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Canal+ goes all digital in France

November 23, 2010 22.52 Europe/London By Robert Briel

As from today, November 24, the French pay-TV operator Canal+ will only be available in digital after having switched off the remaining analogue terrestrial transmitters in Ile-de-France.

“We are the first of the original terrestrial broadcasters to abandon analogue transmissions,” said Canal+ president Bertrand Méheut. At the moment, France is witching off analogue broadcasts region by region, a process which will end on November 30, 2011, when the whole country will be fully digital.

During a press conference in Paris Méheut said the broadcaster lost less than 8% of its subscribers still relying on analogue. Of the former analogue subscribers, 74% choose digital terrestrial reception, 15% satellite DTH, 7% IPTV and just 4% cable.

However, satellite is the main means of distribution for the Canal+/CanalSat channels, with 3.2 million homes (60%) out of the total of 5.3 million subscribers. Digital terrestrial accounts for 1 million subscribers (19%), IPTV 800,000 (15%) and cable 300,000 (7%).

At the moment, Canal+ broadcasts three of its premium channels on digital terrestrial – Canal+, Canal+ Sport, and Canal+Cinéma. The group has applied with the media regulator CSA for a fourth channel, Canal+ Family. The price for an analogue subscription used to be €35 a month.

For digital terrestrial the fee remains the same, but viewers now get access to the three terrestrial channels.

Canal+ has also launched a campaign targeted at IPTV subscribers offering free access till December 1 and introducing pre-paid smart cards for viewing the channels.

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Filed Under: Newsline, Terrestrial, Top Story Tagged With: Cana Edited: 24 November 2010 09:25

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Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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