The French media authority CSA has approved two pilots for push-VOD services over the nation’s digital terrestrial network.
Transmitter company TDF is conducting two trails, one with the TV Numéric pay-TV platform and the other with a consortium of four broadcasters, TF1, France Télévisions, Arte and NRJ 12.
The CSA gives permission to run technical tests of the system on the condition that no so called ‘catégorie V’ programmes will be broadcast (programmes rated 18 years and older). Also, the authority has stressed that granting the permission to run the tests is no guarantee to receive a push-VOD licence.
About Robert Briel
"In an industry that experiences rapid change and often a confusing subsequent
constant supply of news, it is often refreshing to read an insightful perspective. Broadband
TV News and its editorial team regularly provide a context and
helpful analysis to breaking news.”
Broadband TV News is the must-read publication for those working in the Business of the Multiscreen Television. We deliver news, insight and data direct to your desktop. As well as our constantly updated website you can sign-up to our Daily and Weekly email bulletins. 
Connected TV Forecasts NEW REPORT. The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 551 million by 2016 for the 40 countries covered in this report from Digital TV Research, up from 124 million at end-2010. The report states that this translates to 20% of global TV sets by 2016, up from only 6% at end-2010. Published in November 2011, this 83-page PDF report is the most geographically comprehensive to ever be published.