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Arcom White Paper on Radio

The result of more than 30 hearings and consultations with the main players in radio, Arcom has published its White Paper on the future of radio in France, which provides a broad overview of the sector and its economic, legal and technical aspects, as well as changes in usage.

The White Paper on Radio was presented by Roch-Olivier Maistre, President of Arcom and by Hervé Godechot, Arcom member and chairman of the Radio and Digital Audio working group, at the Assises de la radio 2024 conference on Tuesday 18 June at the Arcom headquarters in Paris.

Arcom is proposing a two-phase trajectory, aiming to achieve predominantly digital broadcasting by the end of 2033 and requiring the mobilisation of the entire ecosystem:

• Phase 1: Preparation (2024-2027): Establishing a balanced radio ecosystem within a legislative and technological environment that facilitates continued digitisation under optimal conditions.

• Phase 2: Migration (2028-2033): Completing a market-initiated transition to a digital broadcasting model, six years after the preparation phase and nine years after the publication of the White Paper in 2024.

The transition will require regulation, metrics, planning, marketing and then resources.

DAB+ : a structural choice for the radio industry

Launched in 2014 in Paris, Nice and Marseille, DAB+ is now seen as critical to contribute to the future of radio and to address the saturation of FM. It is a means to preserve diversity and plurality. As DAB+ is reaching a turning point, the regulator, Arcom, is launching in 2023 a consultation with the radio industry which will include the switchover from FM to DAB+ both in the metropolitan area and overseas. The economics of radio are a key element of the expected white paper, as well as the potential acceleration of the deployment.

Deployment of DAB+

On 12 October 2021, France launched two new national multiplexes broadcasting 26 DAB+ stations, including national services from Radio France, leading private broadcasters and four new national services. The new multiplexes are broadcast along the major motorway corridors of Paris-Lyon-Marseille. The 26 services include four new DAB+ only stations and 22 stations that are also broadcast in FM. Extension to more main roads and highly populated areas is planned for the end of 2023. These 26 radios are in addition to the hundreds of radio stations already available regionally and locally on DAB+

The CSA rollout plan, the so-called "nodes and arcs strategy" described in 2017, which also includes continued regional and local rollouts alongside the launch of national services, was updated in 2021.

Arcom says that "In total, it is expected that 17 multiplexes, extended or local, will have started broadcasting during the summer of 2023. At the end of these start-ups, the coverage of the metropolitan population by DAB+ will exceed 50%."

French DAB+ Broadcast Networks Factsheet

A new factsheet on DAB+ digital radio in France has been produced for automotive manufacturers, as the country achieves over 50% DAB+ population coverage.

The factsheet from WorldDAB - the global industry forum for DAB digital radio - was produced as part of the work of its Automotive Working Group, in partnership with network operator TDF, and RadioDNS which promotes hybrid radio.

France DAB+ Broadcast Networks

Receiver legislation

Older pieces of legislation in France related to DAB+ in cars have been superseded by the transposition in November 2020 of the EECC into French legislation. This law passed the last stage and was made official in December 2020, with the transposition of the EECC into French law officially published on 28 May 2021. Domestic receivers, for which the reception function of radio services broadcast is not purely incidental, and have an alphanumeric screen, must be capable of receiving digital terrestrial radio. Discussions are ongoing to make DAB+ mandatory in all receivers.

Last update: 22.09.2023 - older versions

DAB+ digital terrestrial radio continues to roll out across France. With its arrival in towns such as Bayonne, Besançon, Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Metz, Nancy and Pau, this summer DAB+ passed the symbolic milestone of covering 50% of the French population. A trial has also been underway in Martinique since January. With the continued roll-out of national antennas between October 2023 and March 2024, more than 60% of the population will be covered by DAB+ by early 2024.

In December 2021, the French media regulator CSA, published an updated DAB+ roadmap highlighting DAB+ developments plans for the 2022-2024 period.

According to the new roadmap, calls for applications will be launched for 50 local allotments in that period of time – these primarily concerned the cities of Dijon, Lyon, Marseille, Rennes, Caen, Nancy, Paris, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Poitiers and Toulouse. An overseas trial has also been licensed in Martinique.

Last update: 22.09.2023 - older versions

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French DAB+ Broadcast Networks Factsheet

A new factsheet on DAB+ digital radio in France has been produced for automotive manufacturers, as the country achieves over 50% DAB+ population coverage.

France DAB+ Broadcast Networks

Please note:

(a) These web pages are updated regularly to reflect current services on air, however they may not be exactly up to date.

(b) The logos shown on these pages are for illustrative purposes only – manufacturers and broadcasters are directed here for information on implementing station logos.

An interactive map showing all services currently on air in France, as well as those licensed to go on air, can be found at: Ma radio DAB Plus - CSA - Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel.

	Simulcast on AM / FM	Exclusive on digital	Total of services
DAB+ programmes	358	102	460

Last update: 18.07.2024 - older versions

In France, as of H2 2023, 98% of new cars sold are equipped with DAB+ as standard (Source: JATO Dynamics 2023).

Last update: 05.02.2021 - older versions

Receiver legislation

In December 2018 DAB+ coverage reached 21.3% of the French population, which triggered a law requiring that all radio receivers (including in-car) sold in France be compatible with the broadcasting standards (ie DAB+). This 2018 law was amended in June 2020 to align with the EECC deadline of 20 December 2020.

In November 2020, the French parliament voted in favour of a law to transpose the EECC into French legislation. This law passed the last stage and was made official in December 2020, enabling the government to take a final decree which is expected by early 2021. The decree will confirm that new passenger cars in France will be required to include digital terrestrial radio from 20 December 2020, in line with the EECC. Additional obligations regarding consumer receivers have yet to be agreed and may also be included in that decree enacting the EECC.

More detailed information is in the WorldDAB EECC Factsheet.

Last update: 04.07.2024 - older versions

La Réunion: Arcom has authorised two trials of DAB+ radio broadcasting in Saint-Denis from March 1, 2024.
La Martinique: trial authorised since January 2023 ; three sites in Martinique and 11 stations: Radio Fusion, Fusion 100 % Infos, Fusion Compas, Fusion Salsa Kl@moson, Fusion Gold, Maknet Jazz, Mixx FM Martinique, Radio Évangile Martinique, Radio Actif Martinique, Identité Radio and Martinique La 1ère.

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DAB+ regulation in France is outlined on the French Media regulator's website.

Arcom's annual report

Arcom's White Paper on the future of radio

Last update: 04.07.2024 - older versions

Ensemble pour le DAB+

“Ensemble pour le DAB+” is an association created in 2022 on the instigation of the Bureau de la Radio, Radio France and SIRTI, with the aim of setting up and coordinating communication and marketing actions around the development of DAB+, both nationally and locally. The French Ministry of Culture is a partner of the Association.

The first global campaign took place in January 2024. The objective was to raise awareness of DAB+; the reach was 70% of the French population over 13 years old with a 1000 audio spots played during a week. It was completed by a social media campaign and a billboard campaign in the Paris metro, outdoors in the Ile-de-France region and in Nantes, Strasbourg, Lyon and Lille.

DABplus.fr

The website DABplus.fr was set up to summarise the deployment of DAB+ in France. It is paid by and for stakeholders of DAB+ in France. www.DABplus.fr

The CSA wants to accelerate the deployment of DAB+

27.12.2017 - France

The CSA announced on Wednesday a new strategy to accelerate the deployment of DAB+. Following consultation, the CSA decided to revise the modalities and the schedule of calls for candidacy to allocate frequencies of radio diffusion in DAB+. Three major calls for applications are now planned: the first two, in July 2018 and at the latest in July 2019, will each focus on "fifteen zones centered on agglomerations of more than 175,000 inhabitants" and with a small number of local areas. The third call, envisaged mid-2018 this time will concern frequencies at the national level. The less populated areas will be covered in a second phase after 2020.

(La Depeche) Read more

Radio: 2018-2020 roadmap for the deployment of DAB +

27.12.2017 - France

The DAB + is deployed in Paris, Marseille and Nice on a total of 14 multiplexes after a first call for applications. Two calls involving a total of 30 multiplexes are in progress, notably in Lyon, Lille, Nantes, Rouen, Douai-Lens, Strasbourg, Béthune, Valenciennes, Mulhouse, Dunkirk, Le Havre and Saint-Nazaire. The Council conducted from 27 July to 4 October 2017 a public consultation on accelerating the local deployment of DAB + and on how to organize a metropolitan call for applications. It received 47 contributions, representing all the components of the radio sector (publishers and their unions, distributors, broadcast providers, multiplex operators, receiver manufacturers).

(Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel) Read more

DAB coverage will expand across France

21.12.2017 - France

In the summer of 2014 digital radio made its official debut in France — specifically, Paris, Nice and Marseille. The scheduled roll-out of digital radio in that country has accelerated recently — it will be deployed next spring in Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg, and then in 30 major cities by 2020.

(Radio magazine) Read more

DAB+ must finally make progress in France

20.12.2017 - France

Long in the embryonic state in France, DAB+ will assert its presence on the air this year. While in Germany, the United Kingdom or the Netherlands, nine out of ten inhabitants have access to radio in digital quality, the vast majority of French is deprived of it. However, the CSA has persevered and DAB will take a new scale on the territory from 2018.

(MAT Blog) Read more

Digital radio: Norway at the forefront, France lagging behind

16.12.2017 - France

Norway has become this week the first country in the world to permanently turn off the FM band to switch fully to digital radio. Conversely, France is lagging behind, with digital terrestrial radio taking off very slowly. Only the cities of Paris, Marseille and Nice have been covered since 2014. Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg will soon follow. However, the CSA promises to accelerate the pace by organizing national tenders on areas that are easier to make profitable.

(Les Echos) Read more

Sangean Survivor DAB

15.12.2017 - France

This receiver can operate with three modes of energy: a manual dynamo, a solar panel and, of course, a rechargeable lithium battery. It also offers a USB plug (convenient to charge your phone for example), a lamp and even a LED Flash to send an SOS.

(La Lettre Pro) Read more

Why French radio does not go digital

14.12.2017 - France

While Norway has just announced that it has switched exclusively to digital radio, France is still very much in favor of frequency modulation, FM. However, eventually 100% digital radio should eventually end up, to cope with the shortage of FM frequencies.

(Ouest France) Read more

Belgium: New step towards DAB+

14.12.2017 - France

The Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation adopted on Wednesday the preliminary draft decree amending the decree on audiovisual media services, allowing listeners to benefit from new broadcasting technologies, including DAB+.

(La Lettre Pro) Read more

Norway approves FM switch-off

14.12.2017 - France

On Wednesday, Norway has stopped the FM frequency, becoming the first to do so.

(La Lettre Pro) Read more

Norway has turned off its FM radio

13.12.2017 - France

Norway wrapped up its switch to digital terrestrial radio (RNT) on Wednesday (13 December), becoming the first country in the world to switch off national frequency modulation (FM) broadcasts. The switchover, which began January 11, according to its promoters to improve the quality of sound, increase the number of channels and enrich the features at a cost of dissemination eight times lower.

(Le Monde) Read more

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Status:	regular
Population:	65.2 million
Population coverage:	54.8%
Services:	460 DAB+
Line-fit automotive sales (cumulative):	6,346,000 devices
New cars with DAB/DAB+ as standard:	98%
Total Sales (cumulative):	8,394,000 devices
Penetration by household:	13.7%
Last update: 18.07.2024