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ATSC, DVB-T and ISDB-T

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The following review compares the worldwide digital broadcasting systems ATSC, DVB-T and ISDB-T. (September 2007)



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


1. Digital broadcasting systems for terrestrial television (September 2007)

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.
ISDB-TBroadcasting via ISDB-T is actively in use.
SBTVD-T adoptedCountries which have adopted the SBTVD-T system.
DMB-T and DMB-H announcedNo formal adoption of a DTT standard. Commercial DVB-T services.
Commercial DVB-T servicesNo formal adoption of a DTT standard.
 Undecided countries.

Terrestrial transmission systems of digital television
ContinentSystemCountries/Territories
Africa
RRC06 Algeria
RRC06 Angola
  Benin (formerly Dahomey)
RRC06 Botswana
RRC06 Burkina Faso
RRC06 Burundi
RRC06 Cameroon
DVB-T trial broadcasts Cape Verde
RRC06 Central African Republic
RRC06 Chad
RRC06 Comoros (incl. Mayotte)
RRC06 Congo, Democratic Republic of the (formerly Zaire)
RRC06 Congo, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
RRC06 Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
RRC06 Djibouti
RRC06 Egypt
  Equatorial Guinea
RRC06 Eritrea
RRC06 Ethiopia
RRC06 Gabon
RRC06 Gambia
RRC06 Ghana
  Guinea
  Guinea-Bissau
RRC06 Kenya
RRC06 Lesotho
  Liberia
RRC06 Libya
RRC06 Madagascar
RRC06 Malawi
RRC06 Mali
  Mauritania
DVB-T Mauritius
DVB-T trial broadcasts Morocco
RRC06 Mozambique
DVB-T Namibia
  Niger
RRC06 Nigeria
  Réunion
RRC06 Rwanda
  São Tomé and Príncipe
  Sahara, Democratic Arab Republic (Western Sahara)
  Saint Helena (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
RRC06 Senegal
  Seychelles
  Sierra Leone
RRC06 Somalia
DVB-T trial broadcasts South Africa
RRC06 Sudan
RRC06 Swaziland
RRC06 Tanzania
RRC06 Tanzania - Unguja Island (formerly Zanzibar) and Pemba
RRC06 Togo
DVB-T trial broadcasts Tunisia
  Uganda
RRC06 Zambia
RRC06 Zimbabwe
 
Antarctica   Antarctica
 
Asia
  Afghanistan
RRC06 Bahrain
  Bangladesh
  Bhutan
DVB-T trial broadcasts Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam)
DVB-T adopted Cambodia
DMB-T and DMB-H announced China, People's Republic of (incl. Tibet)
  East Timor (Timor-Leste)
DMB-T and DMB-H announced Hong Kong
DVB-T adopted India
DVB-T trial broadcasts Indonesia (incl. Irian Jaya)
DVB-T adopted Iran
  Iraq
ISDB-T Japan
RRC06 Jordan
  Korea, North
ATSC Korea, South
RRC06 Kuwait
RRC06 Kyrgyztan
DVB-T trial broadcasts Laos
RRC06 Lebanon
DMB-T and DMB-H announced Macao (Macau)
DVB-T trial broadcasts Malaysia
  Maldives
  Mongolia
DVB-T adopted Myanmar (formerly Burma)
  Nepal
RRC06 Oman
  Pakistan
DVB-T trial broadcasts Philippines
RRC06 Qatar
DVB-T Saudi Arabia
DVB-T Singapore
RRC06 Socotra
DVB-T adopted Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
RRC06 Syria
DVB-T Taiwan
  Tajikistan
DVB-T trial broadcasts Thailand (formerly Siam)
  Turkmenistan
RRC06 United Arab Emirates, UAE (incl. the Emirates Abu Dhabi and Dubai)
RRC06 Uzbekistan
DVB-T trial broadcasts Vietnam
RRC06 Yemen
 
Australia
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Oceania
DVB-T Australia
  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
DVB-T adopted New Zealand
  Niue
  Norfolk Island
  Northern Mariana Islands
  Palau
  Papua New Guinea
  Pitcairn
  Samoa
  Samoa, American
  Solomon Islands
  Tonga
  Tuvalu
  Vanuatu
  Wallis and Futuna Islands
 
Europe
DVB-T Albania
DVB-T Andorra
RRC06 Armenia
DVB-T Austria
DVB-T Azerbaijan
DVB-T trial broadcasts Azores
DVB-T trial broadcasts Belarus
DVB-T Belgium
DVB-T adopted Bosnia and Herzegovina
DVB-T adopted Bulgaria
DVB-T trial broadcasts Canary Islands
DVB-T Channel Islands
DVB-T Croatia
DVB-T trial broadcasts Cyprus
DVB-T Czech Republic
DVB-T Denmark
DVB-T Estonia
DVB-T Faroe Islands
DVB-T Finland
DVB-T France
DVB-T France - Corsica
RRC06 Georgia
DVB-T Germany
DVB-T Gibraltar
DVB-T Greece
DVB-T Greece - Crete
DVB-T trial broadcasts Hungary
DVB-T trial broadcasts Iceland
DVB-T trial broadcasts Ireland, Republic of
DVB-T trial broadcasts Israel
DVB-T Italy
RRC06 Kazakhstan
DVB-T adopted Latvia
RRC06 Liechtenstein
DVB-T Lithuania
DVB-T Luxembourg
DVB-T trial broadcasts Macedonia
DVB-T trial broadcasts Madeira
DVB-T Malta
DVB-T trial broadcasts Moldova (Republic of Moldova)
DVB-T Monaco
DVB-T trial broadcasts Montenegro
DVB-T Netherlands (Holland)
DVB-T Norway
DVB-T trial broadcasts Poland
DVB-T trial broadcasts Portugal
DVB-T trial broadcasts Romania
DVB-T Russia
RRC06 San Marino
DVB-T trial broadcasts Serbia
DVB-T trial broadcasts Slovakia
DVB-T trial broadcasts Slovenia
DVB-T Spain
DVB-T Sweden
DVB-T Switzerland
DVB-T trial broadcasts Turkey
DVB-T trial broadcasts Ukraine
DVB-T United Kingdom (Great Britain [England, Scotland, Wales] and Northern Ireland)
DVB-T Vatican City
 
North America
  Anguilla
  Antigua and Barbuda
  Aruba
  Bahamas
  Barbados
  Belize
Commercial DVB-T services Bermuda Islands
  British Virgin Islands
ATSC Canada
  Cayman Islands
  Costa Rica
  Cuba
  Dominica
  Dominican Republic
  El Salvador
DVB-T Greenland
  Grenada
  Guadeloupe
  Guatemala
  Haiti
  Honduras
  Jamaica
  Martinique
ATSC Mexico
  Montserrat
  Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten [Saint-Martin])
  Nicaragua
  Panama
  Puerto Rico
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Saint Lucia
  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Turks and Caicos Islands
ATSC United States of America, USA (incl. Alaska, Hawaiian Islands, Midway Islands and Wake Island)
  Virgin Islands of the United States
 
South America
Commercial DVB-T services Argentina
  Bolivia
SBTVD-T adopted Brazil
  Chile
  Colombia
  Ecuador
  Falkland Islands
  Guiana, French
  Guyana
Commercial DVB-T services Paraguay
  Peru
  Suriname
DVB-T adopted Uruguay
  Venezuela


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