Improvements made in French TV

Tele-Paris, television station of the French capital, will offer early this year about 25 hours of telecasts weekly at the high definition of 819 lines. The announcement was made by Albert Gazier, Minister of Information, in a recent report to the Press Committee of the French National Assembly. Simultaneously with these new telecasts, 25 hours of telecasts on 441 lines will continue in the Paris region until at least 1958. The standard line definition in the United States is 525. The recendy installed television transmitter at Lille, France, telecasts 15 hours per week on the 819-line definition. French television has made successful experiments with color television. In 1951, France will spend 115 million francs (approximately $330,000) to finance its television programs.