary coverage.
News categories: Digital TV, France, Mobile

Half of families in Western Europe are now receiving digital television
Sep 24, 2007 – Digital television in Western Europe is reaching a decisive milestone this month, overtaking the analogue system for the first time. There are now about 83 million households in the region's 20 countries receiving digital television signals out of a total of 166 million TV households.
News categories: e-Media Institute, Cable TV, Digital TV, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Luxembourg, Market Research, Netherlands, Satellite, Spain, Subscribers, Terrestrial, TV Services, UK

Philips and Canalsat join forces to accelerate European HDTV adoption
Sep 12, 2007 – Maintaining its leading position in driving availability of HDTV services across Europe, Philips has announced that it has been selected by Canalsat to supply high definition (DualS) set-top boxes to the French digital satellite operator.
News categories: Royal Philips Electronics, Canalsat, Digital TV, France, IBCShow, Satellite, Set Top Box

Irdeto Digital TV Solution Chosen by NTF for New French Digital Terrestrial Pay Television Service
Sep 7, 2007 – Irdeto has finalized an exclusive customer agreement with Neotion TNT France (NTF) to provide its Irdeto Digital TV conditional access (CA) solution for NTF's new digital terrestrial television (DTT) pay TV service in France.
News categories: Irdeto, Neotion, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, IBCShow, Terrestrial

D-Link and DivX Sign Agreement to Release First DivX Connected Device
Aug 31, 2007 – The evolution of the digital home is set to make a significant step forward with the D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected™ HD Media Player, the world's first DivX Connected consumer electronics device.
News categories: DivX, D-Link, Digital TV, France, Germany, IFABerlin, Media Player, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, UK

IPTV becomes a disruptive influence in the European pay-TV market
Aug 29, 2007 – Well over 60 IPTV services operated across Europe at the end of the second quarter of 2007, with more to launch in the second half of the year. Whilst some major Western European states are used to competing with so many players, others are unfamiliar with such a jam-packed market.
News categories: Screen Digest, Digital TV, Europe, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Market Research, Spain, Subscribers, UK