[Satellite Today 11-21-08] TNTSat, a digital terrestrial offering via satellite, is now in 750,000 households in France, SES Astra announced Nov. 18.
    TNTSAT targets regions where TV households cannot receive signals from terrestrial transmitters. It offers French TV viewers a full range of digital terrestrial free-TV channels over the Astra satellites, allowing 100 percent coverage of France. At the time of the analog switch-off in France, the number of households which will not be covered by terrestrial transmitters is estimated to be around 1.5 million, about 5 percent of the French population.
    TNTSat households will also benefit from HD services in the near future. TNTSAT HD will be launched Feb. 15.