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The French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication, Arcom, and its partners in the Observatoire de l'équipement audiovisuel des foyers de France métropolitaine present the results for the second half of 2023 for television and radio.
Editorial
The trends observed in recent years continue into the second half of 2023. The level of equipment in France seems to be reaching maturity overall, except for smart TV equipment , which continues to increase. The rollout of IPTV television reception is also continuing across the country, giving the French access to a wider range of linear and on-demand digital video and audio services.
Audiovisuel equipment
On average, households now have 5.8 screens on which to watch videos, a rate that has remained stable since 2021. Televisions (90%) and smartphones (89.1%) are the most widespread equipment in the household, ahead of computers (86.9%) and touchscreen tablets (47.4%).
Youngsters, those from higher socio-professional categories and those living in large conurbations are the most represented among households not equipped with a TV set. A profile mirroring those households most equipped with a TV: inactive or lower socio-professional categories, living in small or medium-sized towns.
Television reception modes
Internet reception (IPTV) remains the leading mode of TV access, and continues to increase among TV-equipped households (69.1%, +3.3 points in one year), driven in particular by fiber reception, which now concerns almost half of TV-equipped households (48.3%, +6.3 points in one year). Conversely, access to DTT continues its downward trend (40.1%, -2.3 points over one year). While DTT-only TV reception still concerns 18.4% of TV-equippedhouseholds, for the first time this half-year, no French region has a majority of households using DTT reception.
Connected TV equipment and usage
Internet-connected TV equipment stabilized in the second half of 2023, accounting for 85.9% of TV-equipped households (+1.2 points in one year). The TV set-top box from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) remains the primary method of connecting the TV set (83.7% of connected TV-equipped households), however the connected Smart TV is now used by more than half of connected TV-equipped households (53.2%, +4.2 points in one year).
Linear TV viewing remains the most common use of a connected TV for all age categories, with a tendency among the under-35s to combine different practices (online gaming, SVOD services and music applications are also at high levels). Conversely , the consumption of live TV programs by people over 50 far outstrips other uses of connected TV ( replay programs , on-demand services, etc.).
The UHD/4Kformat remains better known than the HDR format (80% of French people aged 15 and over vs. 42%). While some 61% of those aware of each format take its availability into account when buying a new TV set, 29% do not watch UHD/4K content, and 23% HDR.
Radio
Almost the entire population owns at least one device for listening to the radio (99%), but is more equipped with multimedia terminals (97%, stable) than dedicated radio devices (90%, -1.3 points over one year).
Although equipment with DAB+-compatible devices remains stable among individuals aged 13 and over (24.5%), an increasing number of those equipped cite equipment receiving DAB+ as one of the three most frequently used devices for listening to the radio (+6.1 points compared with 2022).
Juliette Théry
Member of Arcom
President, Observatoire de l'équipement audiovisuel des foyers de France hexagonale (French Observatory of receiver in homes)
Observatoire de l'équipement audiovisuel des foyers de France hexagonale - Results for the second half of 2023 for television and radio
