France - Current situation - History
14.12.2015
Digital radio launched in Paris, Nice and Marseille in 2014. Across the three cities over 100 services are on air - all but one are on DAB+.
In January 2015 the CSA published a report outlining its support for digital radio.
In December 2015 the CSA adopted the conclusions from a June 2015 public consultation and defined the timetable it intends to implement to continue the deployment of Digital Broadcast Radio throughout mainland France. This schedule provides for the call-up of more than 40 regional allotments in metropolitan France beyond those of Paris, Marseille and Nice, which have already been the subject of an appeal, and more than a hundred local allotments. The timetable spreads from 2016 to 2023.
The metropolitan areas of France to be covered include Lille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nantes, Rouen, Toulouse with calls for application in 2016, Bordeaux, Besançon, Orléans and Clermont-Ferrand in 2017 then the most populated areas from 2018 onwards. These regional allotments will be doubled up by local allotments in the same areas.
In order not to jeopardize the possible arrival of players who want a nationwide deployment, the CSA is reserving two national allotments. If required, more local calls for applications will be considered in the future.
Trial services have been on air in Lyon and Nantes for several years. 13 stations are on air in Nantes, and 20 in Lyon. Lyon started broadcasting on a trial licence in April 2011. An additional trial is taking place in Rambouillet with the stated objective to test digital radio in mobility, including a TPEG service. A TPEG trial is also on air in Paris.
25.08.2015
Paris, Marseille and Nice have had access to digital terrestrial commercial radio (DAB+/DMB) services since June 20th 2014, as confirmed by the regulatory authority, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA). A total of 102 radio stations are currently on air in Marseille, Nice and Paris and 20th June 2014 marked the technical start date for many of the operators and stations in these cities.
DAB+ is now part of the multiplex allocation in France. The original CSA publication chose T-DMB as the digital radio
standard allowing for each radio station 104/1000 of a multiplex. Today T-DMB is still a possible technology for Radio
Numerique Terrestre (RNT) in France however with DAB+ each radio station has 76/1000 of a multiplex. Note that only one radio is still broadcasting in T-DMB.
In January 2015 the CSA published a report outlining its support for digital radio. The CSA’s report includes plans to issue licences in several new cities, such as Lyon, Nantes, Strasbourg and Lille in 2015.
In June 2015 the CSA launched a public consultation related to the choice of deployment of DAB+ in the metropolitan areas of France. Areas under consideration are Nantes, Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille, Bethune-Douai-Lens, Valenciennes, Mulhouse, Metz, Nancy, Bayonne, Le Havre, Brest, Grenoble, Bordeaux, Toulouse Rennes, Clermont-Ferrand, Montpellier and Toulon Rouen. Call for application should start as soon as October 2015 with the objective to broadcast in these additional cities in late 2016.
Trial services have been on air in Lyon and Nantes for several years. 13 stations are on air in Nantes, and 20 in Lyon. Lyon started broadcasting on a trial licence in April 2011. An additional trial is taking place in Rambouillet with the stated objective to test digital radio in mobility, including a TPEG service. A TPEG trial is also on air in Paris.
11.02.2015
Paris, Marseille and Nice have had access to digital terrestrial commercial radio (DAB+/DMB) services since June 20th 2014, as confirmed by the regulatory authority, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA). A total of 69 radio stations are currently on air in Marseille and Paris and 20th June marked the technical start date for many of the operators and stations in these cities. Broadcasters assigned to a multiplex have one month to begin broadcasting, under the rules set by the CSA.
DAB+ is now part of the multiplex allocation in France. The original CSA publication chose T-DMB as the digital radio
standard allowing for each radio station 104/1000 of a multiplex. Today T-DMB is still a possible technology for Radio
Numerique Terrestre (RNT) in France however with DAB+ each radio station has 76/1000 of a multiplex.
Trial services have been on air in Lyon and Nantes for several years. 13 stations are on air in Nantes, and 20 in Lyon. Lyon started broadcasting on a trial licence in April 2011. An additional trial is taking place in Rambouillet with the stated objective to test digital radio in mobility, including a TPEG service.