DTT in 60% of French households

France’s Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has reported latest results from its survey on the penetration of digital TV in French households.

Highlights for the second half of 2010:

• More than nine out of ten households are now equipped to receive digital TV: 91.6% of households have at least one of their TVs connected to a digital service (DTT, satellite, ADSL or cable). 69% of households are entirely digital.

• In areas that are to go digital in 2011, only 6.1% of TV households still receive only analogue television.

• 60.2% of households have chosen digital terrestrial as their method of digital TV reception, up 11.9 points in the year.

Percentage of households with:

DTT               60.2%
ADSL (IPTV)       23.9%
Satellite (pay)   15.2%
Cable              8.2%
Satellite (FTA)    7.2%

More: 2H 2010 Report