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Paris, France

Audiovisual Partners: TF1, France Télévisions, ARTE, Canal, M6, Lagardere Active Broadcast, TPS
Radio Partners: Radio France, RTL, NextRadio, RFI, Skyrock, Lagardere, Radio Orient, Radio Notre Dame, Oui FM, Superloustic, MFM, Radio Classique
Mobile Operator Partners: Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom

bernard.pauchon@tdf.fr

9 months: 15/09/2005 - 15/06/2006

- validate theoretical models used for DVB-H network dimensioning in an urban environment
- test and validate the end-to-end transmitting chain, including interoperability questions among equipment provided by different industrial sources as well as feasability of multiplexing DVB-H streams from two different platforms of services
- test EPG solution
-evaluate usage from test users selected inside partner companies' staff

Not applicable

Circa 100, selected from the staff of partner companies

14 TV services chosen from the satellite and terrestrial offer in France
13 radio services

Not applicable

5 transmitters covering the Paris area (12.5km from North to South, 17km from East to West)
SFN configuration
Tour Eiffel: PAR 8.4kW
Romainville: PAR 9.4kW
La Défense: PAR 10.8kW
Porte d'Orléans: PAR 9kW
Sofitel: PAR 4.4kW

Channel 37 (602MHz)

8k mode, 16QAM, MPE-FEC=1/2, Guard Interval=1/8

8 MHz bandwidth used to broadcast 11Mbit/s DVB-H stream shared between two platforms of services, one operated by TDF and one by TPS and its partners

H264 from Envivio

WAP access to the services, to be followed by broadcast ESG and EPG

Not applicable

Thales for DVB-H services platform and a variety of companies for the transmitters (Sagem, Thales, DMT)

Sagem prototype "MyX8" and others

Information correct as of 26/06/2006