[SatNews] SES ASTRA has announced that the French digital terrestrial channel offer on satellite, TNTSAT, broadcast via ASTRA, continues to show strong growth with a total of 2.3 million receivers sold at the end of June 2010. Between June 2009 and June 2010, 800,000 receivers were sold — the channel offer was launched in March of 2007.

With TNTSAT, viewers are able to receive all programmes of the French digital terrestrial offer: 18 free-to-air programs, France O, the 24 regional channels of France 3, as well as four free-to-air channels in HD. In order to receive these programs, households need a satellite dish pointed to an ASTRA satellite at the orbital position of 19.2 degrees East and a TNTSAT receiver. Optimal reception of the offer is assured for all of France. There is no subscription or decoder rental fee for the service.