This marks the first launch of a public UHD channel, and the first deployment of the DVB-SIS standard, in France. France Télévisions is efficiently ensuring that all viewers across the French territory can enjoy 4K quality programmes no matter where they are located.
France 2 UHD, a full-time channel, and France 3 UHD, a part-time UHD channel dedicated to special events, will be distributed via satellite to terrestrial transmitters across the French territory, as well as Direct-to-Home via the Fransat platform. Fransat is the free-to-view satellite platform for French DTT channels. The channels will be broadcast via…