Transition to Digital Broadcasting French experience

1. Transition to Digital Broadcasting French experience Jean-Jacques GUITOT ANFR Sub-Regional Workshop on Transition to Digital Broadcasting and Digital Dividend Belgrade, Serbia; 6-7 October 2011 Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

2. Before GE-06, June 2006 • Existing situation before GE-06, June 2006 • In VHF, an existing national analogue network • In UHF, • 4 existing national analogue networks, complementary stations of VHF network • and 5 existing Digital networks with limited coverage planned within Chester 97 Agreement • May 2006, set up of the Comité stratégique pour le numérique (CSN) to lead the migration to Digital and to make the switch-off • Chaired by the Primer Minister • to coordinate and direct national efforts on the development of digital terrestrial broadcasting, analogue switch-off and digital dividend Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

3. After GE-06, June 2006 • 2007, The Broadcasting Act, Law about the future of Digital Terrestrial Television • Analogue switch-off is to be completed on 30 November 2011 at the latest and for 95% of the population to be covered at this date; • The frequencies released by terrestrial analogue TV broadcasting switch-off are subject of a transfer by the Prime Minister to the administrations, to the Broadcasting Authority (CSA) and/or to the Regulatory Authority for electronic communications and Post (ARCEP), within the framework of a national plan of re-use of the released frequencies. The law states that « This plan aims at favoring the diversification of the offers of services, improving overall the territory the digital coverage and the equitable access to the electronic communications networks and developing the efficiency of the radiocommunication access of public utilities and the optimal management of the radio frequency spectrum asset»; • A Committee for the digital dividend (four members of the Parliament and four members of the Senate) is established to provide recommendations for the establishment of this Plan after public consultation. • Sep up of a Public-private partnership for the co-ordination for the digital switch-over and the analogue switch-off and for managing the special funds reserved to help low revenue households to get DTT equipments or to get the continuity of TNT reception (over satellite reception or ADSL). Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

4. The issues Three inter-related objectives : • Extension of digital TV • Coverage of 95% of the population before analogue switch-off • Additional multiplex (HDTV, mobile TV, “bonus” channels) to the 5 MUX used for introduction of DTV. • Provides conditions for the provision of additional local and national digital programs • Analogue switch-off • Switch off before 30 November 2011 • Final DTTB plan to be decided by the Prime Minister • with targets : % of population to be covered and number of MUX to be broadcasted • Taking into account GE-06 allotments and replanning in the DD Band • Detailed plan for progressive switch off (area per area) should be published by the broadcasting authority (CSA) 9 months before its realization • Organise the joint public-private partnership (France télé numérique) to organise analogue switch off communication and assistance activities • Digital dividend • National scheme for the reutilization of frequencies made free by the analogue switch off to be decided by the Prime minister after consultation of an ad-hoc parliamentary commission on the digital dividend (currently done with the allocation of 790-862 MHz band at the end of 2008) • The majority of the digital dividend is to be attributed to broadcasting • Preparation of the modification of the National Table of Frequency Allocation • Refarming of existing incumbent • Replanning GE-06 Allotments in the DD Band Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

5. Switch-off roadmap Launch of DTT (“TNT”) : 35 % of the population March 2005 “Comité stratégique pour le numérique” May 2006 Law “Television du futur” March 2007 Creation of the “GIP France Télé numérique”  Co-ordinate analogue switch off  Responsible for funds reserved to help low revenue households to get DTT equipments April 2007 October 2008toFebruary 2009 1st switch-off; experimental trial Nationalcommunication And Localinformation towards people concerned with Switch-off National plan for the analogue switchover and the analogue switch-off and the use of the Digital Dividend is published : region by region between January 2010 and November 2011 22 December 2008 Switch-off completed : > 95% population End of 2011 Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

6. Extension of the Digital TV Coverage of the population (National average) Coverage of the population (Departments) 2006 85% End of 2009 Fin 2011 92% Fin 2011 Fin 2011 89% End of 2010 Fin 2011 93% Fin 2011 Fin 2011 91% End of 2011 Fin 2011 95% Fin 2011 Fin 2011 With the following constraints - to offer the 5 MUX in the same time in an area - no disruption of TV analogue service Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

7. The DTTB switch-over challenge 27 Millions households DTT simulcast with analogue TV until the end of Analogue TV in the region 4000 analogue transmitters impacted by the DTT switch-over 13 000 frequencies reassigned Frequency Coordination Frequency Coordination Frequency Coordination Frequency Coordination Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

8. The switch-over and switch-off region by region 1/ Basse-Normandie 3/ Champagne - Ardennes 2/ Lorraine 3/ Brittany 1/ Alsace Franche -Comté 2/Pays-de-Loire http://www.tousaunumerique.fr/ou-et-quand/ Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

9. Result of the TV Transition Analogue broadcasting Digital In 2008 / Mobile TV Calendar still to be defined HD HD HD HD Since 2007 More local TV MPEG-4 (paid channel) MPEG-4 (HD free channel) MPEG-2 (paid channel) Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011

10. Thank you guitot@anfr.fr Belgrade, 6-7 October 2011