SFR IPTV

Neuf Cegetel was the company formed after Neuf Telecom merged with Cegetel in August 2005. In February 2004, Neuf Telecom launched TV over ADSL for residential users after conducting trials with ‘DreamTV’ in partnership with TF1.

In 2004, Neuf Cegetel invested heavily in local loop unbundling (LLU) to operate independently of France Telecom. Later in the same year, the company pioneered among other French operators to launch a residential triple-play package including broadband, voice over IP (VoIP), and IPTV services. In February 2005, Neuf launched Digital Terrestrial TV over its ADSL network for its broadband customers. In Q1 2007, the operator launched Neuf TV HD video on demand service in partnership with TF1 Vision.

In summer 2008, SFR acquired a 96.41 per cent stake in Neuf Cegetel and since Q408 it operates under the SFR brand. In April 2011, Vodafone confirmed the sale of its 44 per cent stake in SFR to Vivendi for GBP 7 billion.

At the end of 2011, SFR had a 25 per cent DSL market share.