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French Regulator Warns of 700MHz Issues

by Tom Allen

French regulator, the CSA, has warned that two DTT multiplex operators will need to cease operations, once the 700MHz band is reallocated. The operators will need to pay indemnities to the broadcast network operator …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 22 - Issue 27

V-Nova Shows Flexibility in Paris

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has demonstrated the practicality of its Perseus signal compression technology in the Airbus Group pavilion at the Paris Air Show 2015. V-Nova wanted to show how Perseus was not limited to broadcasting, but …

France Gets Taste of UltraHD HDR

by Tom Allen

Several companies worked together to televise the French leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, in Lorient, in UltraHD HDR this month. The event was the first time an offline UltraHD HDR broadcast, at 50fps, …

French Regulator Opens DTT Consultation

by Vanessa Browning

ARCEP, the French regulator, is updating its rules regulating the DTT transmission market, for the 2015 – 2018 period. The proposed new rules reflect ARCEP’s belief that the DTT broadcast market is shrinking. They …

Tags:Broadcast Market| France| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

UltraHD Appears to Hit Setback in France

by Tom Allen

The future of UltraHD TV, on DVB-T2, does not look bright in France. According to Barry Flynn of Inside Satellite TV, the CSA, the French regulator, has been cagey about the platform. Few of …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Canal+ Expands Hybrid Offer

by Tom Allen

Canal+ has launched a new DTT/OTT receiver in France. Viewers can use the unit – Le Cube S – to access all of the company’s content via DTT signals or the internet.

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 24

UltraHD Trial Extended in France

by Tom Allen

France Télévisions has said that its UltraHD test channel will be active throughout June. The company was testing UltraHD transmissions at the French Tennis Open tournament, which ended earlier this month. The channel will …

Ateme Chosen for Tennis Open Encoding

by Vanessa Browning

Preliminary live video encoding for the French Tennis Open, in UltraHD with HEVC, are being provided by Ateme. Images are now being broadcast on Fransat, at 50fps and using the Rec.2020 colour gamut.

Thomson Adds French Distributor

by Helen Vince

Thomson in France has added Exertis Banque Magnetique as a distributor for its notebooks and tablets.

Tags:Distribution| France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Dream Vision Adds HEVC to Android Line-up

by Tom Allen

France’s Dream Vision has launched a follow-up to its 2013 Android DLP projector, the Dreamy Geek (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 29). The Dreamy Geek II brings 3D, HEVC playback, Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band Wi-Fi …

Tags:DLP Projectors| France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

TDF to test DVB-T2  in France

by Tom Allen

French telco TDF has been given permission by the French TV regulator, the CSA, to trial a new platform. TDF is currently trialling the DTT service B2M (Broadcast Mobile Multimedia), and will modify the …

Tags:DVB-T & T2| France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 21

Christie Ups Resolution at Cannes

by Tom Allen

Christie has supplied 31 Solaria series digital projectors to this year’s Cannes Film Festival (13th – 24th May). This is the first year that one of the CFF’s open-air screenings will take place in …