Martin963 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 It's by no means imminent in France, but TV "digital switch over" (DSO) is happening sooner or later both in France and Britain, and there is currently a lot of confusion in the mind of the public which can lead to unscrupulous operators ripping-off vulnerable folk. For example by insisting that they need an expensive digital aerial (there is no such thing as a digital aerial, although there are many that could be classed as "expensive"!)To this end a no-nonsense website has been created to give advice in relatively simple terms. Almost all the information is relevant to France and whether you're someone technical or a concerned "Luddite" it makes for a clear read as to what is required.I commend it to the Forumhttp://www.paras.org.uk/index.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]It's by no means imminent in France, but TV "digital switch over" (DSO) is happening sooner or later both in France and Britain, [/quote]The switch-off of analog transmitters has actually started in France, with the first town to go totally digital having lots of news coverage about a week or so ago. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the town, but I thought you might be interested to know this nevertheless.Edit: found a link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 There is a website (in French) on this topic:http://www.francetelenumerique.fr/?In Google English here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 It surprised me how soon much of France will be switching over, a lot will have converted within the next 18 months. There has been far more publicity about it in the UK though it looks like we will switch in France earlier than in the UK.One recent table showsZone Arrêt de la diffusion, analogique Réémetteurs à partir des sites régionaux deBesançon, Gex, Privas, Limoges,Chambéry 4e trimestre 2009Alsace 1er trimestre 2010 Basse-Normandie 1er trimestre 2010Lorraine 1er trimestre 2010 Pays-de-Loire 2e trimestre 2010 Champagne-Ardenne 2e trimestre 2010 Franche-Comté 2e trimestre 2010 Bretagne 2e trimestre 2010 Poitou-Charentes 3e trimestre 2010 Bourgogne 4e trimestre 2010 Centre 4e trimestre 2010 Picardie 4e trimestre 2010Nord 4e trimestre 2010The frontal areas come later as they have to fit in with switch overs in Italy, Switzerland. Germany etc.There is still little or no information about when the many relays will be converted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Has anybody seen any informaton on the latest timescales for AB3 both Digital and Analogue ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Sorry, I was trying not to put the wind up too many people by stressing that switch over in France is "not imminent". By which I meant "next week" (which is what I thought was roughly the sense of imminent!)Yes an experimental switch over has been performed in Coulommiers. But the next region is not "tomorrow".I'm sorry if I caused confusion to some of you. AFAIK Anton the analogue AB3's are on until the very last day. I am assured by people in the know that this is the main sustaining feed for the analgoue UHF network, although of course there is an RBS network as a fall back, but if it's similar to the BBC's it won't be of entirely reliable broadcast quality standards. The old microwave distribution for analogue was discarded about three years ago (when AB3 was the RBS) and the sat feed took its place. So AB3 analogue has to stay on until the last analogue tx site (apart from Tour Eiffel and its dependants) is extinguished.And for F5 and M6 and C+ the sat feed has always been the main feed at a lot of ts sites.As to AB3 digital FTA, the immediate threat to that was lifted in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Many thanks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]Sorry, I was trying not to put the wind up too many people by stressing that switch over in France is "not imminent". [/quote]No wind up Martinwatkins, just thought you might not been aware of what is happening here, and interested in the fact the program is faster here than the UK (in my perception). I only watch French TV by TNT, so will be happy with the increased BW and power available when all analog is switched off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]AFAIK Anton the analogue AB3's are on until the very last day. I am assured by people in the know that this is the main sustaining feed for the analgoue UHF network, although of course there is an RBS network as a fall back, but if it's similar to the BBC's it won't be of entirely reliable broadcast quality standards. The old microwave distribution for analogue was discarded about three years ago (when AB3 was the RBS) and the sat feed took its place. So AB3 analogue has to stay on until the last analogue tx site (apart from Tour Eiffel and its dependants) is extinguished.And for F5 and M6 and C+ the sat feed has always been the main feed at a lot of ts sites.[/quote]I love it when you talk dirty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I think that it seems faster in France because it's only fairly recently that a final decision has been taken there about *how* to do DSO in France, whereas the exact timetable and frequency shifts have been detailed for the last two years in Britain, and part of the Border region has already gone over.There's certainly more awareness in Britain than in France about the switch, but I'm sure the French will catch up once the information campaign gets going properly.Our main local (Limoges Les Cars) is still waiting frequency clearance for any TNT service at all, and it seems likely that - apart from R1 - there really will be pretty much an overnight switch to digital from this important site, which is much more difficult to pull off with the public than side-by-side running over a long period as in most other areas of France (at least from the main tx sites). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 [quote user="Albert the InfoGipsy"][quote user="Martinwatkins"][/quote]I love it when you talk dirty![/quote]Tee hee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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