On March 27th the CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuelle) published a candidate call “for publishing nationwide television services broadcast terrestrially in HD. This call is part of the development of the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform” which, in April 2016, will go from a compression standard of MPEG-2 to MPEG-4. In its statement, the CSA states it “will be particularly attentive to the improvement of services to viewers and to the adjustments needed for their durability.” Applications must be submitted to the CSA by June 29th 2015. Those selected will not be granted a broadcasting license until the necessary legislative and regulatory measures have been adopted.
Source: communiqué de presse CSA
