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News from Satis
07 to 09 november 2006
Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles - Hall 5
The entire Audiovisual industry, from production to distribution, is present at every event and takes advantage of an outdoor area for service providers, with mobile units for pick-up/broadcasting areas within the exhibition, a programme of HD content in the Auditorium, workshops in a conference area: the Agora


HD in Europe
Already launched via satellite on Astra in Germany with Premiere, Pro7 and Sat1, and starting May in the UK with BSkyB and BBC, in France with Canal+ and CanalSat, HDTV is steadily gaining ground in Europe!


Mobile DTT launched in Japan
From now on the Japanese can watch television on their telephone handsets or, more widely, on any multimedia mobile phone, thanks to mobile DTT. The Japanese standard is close to that of the European DVB and its derivative for mobile applications.


DTT and Local Channels
On October 11th 2005, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) launched a public consultation for potential attributions on DTT in the Ile-de-France region.
Some 35 contributions – essentially from television department editors, press editors, trade organisations, distributors, telecommunication operators and local authorities – were welcomed to the CSA. This figure shows the obvious interest of communication groups in local channels.


Launching of the HD Film Festival
Organised by the HD Club in partnership with SATIS, the HD Film Festival is proposing to award talent, creativity, research and artistic performance implemented around audiovisual programmes produced in high definition. This operation is aimed at promoting the vocations know-how developed