CSA announces call to tender for more local DTT licences

The CSA is to invite broadcasters to tender for more local DTT service licences in the regions of La Rochelle and Argenton sur Creuse and has launched a public consultation as well as a tentative call for candidates. One free to air television programme service will be available in each region on Multiplex 1.
So far 38 local services have been tendered for and made available across the country.
In the same communiqué the CSA also announced a consultation on the launch of local TV in five additional regions. The regions are Boulogne/Dunkirk, Rouen/Neufchatel en Braye, Alencon, Cherbourg and Laval.
Source: CSA website
Item added: 15th June 2009