France Digital TV News

France - Iliad 220,000 ADSL Net Adds in Q1
May 8, 2007 – As of march 31, 2007, Iliad ADSL subscriber base reached 2,498,000 vs. 2,278,000 at the end of December 2006. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

France - SFR boasts 140,000 mobile TV subs
Apr 20, 2007 – French mobile phone operator SFR has announced that its 3G mobile TV numbers are up 50% in barely 3 months at 140,000 subscribers, compared to 70,000 at the end of December 2006. More …
News categories: 5G, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Subscribers

France - Analogue Switch-off to begin in Autumn 2007
Apr 15, 2007 – According to information received by ZDnet.fr, analogue switch-off could begin in France as early as Autumn 2007. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Terrestrial

France - DTT penetration reaches 22%
Apr 1, 2007 – Since the launch of DTT services in March 2005, 8.2 million DTT receivers are now in French households. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial

Vivendi Announces 2006 Results and 2007 Outlook
Mar 8, 2007 – The combination of Canal+ and TPS has resulted in the creation of the largest European pay-TV platform by number of subscribers. More …
News categories: Digital TV, France, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

France Leaps Ahead In European HDTV
Feb 21, 2007 – France's new 'TV of the Future' law has taken an important step towards high definition television (HDTV) on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform by allocating capacity for HD channels and mandating HD tuners in HD-Ready TV sets.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Smart TV, Terrestrial

The Kudelski Group achieves strongest-ever financial results in 2006
Feb 16, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX KUD.VX) has announced strongest-ever 2006 results. For the first time, Digital TV broke the CHF 500 million revenue mark, with a particularly robust development in Europe, growing by 17% compared to the previous year.
News categories: Kudelski, Belgium, Cable TV, CAM, Conditional Access, Czech Republic, Digital TV, France, Hungary, IPTV, Italy, Latin America, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Middleware, Mobile, Poland, Results, Romania, Satellite, Semiconductor, Slovakia, Spain, Streaming, USA

Kudelski Group will provide full end-to-end solutions to YPSO/Numéricâble
Feb 16, 2007 – The Kudelski Group (SWX Swiss Exchange: KUD) has announced that YPSO/Numéricâble has selected Kudelski Group technology for the national rollout of its Video-On-Demand (VOD) and interactive cable TV services.
News categories: Kudelski, Numéricâble, Belgium, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, France, Luxembourg, Middleware

Thomson Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results
Feb 15, 2007 – In a strong Q4, Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) shipped 2.9 million satellite set-top boxes (4Q05, 2.8 million) and 0.9 million cable STBs (4Q05, 0.3 million). Thomson shipped 11.1 million satellite STBs in 2006 (2005, 10.9 million) and 2.0 million cable STBs (2005, 0.6 million).
News categories: Thomson, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, France, Gateway, Germany, India, Netherlands, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Singapore, UK, USA