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ATSC, DTMB, DVB-T/DVB-T2, and ISDB-T

DTV Status compares the worldwide digital broadcasting systems ATSC, DTMB, DVB-T/DVB-T2, and ISDB-T.



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Digital broadcasting systems for terrestrial television
Africa
Asia
Australia and Oceania
Europe
North America
South America


1. Digital broadcasting systems for terrestrial television

For terrestrial broadcasting of digital TV programs four competing systems are used.

In Japan the ISDB-T (Terrestrial Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting) system is standardized by ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses).
SBTVD-T (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital Terrestre) is the digital terrestrial television system in Brazil. SBTVD-T (ISDB-Tb or ISDB-T International) is based on ISDB-T.

China (including Hong Kong and Macao) chose DMB-T/H (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial/Handheld) as DTV standard. Now known as DTMB (Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast).

A system which uses an 8 VSB modulation (8 Level Vestigial Side Band) for terrestrial broadcasting, standardized by ATSC, has been realized in the USA.

The DVB Project has been realized in Europe by EBU (European Broadcasting Union), ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and the CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization). For terrestrial broadcasting the DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial) standard is used.

Map for digital terrestrial television

Brief overview
SystemExplanation
DVB-T/DVB-T2Broadcasting via DVB-T/DVB-T2 is actively in use.
DVB-T/DVB-T2 adoptedCountries which have adopted the DVB-T/DVB-T2 system.
DVB-T/DVB-T2 trial broadcastsThose countries undertake trials with DVB-T/DVB-T2.
RRC06The according countries participate in the Regional Radiocommunications Conference 2006 of the ITU (International Telecommunication Union). It can be assumed that all countries taking part will ultimately use the DVB-T/DVB-T2 system when they move from analog to digital.
ATSCBroadcasting via the ATSC system is actively in use.
ATSC adoptedCountries which have adopted the ATSC system.
ATSC trial broadcastsThose countries undertake trials with ATSC.
ISDB-TBroadcasting via ISDB-T is actively in use.
ISDB-T adoptedCountries which have adopted the ISDB-T system.
ISDB-T trial broadcastsThose countries undertake trials with ISDB-T.
SBTVD-TBroadcasting via SBTVD-T is actively in use.
SBTVD-T adoptedCountries which have adopted the SBTVD-T system.
DTMBBroadcasting via DTMB is actively in use.
DTMB adoptedCountries which have adopted the DTMB system.
DTMB trial broadcastsThose countries undertake trials with DTMB.
Commercial DVB-T servicesNo formal adoption of a DTT standard.
 Undecided countries.


The following overview of the various systems is additionally subdivided into continents. Please report hints for possible mistakes or actual changes.

Date format = YYYY/MM/DD_[X]
[T] = Date of starting trials
[A] = Date of a formal adoption of a DTT standard
[D] = Digital Switchover (DSO)
[L] = Launch of next upgrade of the DTT standard
ASO = Analog Switch-Off


Terrestrial transmission systems of digital television
 
1.1 Africa
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - D - LASO
Algeria DVB-T DVB-T:2009/07_D 2014
Angola DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
Benin DVB-T adopted
Botswana ISDB-T adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
ISDB-T:2013/02_A
ISDB-T:2015_D
Burkina Faso RRC06
Burundi RRC06
Cameroon DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2012/11/20_A
Cape Verde DVB-T trial broadcasts DVB-T:2013_D 2015/06
Central African Republic RRC06
Chad RRC06
Comoros RRC06
Congo, Democratic Republic of the DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
Congo, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) RRC06
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) RRC06
Djibouti RRC06
Egypt DVB-T adopted
Equatorial Guinea  
Eritrea RRC06
Ethiopia RRC06
Gabon RRC06
Gambia RRC06
Ghana DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2008_A
DVB-T:2010_D
DVB-T2:2011/09_A
2013
Guinea  
Guinea-Bissau DVB-T trial broadcasts DVB-T:2010/06_T
Kenya DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2009/12/09_D
DVB-T2:2011/09/14_L
2015
Lesotho DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
Liberia RRC06
Libya DVB-T adopted
Madagascar DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
Malawi DVB-T2 DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
Mali RRC06
Mauritania RRC06
Mauritius DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2001_T
DVB-T:1999_A
DVB-T:2005/09/30_D
DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
2011
Mayotte DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/10/25
Morocco DVB-T DVB-T:2007/01_T
DVB-T:2007/02_D
2015
Mozambique DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
DVB-T2:2013_D
Namibia DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2005/02/18_D
DVB-T2:2012_L
2005
Niger RRC06
Nigeria DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2010_D
DVB-T2:2011/10/15_L
2015
Réunion DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/10/25
Rwanda RRC06
São Tomé and Príncipe  
Sahara, Democratic Arab Republic (Western Sahara)  
Saint Helena (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)  
Senegal RRC06
Seychelles DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
Sierra Leone  
Somalia RRC06
South Africa DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2000/02_T
DVB-T:2009/03_D
DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
DVB-T2:2012/09_L
2013/12
South Sudan  
Sudan RRC06
Swaziland DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar) DVB-T2 DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
DVB-T2:2012_D
2012/12/31
Togo DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2012_D
Tunisia DVB-T DVB-T:2001_T
DVB-T:2009_D
2015
Uganda DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2009_T
DVB-T:2010_D
DVB-T2:2011_L
2012/12
Zambia DVB-T2 DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
DVB-T2:2011/07/01_D
Zimbabwe DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2010/11/25_A
DVB-T2:2013_D
 
 
1.2 Asia
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - D - LASO
Afghanistan DVB-T2 adopted
Bahrain DVB-T DVB-T:2009_D
Bangladesh DVB-T adopted 2015
Bhutan  
Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam) DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2006/01_T
DVB-T:2005/08/29_A
DVB-T:2008/08_D
DVB-T2:2012_A
2014
Cambodia DVB-T DVB-T:2007/05_A
DVB-T:2012/09_D
2015
China, People's Republic of (incl. Tibet) DTMB DTMB:2005_T
DTMB:2006/08/18_A
DTMB:2008_D
2015-2018
East Timor (Timor-Leste)  
Hong Kong DTMB DTMB:2006/08/18_A
DTMB:2007/12/31_D
2012
India (incl. Jammu and Kashmir) DVB-T adopted DVB-T:2000_T
DVB-T:1999/07/08_A
Indonesia (incl. Irian Jaya) DVB-T2 adopted 2008/08_T
DVB-T:2007/05_A
DVB-T2:2012_A
2017
Iran DVB-T adopted DVB-T:2006_T
DVB-T:2001_A
DVB-T:2009_D
Iraq  
Japan ISDB-T ISDB-T:2003/12_D 2011/07/24
Jordan RRC06
Korea, North  
Korea, South ATSC ATSC:1997/11/21_A
ATSC:2001_D
2012/12/31
Kuwait RRC06
Kyrgyztan DVB-T2 DVB-T2:2012/11/23_D 2015
Laos DVB-T adopted DVB-T:2007/05_A 2015
Lebanon RRC06
Macao (Macau) DTMB adopted DTMB:2006/08/18_A
Malaysia DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2006/09_T
DVB-T:2005/08/29_A
DVB-T:2010_D
DVB-T2:2011/04_T
DVB-T2:2012_A
2015
Maldives ISDB-T adopted ISDB-T:2011/10/19_A
Mongolia DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2011/11/22_A 2014/06/30
Myanmar DVB-T DVB-T:2005/08/29_A
DVB-T:2005_D
Nepal DVB-T2 adopted
Oman RRC06
Pakistan  
Palestinian territories  
Philippines ISDB-T adopted DVB-T:2007/01_T
DVB-T:2006/11_A
ISDB-T:2010/06/10_A
2015/12/31
Qatar RRC06
Saudi Arabia DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2004_T
DVB-T:2006/06/11_D
DVB-T2:2013/03_L
Singapore DVB-T
DVB-T2 trial broadcasts
DVB-T:2000/12_T
DVB-T:1999_A
DVB-T:2002_D
DVB-T2:2011/09_T
DVB-T2:2013_L
2017
Sri Lanka DVB-T adopted
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2008/01/23_T
DVB-T:2009/08/27_A
DVB-T:2011_D
DVB-T2:2011_A
2017
Syria RRC06
Taiwan DVB-T DVB-T:2001_T
DVB-T:2001_A
DVB-T:2004/06_D
2010
Tajikistan  
Thailand DVB-T adopted
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2007/05_A
DVB-T2:2011/01/25_T
DVB-T2:2012/05/24_A
2015
Turkmenistan  
United Arab Emirates, UAE (incl. the Emirates Abu Dhabi and Dubai) DVB-T trial broadcasts DVB-T:2007_T
Uzbekistan DVB-T DVB-T:2011_D 2015
Vietnam DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2001_T
DVB-T:2007/05_A
DVB-T2:2011/11/11_L
2015
Yemen (incl. Socotra) RRC06
 
 
1.3 Australia and Oceania
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - D - LASO
Australia DVB-T DVB-T:1998_T
DVB-T:2001_D
2013/12
Cook Islands (incl. Tokelau)  
Easter Island  
Fiji Islands  
French Polynesia (incl. Tahiti) DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/09/20
Guam  
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, Line Islands)  
Marshall Islands  
Micronesia (Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands)  
Nauru  
New Caledonia DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/09/27
New Zealand DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2008/04/02_D
DVB-T2:2012_L
2012/09-
2013/12/01
Niue  
Norfolk Island  
Northern Mariana Islands  
Palau  
Papua New Guinea  
Pitcairn  
Samoa  
Samoa, American  
Solomon Islands  
Tonga  
Tuvalu  
Vanuatu  
Wallis and Futuna Islands DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/09/27
 
 
1.4 Europe
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - D - LASO
Albania DVB-T DVB-T:2007_T
DVB-T:2007/05_A
DVB-T:2004/07/15_D
Andorra DVB-T DVB-T:2005/08_D 2007/09/25
Armenia RRC06 2015
Austria DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2004_T
DVB-T:2001_A
DVB-T:2006/10/26_D
DVB-T2:2010/04/12_T
DVB-T2:2012_L
2007-
2011/06/06
Azerbaijan DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2004/09_T
DVB-T:2009_D
DVB-T2:2012_A
2015
Belarus DVB-T
DVB-T2 trial broadcasts
DVB-T:2004/12/28_T
DVB-T:2005/07_D
DVB-T2:2011/05_T
2015
Belgium DVB-T DVB-T:2002_T
DVB-T:2002_A
DVB-T:2003/07_D
DVB-T2:2013_L
2011/11
Bosnia and Herzegovina DVB-T adopted
Bulgaria DVB-T adopted 2013/09
Croatia DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2005/06_T
DVB-T:2007_D
DVB-T2:2012/11_L
2010/10/05
Cyprus DVB-T trial broadcasts 2011
Czech Republic DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2000_T
DVB-T:2005/10/21_D
DVB-T2:2010/05_T
2011/11/11
Denmark DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:1999_T
DVB-T:2000/12_A
DVB-T:2006/03/31_D
DVB-T2:2010/06_T
2009/10/31
Estonia DVB-T
DVB-T2 trial broadcasts
DVB-T:2004/05/07_T
DVB-T:2006/12/15_D
DVB-T2:2012/12_T
2010/06
Faroe Islands DVB-T DVB-T:2002_T
DVB-T:2002/12_D
2002/12
Finland (incl. Åland Islands) DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:1999_T
DVB-T:2001/08_D
DVB-T2:2011/01/01_L
2007/09/01
France DVB-T
DVB-T2 trial broadcasts
DVB-T:2005/01/17_T
DVB-T:2000/08_A
DVB-T:2005/03/31_D
DVB-T2:2011/10/20_T
DVB-T2:2015_L
2009/11-
2011/11/30
Georgia RRC06
Germany DVB-T
DVB-T2 trial broadcasts
DVB-T:2002_A
DVB-T:2002/11_D
DVB-T2:2009_T
DVB-T2:2015_L
2008/11/25
Gibraltar DVB-T
DVB-T2
See United Kingdom
DVB-T2:2012/12/29_D
2013/01/02
Greece DVB-T DVB-T:2006/01/16_T
DVB-T:2008/11/01_D
2012
Hungary DVB-T DVB-T:1999_T
DVB-T:2004_A
DVB-T:2008/12/01_D
2011/12/31-
2013/10/31
Iceland DVB-T trial broadcasts
Ireland, Republic of DVB-T DVB-T:2006_T
DVB-T:2001/03_A
DVB-T:2010/10/29_D
2012/10/24
Israel DVB-T DVB-T:2004_T
DVB-T:2009/08/02_D
2011/03/30
Italy DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:1998_T
DVB-T:2001_A
DVB-T:2003/12_D
DVB-T2:2010/06_L
2008-
2012/07/04
Kazakhstan DVB-T2 trial broadcasts DVB-T2:2011/03_T
Kosovo  
Latvia DVB-T DVB-T:2002_T
DVB-T:2000_A
DVB-T:2009/08_D
2010/04/01-
2010/06/01
Liechtenstein RRC06
Lithuania DVB-T DVB-T:2003_T
DVB-T:2006/06_D
2012/10/29
Luxembourg DVB-T DVB-T:2002/07/01_T
DVB-T:2006/04_D
2006
Macedonia DVB-T DVB-T:2004/12/14_T
DVB-T:2009/09_D
2013/06/01
Malta DVB-T DVB-T:2004_T
DVB-T:2005/07/01_D
2010
Moldova (Republic of Moldova) DVB-T trial broadcasts DVB-T:2003/09_T 2015
Monaco DVB-T
Montenegro DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T:2008_T
DVB-T2:2011/03/09_A
DVB-T2:2012/07/01_D
2012/12/31
Netherlands (Holland) (incl. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius (Statia, Statius) and Saba) DVB-T DVB-T:1998_T
DVB-T:1999_A
DVB-T:2003/04_D
2006/12/11
Norway (incl. Svalbard and Jan Mayen) DVB-T DVB-T:2000/06_T
DVB-T:2002_A
DVB-T:2007/09/01_D
2008/03/04-
2009
Poland DVB-T
DVB-T2 trial broadcasts
DVB-T:2001/11_T
DVB-T:2003_A
DVB-T:2010/09/30_D
DVB-T2:2012/12/21_T
2012/11/07-
2013/07/31
Portugal (incl. Azores and Madeira) DVB-T DVB-T:1998_T
DVB-T:2000_A
DVB-T:2009/04/29_D
2012/01/12-
2012/04/26
Romania DVB-T adopted DVB-T:2005/12_T
DVB-T:2000_A
2013
Russia DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2005_T
DVB-T:2003/12_A
DVB-T:2008_D
DVB-T2:2012/03/01_L
2015
San Marino RRC06
Serbia DVB-T2 DVB-T:2005/05/10_T
DVB-T:2011/03_A
DVB-T2:2012/03/21_D
2012/04/04
Slovakia DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:1999_T
DVB-T:2001_A
DVB-T:2010/01_D
DVB-T2:2011/08/31_T
2011/03/09-
2011/08
Slovenia DVB-T DVB-T:2001/09_T
DVB-T:2007_D
2010/12/01
Spain (incl. Canary Islands) DVB-T
DVB-T2 trial broadcasts
DVB-T:1997_T
DVB-T:1998/10_A
DVB-T:2000/05_D
DVB-T2:2011/11_T
2010/04/03
Sweden DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:1999/04/01_T
DVB-T:1997/05_A
DVB-T:1999/09_D
DVB-T2:2011/11/01_L
2007/10/15
Switzerland DVB-T
DVB-T2 trial broadcasts
DVB-T:2000_T
DVB-T:2003_D
2008/02/25
Turkey DVB-T adopted
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2006/02/03_T
DVB-T:2004/09_A
DVB-T:2009_D
DVB-T2:2012_A
DVB-T2:2013_D
Ukraine DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:2002_T
DVB-T:2006/01_A
DVB-T:2006/06_D
DVB-T2:2011_T
DVB-T2:2011/10_L
2014-2015
United Kingdom (Great Britain [England, Scotland, Wales] and Northern Ireland) with Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey) and Isle of Man DVB-T
DVB-T2
DVB-T:1996_T
DVB-T:1996/07_A
DVB-T:1998/11_D
DVB-T2:2010_L
2007-
2012/12/31
 
 
1.5 North America
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - D - LASO
Anguilla  
Antigua and Barbuda  
Aruba  
Bahamas  
Barbados  
Belize SBTVD-T adopted SBTVD-T:2010_A
Bermuda Islands DVB-T DVB-T:2007/07_D
British Virgin Islands DVB-T See United Kingdom
Canada ATSC ATSC:1997/11/08_A
ATSC:2003_D
2011
Cayman Islands  
Costa Rica SBTVD-T SBTVD-T:2010/04/29_A
SBTVD-T:2012/03_D
2018
Cuba  
Curaçao DVB-T DVB-T:2007/11_D
Dominica  
Dominican Republic ATSC adopted 2009_T
ATSC:2010/08/10_A
2015
El Salvador ATSC ATSC:2009/04/22_A
ATSC:2010/02_D
2012-2014
Greenland DVB-T See Denmark
Grenada  
Guadeloupe DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/11/29
Guatemala ATSC ATSC:2006_D
Haiti DVB-T2 adopted DVB-T2:2012_A
Honduras ATSC ATSC:2007/01/16_A
ATSC:2007_D
2017-2022
Jamaica  
Martinique DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/11/29
Mexico ATSC ATSC:2004/07/02_A
ATSC:2006_D
2015
Montserrat  
Nicaragua SBTVD-T adopted SBTVD-T:2010/08/17_A
Panama DVB-T DVB-T:2009/05/12_A
DVB-T:2009/12/10_D
Puerto Rico ATSC ATSC:1996/12/24_A
Saint Kitts and Nevis  
Saint Lucia  
Saint Pierre and Miquelon DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/09/27
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  
Sint Maarten [Saint-Martin] DVB-T DVB-T:2007/11_D
Trinidad and Tobago DVB-T DVB-T:2009/10_D
Turks and Caicos Islands  
United States of America, USA (incl. Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, Midway Islands and Wake Island) ATSC ATSC:1996/12/24_A
ATSC:2000_D
DVB-T2:2013/02_T
2009/02/17-
2009/06/12
Virgin Islands of the United States ATSC See United States of America, USA
 
 
1.6 South America
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - D - LASO
Argentina SBTVD-T SBTVD-T:2009/08/28_A
SBTVD-T:2010/04/28_D
2019
Bolivia SBTVD-T SBTVD-T:2010/07/05_A
SBTVD-T:2012/05/10_D
2024
Brazil SBTVD-T SBTVD-T:2006/06/29_A
SBTVD-T:2007/12/02_D
2016
Chile SBTVD-T adopted SBTVD-T:2009/09/14_A
SBTVD-T:2010_D
2017
Colombia DVB-T
DVB-T2 adopted
DVB-T:2008/08/28_A
DVB-T:2010/01/29_D
DVB-T2:2011/12/20_A
DVB-T2:2013_L
2017-2020
Ecuador SBTVD-T adopted SBTVD-T:2010/03/26_A
Falkland Islands DVB-T See United Kingdom
Guiana, French DVB-T See France
DVB-T:2010/11/30_D
2011/11/29
Guyana  
Paraguay SBTVD-T SBTVD-T:2010/06_A
SBTVD-T:2011/08/15_D
Peru SBTVD-T 2007/10_T
SBTVD-T:2009/04/23_A
SBTVD-T:2010/03/30_D
2023
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands DVB-T See United Kingdom
Suriname DVB-T2 DVB-T2:2012_D
Uruguay SBTVD-T adopted DVB-T:2007/08/27_A
SBTVD-T:2010/12/27_A
SBTVD-T:2011-2012_D
2014-2015
Venezuela SBTVD-T DVB-T:2007/06_T
SBTVD-T:2009/10/06_A
SBTVD-T:2011/06_D
2018


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