World DVB Formats Americas § Colombia (decided in August 28, 2008) § Uruguay (decided in September 2007, but not effective yet) § Panama (decided in May 12, 2009) § Trinidad and Tobago Europe § Albania § Andorra § Austria § Belgium § Bosnia and Herzegovina (Plan to switch by 2011) § Belarus (experimental) § Bulgaria (experimental) § Croatia § Czech Republic § Cyprus (uses MPEG-4 video) § Denmark § Faroe Islands § Greenland (Nuuk tv) § Estonia (uses MPEG-4 video) § Finland § France (uses MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD) § Germany § Greece (ERT Digital uses MPEG-2 will shift to MPEG-4 and Digea uses MPEG-4) § Hungary (MinDigTV, uses H.264/MPEG-4 AVCvideo exclusively.) § Iceland § Ireland (Will use MPEG-4 video, see DVB-T in Ireland.) § Italy § Latvia (uses H.264/MPEG 4 AVC) § Lithuania (uses H.264/MPEG-4 AVC exclusively) § Luxembourg § Macedonia (DVB-T in Macedonia) § Malta § Montenegro § Netherlands § Norway (uses MPEG-4 video) § Poland (uses MPEG-4/H.264 video) (experimental) § Portugal (Uses MPEG-4 video/H.264) § Romania (uses MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD transmissions.) § Russia (experimental) § Serbia (testing, will use MPEG-4 video and DVB-T2) § Slovakia § Slovenia (Use MPEG-4 video since 2007. See DVB-T in Slovenia) § Spain § Sweden (Uses MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD transmission) § Switzerland § United Kingdom § Ukraine (Uses MPEG-4/AAC exclusively.) Asia/Australasia § Australia § India (Uses MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 Video) § Indonesia (Experimental target in 2015 full covered all city) § Iran (pilot service) § Israel (uses MPEG-4/H.264 video) § Kuwait (Will use MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD) § Malaysia (experimental) § Maldives § Myanmar § New Zealand § Philippines (experimental) § Singapore § Saudi Arabia (Will use MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD) § Sri Lanka (pilot service) § Taiwan (uses MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD transmissions.) § Thailand § Turkey (experimental) § Vietnam § United Arab Emirates (MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD) Africa § Cape Verde § Kenya (Will use MPEG-4) § Mauritius § Morocco § Namibia § South Africa (Uses MPEG-4) § Tunisia (experimental)
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World DVB Formats
Americas
§ Colombia (decided in August 28, 2008)
§ Uruguay (decided in September 2007, but not effective yet)
§ Panama (decided in May 12, 2009) § Trinidad and Tobago Europe
§ Albania
§ Andorra
§ Austria
§ Belgium § Bosnia and Herzegovina (Plan to switch by 2011) § Belarus (experimental) § Bulgaria (experimental) § Croatia
§ Czech Republic § Cyprus (uses MPEG-4 video)
§ Denmark
§ Faroe Islands
§ Greenland (Nuuk tv)
§ Estonia (uses MPEG-4 video) § Finland
§ France (uses MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD) § Germany
§ Greece (ERT Digital uses MPEG-2 will shift to MPEG-4 and Digea uses MPEG-4) § Hungary (MinDigTV, uses H.264/MPEG-4 AVCvideo exclusively.)
§ Iceland § Ireland (Will use MPEG-4 video, see DVB-T in Ireland.)
§ Romania (uses MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD transmissions.)
§ Russia (experimental)
§ Serbia (testing, will use MPEG-4 video and DVB-T2)
§ Slovakia § Slovenia (Use MPEG-4 video since 2007. See DVB-T in Slovenia)
§ Spain
§ Sweden (Uses MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD transmission)
§ Switzerland § United Kingdom
§ Ukraine (Uses MPEG-4/AAC exclusively.) Asia/Australasia § Australia
§ India (Uses MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 Video)
§ Indonesia (Experimental target in 2015 full covered all city) § Iran (pilot service)
§ Israel (uses MPEG-4/H.264 video) § Kuwait (Will use MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD) § Malaysia (experimental)
§ Maldives § Myanmar § New Zealand § Philippines (experimental)
§ Singapore
§ Saudi Arabia (Will use MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD) § Sri Lanka (pilot service)
§ Taiwan (uses MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD transmissions.)
§ Thailand
§ Turkey (experimental)
§ Vietnam § United Arab Emirates (MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD) Africa § Cape Verde
§ Kenya (Will use MPEG-4)
§ Mauritius
§ Morocco
§ Namibia
§ South Africa (Uses MPEG-4)
§ Tunisia (experimental)
Country DTT Standard DVB-T
Launched? Video / Audio
Afghanistan Undecided
Albania DVB-T √
Algeria GE'06 signatory American Samoa Undecided
Andorra DVB-T √
Angola GE'06 signatory
Antigua and Barbuda Undecided
Argentina Undecided
Armenia GE'06 signatory
Aruba Undecided
Australia DVB-T √ HD & SD in MPEG2
Austria DVB-T √ SD MPEG2
Azerbaijan DVB-T
Bahamas Undecided
Bahrain GE'06 signatory
Bangladesh Undecided
Barbados Undecided
Belarus DVB-T Belgium DVB-T √ SD MPEG2
Belize Undecided
Benin Undecided
Bermuda Undecided
Bhutan Undecided
Bolivia Undecided
Bosnia and Herzegovina DVB-T
Botswana GE'06 signatory
Brazil SBTVD / ISDB-T
Brunei DVB-T √
Bulgaria DVB-T
Burkina Faso GE'06 signatory
Burundi GE'06 signatory Cambodia DVB-T
Cameroon GE'06 signatory
Canada ATSC
Cape Verde DVB-T
Cayman Islands Undecided
Central African Republic GE'06 signatory
Chad GE'06 signatory
Chile Undecided
Colombia DVB-T H.264 / MPEG-4
Comoros Undecided
Costa Rica Undecided
Côte d'Ivoire GE'06 signatory
Croatia DVB-T √ MPEG-2 for SD. HDTV trial service uses MPEG-4.
Cuba Undecided
Cyprus DVB-T
Czech Republic DVB-T √
Dem. Rep. of Congo GE'06 signatory
Denmark DVB-T √ MPEG-2 (MPEG-4 to be used on a 4 new multiplexes)
Djibouti GE'06 signatory
Dominica Undecided
Dominican Republic Undecided East Timor Undecided
Ecuador Undecided
Egypt GE'06 signatory
El Salvador Undecided
Equatorial Guinea Undecided
Eritrea GE'06 signatory
Estonia DVB-T √ MPEG-4 - HD trials 2007
Ethiopia GE'06 signatory
Faroe Islands DVB-T √
Federated States of Micronesia
Undecided
Fiji Undecided Finland DVB-T √
France DVB-T √ MPEG-2; MPEG-4 for PayTV and HDTV
French Guiana Undecided
French Polynesia Undecided Gabon GE'06 signatory
Gambia GE'06 signatory
Georgia DVB-T
Germany DVB-T √ MPEG-2
Ghana GE'06 signatory
Greece DVB-T √
Greenland DVB-T
Grenada Undecided
Guadeloupe Undecided
Guam Undecided
Guatemala Undecided
Guinea Undecided Guinea-Bissau Undecided
Guyana Undecided
Haiti Undecided
Honduras ATSC
Hong Kong DMB-T/H
Hungary DVB-T √ MPEG-4
Iceland DVB-T
India DVB-T
Indonesia DVB-T
Iran DVB-T MPEG-4
Iraq Undecided
Ireland DVB-T
Israel DVB-T MPEG-4 Italy DVB-T √ MPEG-2
Jamaica Undecided
Japan ISDB-T
Jordan GE'06 signatory
Kazakhstan GE'06 signatory
Kenya DVB-T MPEG-4
Kiribati Undecided
Kuwait GE'06 signatory
Kyrgyzstan GE'06 signatory
Laos DVB-T
Latvia DVB-T
Lebanon GE'06 signatory
Lesotho GE'06 signatory Liberia GE'06 signatory
Libya GE'06 signatory
Lithuania DVB-T √ MPEG-4
Luxembourg DVB-T √
Macau Undecided
Madagascar GE'06 signatory
Malawi GE'06 signatory
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Country DTT Standard DVBT Launched?
Video / Audio
Malaysia DVB-T √
Maldives Undecided
Mali GE'06 signatory
Malta DVB-T √
Marshall Islands Undecided
Martinique Undecided
Mauritania GE'06 signatory
Mauritius DVB-T √
Mayotte Undecided
Mexico ATSC
Moldova DVB-T
Mongolia Undecided
Montenegro DVB-T
Morocco DVB-T √
Mozambique GE'06 signatory
Myanmar DVB-T
Namibia DVB-T √
Nepal Undecided
Netherlands DVB-T √ MPEG-2
Netherlands Antilles DVB-T
New Caledonia Undecided
New Zealand DVB-T √ Video: MPEG-4, 1080i25, 720p50 or 576i25; Audio: HE AAC MPEG 4, MPEG1 Layer II /Musicam, or Dolby Digital (AC-3) 32, 44.1 & 48KHz.
Nicaragua Undecided
Niger GE'06 signatory
Nigeria GE'06 signatory
North Korea Undecided
Northern Mariana Islands Undecided
Norway DVB-T √ MPEG-4, AAC+
Oman GE'06 signatory
Pakistan Undecided
Palestinian territories Undecided
Panama DVB-T MPEG-4
Papua New Guinea Undecided
Paraguay Undecided
People's Republic of China DMB-T/H
Peru Undecided
Philippines Undecided
Poland DVB-T √ MPEG-2 and MPEG-4
Portugal DVB-T MPEG-4 AVC
Puerto Rico ATSC
Qatar Undecided
Republic of Macedonia DVB-T
Republic of the Congo GE'06 signatory
Réunion Undecided
Romania DVB-T MPEG-4 AVC
Russia DVB-T
Rwanda GE'06 signatory
Saint Kitts and Nevis Undecided
Saint Lucia Undecided
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Undecided
Samoa Undecided
São Tomé and Príncipe Undecided
Saudi Arabia DVB-T √
Senegal GE'06 signatory
Serbia DVB-T
Seychelles Undecided
Sierra Leone Undecided
Singapore DVB-T √ MPEG-2 mobile/SD, MPEG-4 for HD services
Slovakia DVB-T MPEG-4
Slovenia DVB-T √ MPEG-4
Solomon Islands Undecided
Somalia GE'06 signatory
Somaliland Undecided
South Africa DVB-T
South Korea ATSC
Spain DVB-T √ MPEG-2
Sri Lanka DVB-T
Sudan GE'06 signatory
Suriname Undecided
Swaziland GE'06 signatory
Sweden DVB-T √ MPEG-2 - moving to MPEG-4 gradually from 2008 onwards
Switzerland DVB-T √ MPEG-2
Syria GE'06 signatory
Taiwan DVB-T √ MPEG-2
Tajikistan Undecided
Tanzania GE'06 signatory
Thailand DVB-T
Togo GE'06 signatory
Tonga Undecided
Trinidad and Tobago Undecided
Tunisia DVB-T √
Turkey DVB-T
Turkmenistan Undecided
U.S. Virgin Islands Undecided
Uganda GE'06 signatory
Ukraine DVB-T √ MPEG-2 (and possible MPEG-4)
United Arab Emirates GE'06 signatory
United Kingdom DVB-T / DVB-T2 √ MPEG-2
United States ATSC
Uruguay DVB-T MPEG-2 for trials
Uzbekistan GE'06 signatory
Vanuatu Undecided
Venezuela Undecided
Vietnam DVB-T √
Western Sahara Undecided
Yemen GE'06 signatory
Zambia GE'06 signatory
Zimbabwe GE'06 signatory
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