A study into the usage of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in France for the transmission company TDF has found 62% of the population use the over the air television.
Of these 58% are watching on their main TV with another 4% using it only on secondary televisions. Among them, 35% also have access to television via fibre or ADSL.
In the eyes of the French, DTT is an important or even essential way of accessing television despite the recent development of fibre. A large majority of French people want to keep TNT to watch television at home. They favour free access to television, that’s easy to use and with a high quality of broadcast across the country.
Karim El Naggar, Director General Audiovisual and Networks, TDF says: “This new study reaffirms the relevance of the TNT platform in the audiovisual sector. The recent arrival of Ultra High Definition is a key and decisive step for DTT. Free, accessible to all and of quality, the TNT platform represents a societal challenge for audiovisual and cultural creation. It is also a more environmentally friendly and less energy-intensive way of receiving television than reception by Internet networks. For all these reasons, TDF teams have been invested and mobilised for years to contribute to its technological evolution.
The poll was conducted for TDF by IFOP via an online panel on a representative national sample of 3,000 individuals aged 18 and over.
