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Paris, May 28th, 2026 – Colt Technology Services (Colt), the global digital infrastructure company, announced today that it has been selected by France Télévisions to meet the public broadcaster’s growing strategic connectivity needs. This partnership marks a key milestone in modernising the French audiovisual landscape while reducing the environmental impact of the group’s activities.
France Télévisions has selected three operators to support the transformation of its high‑speed metropolitan network, including Colt, a long‑standing partner of the group. Thanks to its dense metropolitan network in Île‑de‑France and its high‑performance national infrastructure, Colt plays a key role in deploying the high‑speed services France Télévisions requires across the country for its multi‑operator broadband architecture.
In recent years, the media sector has faced the rise of streaming platforms, fragmented audiences, and changing consumption habits. Content consumption has become partly non‑linear, and competition with international players has intensified.
France Télévisions must address several major challenges to adapt to the evolving audiovisual sector. To keep pace with changing usage and IP convergence, the broadcaster must strengthen its digital positioning by rethinking its network to ensure the creation and distribution of high‑quality, uncompressed programs throughout the country.
Through this partnership, Colt has proposed ultra‑high‑speed connectivity capable of supporting baseband streams, thereby guaranteeing optimal image quality. This infrastructure is essential for retrieving and distributing programs created across the country before their transmission on all channels: DTT, Internet, partners, and streaming platforms.
“Upgrading our network infrastructure was essential to guarantee the quality and fluidity of our audiovisual content,” said Heikel Manai, Director of IT at France Télévisions. “We launched a call for tenders for the metropolitan high‑speed perimeter and selected the best partners, including Colt, to support us with high‑speed solutions tailored to our demanding media needs. With Colt, we found a reliable and innovative partner capable of supporting our digital transformation and meeting our very high‑capacity requirements, while perfectly aligning with our CSR strategy for ecological transition and environmental protection.”
“We are particularly pleased to support France Télévisions in this strategic evolution,” said Sylvain Leseurre, Account Executive at Colt Technology Services. “Our expertise in high‑speed connectivity and our commitment to a reliable, diversified, agile, and future‑ready infrastructure allow us to offer solutions adapted to the new challenges of the audiovisual sector. With an offering ranging from 10 Gbps to 400 Gbps and scalable beyond, we can provide connectivity that meets the demands of todays and tomorrow’s public broadcasting.”
