WAT is France's new dig

PARIS -- WAT, France's fourth and newest digital TV platform, will launch in
December. A trial channel version was set to begin airing Sunday, six
months in advance, WAT management said. WAT will be available uncoded,
free and without subscription, and intends to launch eight channels in
December, targeting viewers who already own a satellite receiver.
The platform's first channel, Wbpm, dedicated to techno music, will
broadcast in analog and operate on an annual budget of 42 million francs
($7 million), according to French daily Le Monde.