Screendigest states that as of December 2007, there were 1.2m Mobile TV subscribers, consisting of 1 million Orange subscribers, and 200,000 from SFR. According to their research, that put France ahead of Italy as of Christmas 07.
Apparently both Operators saw growth rates of over 40% in Q4 2007, due to them launching unlimited mobile data bundles, covering TV, music, and video services.
Screendigest also notes that these figures have been achieved using 3G networks, and if these growth rates were to stay on trend, they would not be able manageable on the current networks. Events such as the European Football Championship and the Olympics are expected to push demand even further. Screendigest doubts that a DVB-H broadcast network could be deployed nationwide before the end of 2008.
[Via: Screendigest]