VRe: [Mp4-tech] France choose MPEG4 video, is it H.264 ?

[Olivier Amato]

Stephen,
> Is there a link to a news article that says they officially chose part 10? 
> Everything that I have found to date has only stated MPEG-4.

You're right, the official press release from the french prime minister 
doesn't specify part 10 at all ( sorry, it's in french ... ) :
http://www.ddm.gouv.fr/television/dossiers_thematiques/tnt15.html
But this decision is based on two previous technical reports which specified 
MPEG-4 Part 10 as the preferred video codec :
http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/biblioth/docu/dossiers/ntic/pdf/tvnumeriquevf.pdf
http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/rapport_boudet-2.pdf
Hope this helps,
Olivier Amato
Media technologies consultant, France.