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Also Expands to New Markets

by Tom Allen

German distributor, Also, has extended its reach to new countries. After 14 years, the firm has opened a reseller network in France, Denmark and Switzerland. Also expects to have 200 resellers in France and …

Vivendi Returns to Gaming

by Tom Allen

Vivendi launch a hostile takeover bid aimed at Gameloft, the French games studio and owner of the Gameloft Live game streaming service, in February. Now, local sources say that the firm has secured the …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 21

VR Arrives in France

by Tom Allen

For the first time, the French Open tennis tournament is being filmed for a virtual reality audience. France Télévision’s RG Lab is recording certain live matches in 360° UltraHD, with an avatar creation booth …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Volfoni Celebrates the Start of Cannes’ Film Festival Edition 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Cannes’ Film Festival 2016 starts today and will be the epicenter of the cinema world from the 11thof May to the 22 of May 2016. It will dazzle everyone with sparkles, innovative cinema, the …

Tags:3D display| Cinema| Events| France

Even Split in French HD TV Adoption

by Isaac Oburu

3.3 million HD adaptors and 1.3 million HD TV sets were purchased by French viewers ahead of the DTT HD switch on the night on April 4th/5th. According to a survey from Toulana, 63.6% …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Bolloré Might Close Down Canal+

by Isaac Oburu

According to Le Monde, Vivendi supervisory board chairman, Vincent Bolloré, has hinted of a possible close-down of the Canal+ TV business if it continues to be loss-making. Bolloré made the comments during a general …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 23 - Issue 16

Ateme Powers Live UHD in France

by Tom Allen

Fransat, Eutelsat’s French division, broadcast the Vienna Opera ballet, ‘Le Corsaire’, live in UltraHD on the 2nd April, using Ateme’s Titan solution. Content was encoded at 50fps with 10-bit colour, using HEVC.

Viaccess-Orca Live Streams UHD 360° Football

by Tom Allen

Viaccess-Orca and French TV channel TF1 trialled a live UltraHD 360° VR broadcast of a football match on the 29th March. The signal was encoded using HEVC and sent to a private test audience. …

Ingram Changes in France

by Tom Allen

According to France’s Distributique, Ingram Micro France has dismissed new head Pierre-Yvon Méchali, just nine months after his appointment. He will be replaced in July by Sophie Deleval, currently leader of the company’s Belgian …

French IPTV Consumption Rising

by Tom Allen

A study by Médiamétrie has shown that around 3 million viewers in France aged 15+ now watch live or catch-up IPTV on a PC, tablet or smartphone every day. This is 200,000 more than …

Tags:France| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Paris and Prague to host CES Unveiled Events Abroad in 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Today the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, announced the return of its CES Unveiled event series to France for a fourth consecutive CES Unveiled Paris and a debut event, …

Tags:CES 2016| CTouch| Europe| France

MovieSwap Brings DVDs to 2st Century

by Tom Allen

MovieSwap is a French start-up that aims to make use of the world’s existing stock of DVDs – around 25 billion, to date. The company has launched (and successfully funded) a Kickstarter campaign to …

Tags:DVD| France| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 10