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Canal+ to Offer Customers Apple TV 4K in Place of Its STB

by Andrew Fenn

French pay TV operator Canal+ has announced that customers of its myCanal subscription service will be able to get an Apple TV 4K in place of its own set-top box from May 17th. Rental …

Tags:Apple| France| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 19

France Télévisions Signs UHD Camera Upgrade Deal with Panasonic

by Andrew Fenn

France Télévisions will install Panasonic UHD cameras in a two-year upgrade of its digital studios and OB Vans throughout France, taking delivery of more than 100 Panasonic AK-UC3000 studio cameras. Panasonic was chosen following …

Exploiting the Best of Broadcast and OTT

by Bob Raikes

This was a very uneven week in balance between the Large and Mobile Display Monitor. LDM this week has two event reports (NAB and ProLight and Sound), while MDM is a bit thinner than …

ATSC 3.0 Launches at 2018 NAB Conference

by Aldo Cugnini

Deployment of ATSC 3.0 is off and running, with a strong showing this month at this year’s NAB Conference in Las Vegas. More than 40 exhibitors and 22 technology-and-business sessions demonstrated the level of …

France Sees Growth in Online Viewing

by Bob Raikes

Data from Médiamétrie in France has indicated that 7.3% of viewers in the country watch TV on a device other than TV and including PCs, tablets and smartphones, an increase of 10% from a …

Laval Virtual Reaches Twenty

by Bob Raikes

I started writing this report on the plane back from Laval Virtual, a specialist AR/VR show that is now in its 20th year and takes place in the historic city of Laval, Normandy, France …

Tags:France| Laval Virtual 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

HbbTV Not Taking Off in France

by Andrew Fenn

Philippe LererQuadrille business manager Philippe Lerer has gone on record to say that HbbTV isn’t taking off in France, according to Broadband TV News. Speaking on a panel at the Hispasat Innovation Day in …

JCD Promotes Beauty in CDG Paris

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux Airport Paris has a new retail area called the New Age Buy Paris Duty Free in T2E of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. It is operated by Société de Distribution Aéroportuaire, a Groupe ADP …

mk2 is Commercialising Location-Based VR Equipment

by Andrew Fenn

French cinema company, mk2, has debuted its VR plug-and-play solution for professionals, the VR Pod. The announcement comes one year after the opening of mk2 VR in Europe (Europe’s Largest VR Facility is in …

Mediametrie: VOD Services Take Root in France

by Andrew Fenn

Almost two out of every five French internet users has already used VOD services, according to Mediametrie.. Over the last 12 months, 13% of the population indicate that they have rented at least one …

Court of Cassation Challenges Subsidising of Mobile Handsets in France

by Andrew Fenn

The Court of Cassation has challenged the system of subsidising mobile handsets, stating “the definition of a credit transaction, [.] covers, in particular, all payment facilities” and that the company involved “is indeed required …

Tags:France| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 10

New Canal+ Ultra HD STB is Powered by Wyplay Middleware

by Andrew Fenn

Canal+ Group has revealed that its new Ultra HD set-top-box is powered by Wyplay, creator of software solutions for TV operators. The new device is fully hybrid, with streams coming from satellite and the …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Software| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 03