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ATSC, DMB-T/H, DVB-T and ISDB-T

DTV Status compares the worldwide digital broadcasting systems ATSC, DMB-T/H, DVB-T 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) is based on ISDB-T.

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

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-TBroadcasting via DVB-T is actively in use.
DVB-T adoptedCountries which have adopted the DVB-T system.
DVB-T trial broadcastsThose countries undertake trials with DVB-T.
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 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.
DMB-T/HBroadcasting via DMB-T/H is actively in use.
DMB-T/H adoptedCountries which have adopted the DMB-T/H system.
DMB-T/H trial broadcastsThose countries undertake trials with DMB-T/H.
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)
ASO = Analog Switch-Off


Terrestrial transmission systems of digital television
 
1.1 Africa
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - DASO
Algeria DVB-T 2009/07_D 2014
Angola RRC06
Benin DVB-T adopted
Botswana RRC06 2013_D
Burkina Faso RRC06
Burundi RRC06
Cameroon RRC06
Cape Verde DVB-T trial broadcasts
Central African Republic RRC06
Chad RRC06
Comoros (incl. Mayotte) RRC06
Congo, Democratic Republic of the RRC06
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 adopted 2008_A
Guinea  
Guinea-Bissau  
Kenya RRC06 2015_D
Lesotho RRC06
Liberia  
Libya DVB-T adopted
Madagascar RRC06
Malawi RRC06
Mali RRC06
Mauritania  
Mauritius DVB-T 2001_T
1999_A
2005/09/30_D
2011
Morocco DVB-T 2007/01_T
2007/02_D
2015
Mozambique RRC06 2013_D
Namibia DVB-T 2005/02/18_D 2005
Niger  
Nigeria RRC06 2015
Réunion  
Rwanda RRC06
São Tomé and Príncipe  
Sahara, Democratic Arab Republic (Western Sahara)  
Saint Helena (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)  
Senegal RRC06
Seychelles  
Sierra Leone  
Somalia RRC06
South Africa DVB-T 2000/02_T
2009/03_D
2012
Sudan RRC06
Swaziland RRC06
Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar) RRC06
Togo RRC06
Tunisia DVB-T trial broadcasts 2001_T
2009_D
Uganda  
Zambia RRC06 2013_D
Zimbabwe RRC06 2013_D
 
 
1.2 Asia
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - DASO
Afghanistan  
Bahrain RRC06
Bangladesh DVB-T adopted
Bhutan  
Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam) DVB-T adopted 2006/01_T
2005/08/29_A
2008/08_D
2015
Cambodia DVB-T adopted 2007/05_A 2015
China, People's Republic of (incl. Tibet) DMB-T/H 2005_T
2006/08/18_A
2008_D
2015-2018
East Timor (Timor-Leste)  
Hong Kong DMB-T/H 2006/08/18_A
2007/12/31_D
2012
India DVB-T adopted 2000_T
1999/07/08_A
Indonesia (incl. Irian Jaya) DVB-T adopted 2007/05_A 2015
Iran DVB-T adopted 2006_T
2001_A
2009_D
Iraq  
Japan ISDB-T 2003/12_D 2011/07/24
Jordan RRC06
Korea, North  
Korea, South ATSC 1997/11/21_A
2001_D
2012/12/31
Kuwait RRC06
Kyrgyztan RRC06
Laos DVB-T adopted 2007/05_A 2015
Lebanon RRC06
Macao (Macau) DMB-T/H adopted 2006/08/18_A
Malaysia DVB-T adopted 2006/09_T
2005/08/29_A
2010_D
2015
Maldives  
Mongolia  
Myanmar DVB-T adopted 2005/08/29_A
Nepal  
Oman RRC06
Pakistan  
Palestinian territories  
Philippines DVB-T adopted 2007/01_T
2006/11_A
2015/12/31
Qatar RRC06
Saudi Arabia DVB-T 2004_T
2006/06/11_D
Singapore DVB-T 2000/12_T
1999_A
Sri Lanka DVB-T trial broadcasts 2008/01/23_T
Syria RRC06
Taiwan DVB-T 2001_T
2001_A
2004/06_D
2010
Tajikistan  
Thailand DVB-T adopted 2007/05_A 2015
Turkmenistan  
United Arab Emirates, UAE (incl. the Emirates Abu Dhabi and Dubai) DVB-T trial broadcasts 2007_T
Uzbekistan RRC06
Vietnam DVB-T adopted 2001_T
2007/05_A
2015
Yemen (incl. Socotra) RRC06
 
 
1.3 Australia and Oceania
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - DASO
Australia DVB-T 1998_T
2001_D
2013/12
Cook Islands (incl. Tokelau)  
Easter Island  
Fiji Islands  
French Polynesia (incl. Tahiti)  
Guam  
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, Line Islands)  
Marshall Islands  
Micronesia (Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands)  
Nauru  
New Caledonia  
New Zealand DVB-T 2008/04/02_D 2012
Niue  
Norfolk Island  
Northern Mariana Islands  
Palau  
Papua New Guinea  
Pitcairn  
Samoa  
Samoa, American  
Solomon Islands  
Tonga  
Tuvalu  
Vanuatu  
Wallis and Futuna Islands  
 
 
1.4 Europe
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - DASO
Albania Commercial DVB-T services,
DVB-T trial broadcasts
2003/07_PayTV
2007_T
Andorra DVB-T 2005/08_D 2007/09/25
Armenia RRC06
Austria DVB-T 2004_T
2001_A
2006/10/26_D
2010
Azerbaijan DVB-T trial broadcasts 2004/09_T
Belarus DVB-T trial broadcasts 2004/12/28_T
2010_D
Belgium DVB-T 2002_T
2002_A
2003/07_D
2011/11
Bosnia and Herzegovina DVB-T adopted
Bulgaria DVB-T adopted 2012
Croatia DVB-T 2005/06_T
2007_D
2010
Cyprus DVB-T trial broadcasts
Czech Republic DVB-T 2000_T
2005/10/21_D
2011/11/11
Denmark DVB-T 1999_T
2000/12_A
2006/03/31_D
2009/10/31
Estonia DVB-T 2004/05/07_T
2006/12/15_D
2010/06
Faroe Islands DVB-T 2002_T
2002/12_D
2002/12
Finland (incl. Åland Islands) DVB-T 1999_T
2001/08_D
2007/09/01
France DVB-T 2005/01/17_T
2000/08_A
2005/03/31_D
2009/11-2011/11/20
Georgia RRC06
Germany DVB-T 2002_A
2002/11_D
2008/11/25
Greece DVB-T 2006/01/16_T
2008/11/01_D
2012
Hungary DVB-T 1999_T
2004_A
2008/12/01_D
2011/12/31
Iceland DVB-T trial broadcasts
Ireland, Republic of DVB-T adopted 2006_T
2001/03_A
2010/09_D
2012
Israel DVB-T 2004_T
2009/08/02_D
Italy DVB-T 1998_T
2001_A
2003/12_D
2010-2012
Kazakhstan RRC06
Latvia DVB-T 2002_T
2000_A
2009/08_D
2010/04/01-2010/06/01
Liechtenstein RRC06
Lithuania DVB-T 2003_T
2006/06_D
2012
Luxembourg DVB-T 2002/07/01_T
2006/04_D
2006
Macedonia DVB-T 2004/12/14_T
2009/09_D
Malta DVB-T 2004_T
2005/07/01_D
2010
Moldova (Republic of Moldova) DVB-T trial broadcasts 2003/09_T
Monaco DVB-T
Montenegro DVB-T trial broadcasts 2008_T 2012
Netherlands (Holland) DVB-T 1998_T
1999_A
2003/04_D
2006/12/11
Norway (incl. Svalbard and Jan Mayen) DVB-T 2000/06_T
2002_A
2007/09/01_D
2008/03/04-2009
Poland DVB-T adopted 2001/11_T
2003_A
2009/09/30_D
2011/06/30-2013/07/31
Portugal (incl. Azores and Madeira) DVB-T 1998_T
2000_A
2009/04/29_D
2012/04/26
Romania DVB-T adopted 2005/12_T
2000_A
2012
Russia DVB-T 2005_T
2003/12_A
2008_D
2015
San Marino RRC06
Serbia DVB-T trial broadcasts 2005/05/10_T
Slovakia DVB-T 1999_T
2001_A
2010/01_D
2012
Slovenia DVB-T 2001/09_T
2007_D
2010
Spain (incl. Canary Islands) DVB-T 1997_T
1998/10_A
2000/05_D
2010/04/03
Sweden DVB-T 1999/04/01_T
1997/05_A
1999/09_D
2007/10/15
Switzerland DVB-T 2000_T
2003_D
2008/02/25
Turkey DVB-T adopted 2006/02/03_T
2004/09_A
2009_D
Ukraine DVB-T 2002_T
2006/01_A
2006/06_D
2014-2015
United Kingdom (Great Britain [England, Scotland, Wales] and Northern Ireland) with Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey) and Isle of Man DVB-T 1996_T
1996/07_A
1998/11_D
2007-2012/12/31
 
 
1.5 North America
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - DASO
Anguilla  
Antigua and Barbuda  
Aruba  
Bahamas  
Barbados  
Belize  
Bermuda Islands Commercial DVB-T services 2007/07_PayTV
British Virgin Islands  
Canada ATSC 1997/11/08_A
Cayman Islands  
Costa Rica Commercial ATSC services 2006_PayTV
Cuba  
Dominica  
Dominican Republic ATSC trial broadcasts
DVB-T trial broadcasts
2009_T
2010_A
El Salvador ATSC adopted 2009/04/22_A
2010/06/01_D
2012-2014
Greenland DVB-T
Grenada  
Guadeloupe  
Guatemala Commercial ATSC services 2006_PayTV
Haiti  
Honduras ATSC 2007/01/16_A
2007_D
2017-2022
Jamaica  
Martinique  
Mexico ATSC 2004/07/02_A
2006_D
2021
Montserrat  
Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten [Saint-Martin])  
Nicaragua  
Panama DVB-T adopted 2009/05/12_A
Puerto Rico ATSC 1996/12/24_A
Saint Kitts and Nevis  
Saint Lucia  
Saint Pierre and Miquelon  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  
Trinidad and Tobago  
Turks and Caicos Islands  
United States of America, USA (incl. Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, Midway Islands and Wake Island) ATSC 1996/12/24_A 2009/02/17-2009/06/12
Virgin Islands of the United States  
 
 
1.6 South America
Countries/TerritoriesSystem statusT - A - DASO
Argentina Commercial DVB-T services,
SBTVD-T adopted
2006/07_PayTV
2009/08/28_A
Bolivia  
Brazil SBTVD-T 2006/06/29_A
2007/12/02_D
2016
Chile SBTVD-T adopted 2009/09/14_A
2010_D
2017
Colombia DVB-T adopted 2008/08/28_A 2017-2020
Ecuador  
Falkland Islands  
Guiana, French  
Guyana  
Paraguay  
Peru SBTVD-T adopted 2007/10_T
2009/04/23_A
2011_D
2023
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands  
Suriname  
Uruguay Commercial DVB-T services,
DVB-T adopted
2007/03_PayTV
2007/08/27_A
2010-2012
Venezuela SBTVD-T adopted 2007/06_T
2009/10/06_A
2018


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