{"id":13516,"date":"2025-09-12T00:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/?p=13516"},"modified":"2025-09-12T01:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T23:26:54","slug":"successful-partnership-between-bce-and-t18-frances-new-national-dtt-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/de\/pressemitteilung\/successful-partnership-between-bce-and-t18-frances-new-national-dtt-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful partnership between BCE and T18, France\u2019s New National DTT Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>End-To-End Solution Brings France\u2019s First New Digital Terrestrial Television<\/strong> (<strong>DTT) Channel in Almost Ten Years to Air<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Luxembourg, 12 September 2025<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bce.lu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE)<\/a>, a leading European provider of media services, system integration and product development, has been the partner of <a href=\"https:\/\/cmifrance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CMI France<\/a> for the successful launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/t18.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T18<\/a>, a new national free-to-air channel on France\u2019s Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform. The channel was launched on DTT on June 6<sup>th<\/sup> and the project was delivered in just five months, underlining BCE\u2019s reputation for agility, technical excellence and trusted collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Owned by CMI France media group, T18 is a general-interest free-to-air channel offering a wide range of programming, including talk shows, documentaries, magazines, fiction, movies, culture, lifestyle and entertainment. T18 is the first new national channel to join the French DTT line-up in nearly a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BCE manages end-to-end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/de\/losungen-fur-medien\/loesungen\/bringen-sie-ihren-kanal-auf-sendung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">playout and broadcast services<\/a>, with playout operations based in Luxembourg and distribution across France handled via a national operator. <br>The project also incorporates secure media storage at BCE\u2019s headquarters ISO 27001\u2013certified datacenter and 24\/7 monitoring by the company\u2019s Network Operations Centre (NOC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deployment integrated a range of advanced services, including playlist delivery, multi-lingual audio, graphics integration and secure file transfers.<br>With a 99.9% infrastructure availability rate, system redundancy and high-level broadcast standards, BCE implemented for T18 a seamless launch via infrastructure designed for long-term reliability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/T18-channel-monitoring-at-BCE-NOC-1024x576.png\" alt=\"BCE Network Operation Center (NOC) monitoring the T18 TV channel broadcast.\" class=\"wp-image-13496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/T18-channel-monitoring-at-BCE-NOC-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/T18-channel-monitoring-at-BCE-NOC-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/T18-channel-monitoring-at-BCE-NOC-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/T18-channel-monitoring-at-BCE-NOC-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/T18-channel-monitoring-at-BCE-NOC.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Cedric Laveau, Directeur de la Technique et des Moyens de Production at T18, added: \u201cBCE\u2019s technical expertise and collaborative approach were key to bringing T18 to air on schedule. Their ability to adapt, support and deliver at every stage of the project made them a true partner, ensuring that we could focus on the editorial mission of our new channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cLaunching a new national channel is always a complex undertaking, and this project clearly highlights the strength of our teams in Luxembourg and France, and the trust we have built with T18,\u201d said Steven Dehaen, Head of Broadcast at BCE. \u201cCompleting the deployment in just five months reflects our agility, professionalism and commitment to delivering the highest broadcast standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steven-Dehaen-.png\" alt=\"Portrait of Steven Dehaen, Head of Broadcast at BCE\" class=\"wp-image-13493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steven-Dehaen-.png 350w, https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steven-Dehaen--300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bce.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steven-Dehaen--150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>End-To-End Solution Brings France\u2019s First New Digital Terrestrial 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