Digital television transition#Republic of Ireland
{{Short description|Global switchover to digital television}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Not to be confused with|Digital terrestrial television|Primary immigration}}
{{Update|reason=Outdated information as well as the lack of transparency in many countries|date=November 2024}}
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The digital television transition, also called the digital switchover (DSO), the analogue switch/sign-off (ASO), the digital migration, or the analogue shutdown, is the process in which older analogue television broadcasting technology is converted to and replaced by digital television. Conducted by individual nations on different schedules, this primarily involves the conversion of analogue terrestrial television broadcasting infrastructure to Digital terrestrial television (DTT), a major benefit being extra frequencies on the radio spectrum and lower broadcasting costs, as well as improved viewing qualities for consumers.
The transition may also involve analogue cable conversion to digital cable or Internet Protocol television, as well as analog to digital satellite television. Transition of land based broadcasting had begun in some countries around 2000. By contrast, transition of satellite television systems was well underway or completed in many countries by this time. It is an involved process because the existing analogue television receivers owned by viewers cannot receive digital broadcasts; viewers must either purchase new digital TVs, or digital converter boxes which have a digital tuner and change the digital signal to an analog signal or some other form of a digital signal (i.e. HDMI) which can be received on the older TV. Usually during a transition, a simulcast service is operated where a broadcast is made available to viewers in both analogue and digital at the same time. As digital becomes more popular, it is expected that the existing analogue services will be removed. In most places this has already happened, where a broadcaster has offered incentives to viewers to encourage them to switch to digital. Government intervention usually involves providing some funding for broadcasters and, in some cases, monetary relief to viewers, to enable a switchover to happen by a given deadline. In addition, governments can also have a say with the broadcasters as to what digital standard to adopt – either DVB-T, ATSC, ISDB-T, or DTMB. Governments can also require all receiving equipment sold in a country to support the necessary digital 'tuner'.
Before digital television, PAL and NTSC were used for both video processing within TV stations and for broadcasting to viewers. Because of this, the switchover process may also include the adoption of digital equipment using serial digital interface (SDI) on TV stations, replacing analogue PAL or NTSC component or composite video equipment. Digital broadcasting standards are only used to broadcast video to viewers; Digital TV stations usually use SDI irrespective of broadcast standard, although it might be possible for a station still using analogue equipment to convert its signal to digital before it is broadcast, or for a station to use digital equipment but convert the signal to analogue for broadcasting, or they may have a mix of both digital and analogue equipment. Digital TV signals require less transmission power to be broadcast and received satisfactorily.{{cite web |url=https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/opb/rep/R-REP-BT.2140-3-2011-PDF-E.pdf |title=Report ITU-R BT.2140-3: Transition from analogue to digital terrestrial broadcasting |date=May 2011 |publisher=BT Series Broadcasting service |access-date=22 February 2022}}
The switchover process is being accomplished on different schedules in different countries; in some countries it is being implemented in stages as in Australia, Greece, India or Mexico, where each region has a separate date to switch off. In others, the whole country switches on one date, such as the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16154569/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/dutch-pull-plug-free-analog-tv/ |title=Dutch pull plug on free analog TV |first=Toby |last=Sterling |date=11 December 2006 |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=25 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526041802/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16154569/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/t/dutch-pull-plug-free-analog-tv/|archive-date=26 May 2018|url-status=dead}} On 3 August 2003, Berlin became the world's first city to switch off terrestrial analogue signals.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/03/business/technology-german-way-to-go-digital-no-dawdling.html |title=TECHNOLOGY; German Way To Go Digital: No Dawdling|first=Mark|last=Landler|date=3 November 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=25 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526043345/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/03/business/technology-german-way-to-go-digital-no-dawdling.html|archive-date=26 May 2018|url-status=live}} Luxembourg was the first country to complete its terrestrial switchover, on 1 September 2006.{{cite web |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/mapping-digital-media-how-television-went-digital-netherlands |title=Mapping Digital Media: How Television Went Digital in the Netherlands |publisher=Open Society Foundations |date=September 2011 |first=Bart |last=van der Sloot |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814233652/https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/mapping-digital-media-how-television-went-digital-netherlands |archive-date=14 August 2019 |url-status=live}}
Background and timeline
=Transition dates=
{{Further|Digital television#History}}
- 1996: Netherlands (satellite services)
- 1998: United Kingdom (digital terrestrial service)
- 1999: Russia (satellite services)
- 2001: United Kingdom/Ireland (satellite services), Malaysia (cable television)
- 2002: Faroe Islands, Malaysia (satellite services), Albania (satellite services), Norway (satellite services)
- 2004: Sweden (satellite services)
- 2005: Italy (satellite services), Indonesia (satellite services)
- 2006: Turkey (satellite services), China (satellite services), Luxembourg, Netherlands{{cite web |url=http://www.ivir.nl/publications/sloot/switch-off.pdf |title=How Television went Digital in The Netherlands |access-date=4 February 2013 |work=Open Society Foundations September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420120837/http://www.ivir.nl/publications/sloot/switch-off.pdf |archive-date=20 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}
- 2007: Finland, Andorra, Sweden, Switzerland
- 2008: Germany, Belgium (Flanders)
- 2009: United States (full power stations and satellite services), Isle of Man, Denmark, Norway
- 2010: Belgium (Wallonia), Croatia, Estonia, Guernsey, Jersey, Japan (northeastern Ishikawa Prefecture only), Latvia, Luxembourg (cable television and satellite), San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom (Wales)
- 2011: Austria, Canada (major markets),{{cite web|url=http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/vwapj/DTV_PLAN_Dec08-e.pdf/$file/DTV_PLAN_Dec08-e.pdf |title=DTV Post-Transition Allotment Plan |access-date=2 November 2009 |work=Spectrum Management and Telecommunications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226060102/http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/vwapj/DTV_PLAN_Dec08-e.pdf/$file/DTV_PLAN_Dec08-e.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2009 |url-status=live }} Cyprus, France, Israel, Japan{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/BC_DC_Eggerton_on_Washington/15430-New_DTV_Hard_Date_July_24_2011_.php |title=New DTV Hard Date: July 24, 2011? |work=B&C |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013102335/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/BC_DC_Eggerton_on_Washington/15430-New_DTV_Hard_Date_July_24_2011_.php |archive-date=13 October 2012}} (except 2011 Tōhoku earthquake-affected prefectures), Malta, Monaco, United Kingdom (Scotland)
- 2012: Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Germany (satellite services), Ireland (terrestrial),{{cite web|url=http://www.saorview.ie/news/analogue-switch-off-has-finally-happened/|title=Analogue switch off has finally happened|access-date=21 December 2012 |work=SAORVIEW}} Italy, Japan (Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi Prefectures), Lithuania, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom (England and Northern Ireland),{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/82057/24-10-12_DSO_completion.pdf |title=End of analogue TV era as switchover completes in the UK |access-date=21 December 2012 |work=Digital UK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603183925/http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/82057/24-10-12_DSO_completion.pdf |archive-date=3 June 2013 |url-status=dead }} Vatican City
- 2013: Australia (including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands), Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary, North Macedonia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Poland, United Kingdom (cable television)
- 2014: Serbia, Iceland, Namibia, Algeria
- 2015: Belarus, Brunei, Greece, Iran, Morocco (UHF band), Mexico, Moldova, Romania (UHF band), Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tunisia, Armenia, Georgia, United States (class A low-power stations), Mongolia,{{cite web|url=http://cita.gov.mn/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/KHARILTSAA_KHOLBOO_TAILAN_ENGLISH.pdf|title=2016 White Paper – [Table 5] World countries which are completed transition to Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting|publisher=Communications and Information Technology Authority, Mongolia|date=2 March 2015|access-date=24 July 2019|page=17/50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809000743/http://cita.gov.mn/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/KHARILTSAA_KHOLBOO_TAILAN_ENGLISH.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2017|url-status=live}} China (full power stations)
- 2016: Bermuda, Brazil (Federal District and the city of Rio Verde, Goiás), China (CCTV), Burundi
- 2017: Brazil (a few metropolitan areas, such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, among others), Philippines (Light Network), Romania (phase 2), Germany Unitymedia, Kyrgyzstan, Brunei{{cite web|url=http://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Lists/Berita/NewDisplayForm.aspx?ID=13918&ContentTypeId=0x0100BC31BF6D2ED1E4459ACCF88DA3E23BA8|title=Penutupan siaran televisyen analog 31 Disember ini|trans-title=The closure of analogue television broadcast this 31 December|language=ms|publisher=Pelita Brunei|date=23 December 2017|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725041200/http://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Lists/Berita/NewDisplayForm.aspx?ID=13918&ContentTypeId=0x0100BC31BF6D2ED1E4459ACCF88DA3E23BA8|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=dead}}
- 2018: United States (cable television), Brazil (major markets, including all markets in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo states), Romania (VHF band),{{Cite web |last1=Vasilache |first1=Adrian |last2=Ionescu |first2=Costin |date=7 May 2018 |title=EXCLUSIV Românii fără acces la televiziune digitală nu mai pot recepționa TVR1 de la 1 mai 2018 |url=https://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-telecom-22434659-exclusiv-romnii-fara-acces-televiziune-digitala-nu-mai-pot-receptiona-tvr1-1-mai-2018.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513192544/https://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-telecom-22434659-exclusiv-romnii-fara-acces-televiziune-digitala-nu-mai-pot-receptiona-tvr1-1-mai-2018.htm |archive-date=13 May 2018 |access-date=13 May 2018 |website=HotNews.ro}} Russia (first two multiplex channels) (Tver Region), Thailand (most channels), Ukraine (most channels), Uzbekistan, Philippines (RJ TV/2nd Avenue, Net 25 and 3ABN/Hope Channel Philippines)
- 2019: Ireland (cable television), Russia (first two multiplex channels) (more regions), Northern Cyprus, Singapore,{{cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/digital-for-end-of-analogue-tv-broadcast-extended-to-end-2018-9380162|title=Deadline for end of analogue TV broadcast extended to end-2018: IMDA|publisher=Channel NewsAsia|date=6 November 2017|access-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106161717/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/digital-for-end-of-analogue-tv-broadcast-extended-to-end-2018-9380162|archive-date=6 November 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=5 things to know about digital TV before analogue TV transmissions cease from 2 Jan |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/five-things-to-know-about-digital-tv-before-analogue-tv-transmissions-cease-from-jan-2 |website=The Straits Times |date=21 December 2018 |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100827/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/five-things-to-know-about-digital-tv-before-analogue-tv-transmissions-cease-from-jan-2 |archive-date=1 January 2019 |url-status=live}} India (phase one), Moldova (Transnistria), Bhutan (cable television),{{cite web|url=http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=104376|title=Digital television to replace analogue beginning next year|date=29 September 2018|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905151010/https://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=104376|archive-date=5 September 2019|url-status=live}} Costa Rica, Malaysia (terrestrial),{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/02/gobind-full-shutdown-of-analogue-tv-broadcast-by-third-quarter-of-2019/|title=Gobind: Full shutdown of analogue TV broadcast by third quarter of 2019|work=The Star|date=2 April 2019|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414075346/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/04/02/gobind-full-shutdown-of-analogue-tv-broadcast-by-third-quarter-of-2019/|archive-date=14 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2019/05/27/govt-to-switch-to-digital-tv-by-september/|title=Govt to switch to digital TV by September|author1=Afiq Aziz|author2=Muhd Amin Naharul|publisher=The Malaysian Reserve|date=27 May 2019|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528024821/https://themalaysianreserve.com/2019/05/27/govt-to-switch-to-digital-tv-by-september/|archive-date=28 May 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/489520/public-enjoy-digital-television-october|title=Public to enjoy digital television by October|work=New Straits Times|date=18 May 2019|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719085305/https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/489520/public-enjoy-digital-television-october|archive-date=19 July 2019|url-status=live}} Philippines (ETC/SBN 21)
- 2020: Brazil (other markets), Morocco (VHF band), Hong Kong, Thailand (Channel 3),{{cite web|url=https://yarmfaojor.com/content/1273|title="26 ม.ค. 63" ดเดยชอง 3 ยตอนาลอก พรอมเผยแผน Next Move 2020|trans-title="26 Mar 20" D-Day Channel 3 terminates analogue and reveals plans for Next Move 2020|last=Puprasert|first=Jenpasit|language=th|work=yamfaojor.com|date=28 January 2020|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201113519/https://yarmfaojor.com/content/1273|archive-date=1 February 2020|url-status=dead}} Venezuela, Moldova (other territories), Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, Vietnam,{{cite web|url=https://vtv.vn/cong-nghe/chinh-thuc-hoan-thanh-so-hoa-truyen-hinh-tu-0h-ngay-28-12-20201227203652969.htm|title=Chính thức hoàn thành số hóa truyền hình từ 0h ngày 28/12|trans-title=Officially complete the digitisation of television from 0:00 on 28/12|language=vi|publisher=Vietnam Television|date=27 December 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|quote=The provinces mentioned in the final analogue switch-off include: Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, Bắc Kạn, Tuyên Quang, Lào Cai, Yên Bái, Lạng Sơn, Điện Biên, Lai Châu, Sơn La, Hòa Bình, Kontum, Gia Lai, Đắklắk and Đắc Nông.}}{{cite web|url=https://vietnamnet.vn/vn/cong-nghe/vien-thong/cac-tinh-cuoi-cung-da-ngung-phat-song-truyen-hinh-analog-701006.html|title=Các tỉnh cuối cùng đã ngừng phát sóng truyền hình analog|trans-title=Provinces have finally ceased analogue television broadcasting|author=Trọng Đạt|language=vi|publisher=Vietnam Net|date=28 December 2020|access-date=31 December 2020|quote=Since last night (at 0:00 on 28 December 2020), 15 more provinces have stopped broadcasting analogue terrestrial television. These are the provinces in group IV and also the last ones to stop broadcasting analogue terrestrial television according to the plan of the project "Digitisation of television".|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231090645/https://vietnamnet.vn/vn/cong-nghe/vien-thong/cac-tinh-cuoi-cung-da-ngung-phat-song-truyen-hinh-analog-701006.html|archive-date=31 December 2020|url-status=live}} Laos,{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/29/c_137427212.htm|title=Laos, Cambodia forge ahead with China on digital TV cooperation|author=ZX|agency=Xinhua News Agency|date=29 August 2018|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725060300/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/29/c_137427212.htm|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=dead}} Pakistan,{{cite web|url=https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailImage.php?StoryImage=01_10_2017_003_004|title=The CPEC plan for Pakistan's digital future|author=Amar Ayaz|work=Dawn|date=10 January 2017|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725045319/https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailImage.php?StoryImage=01_10_2017_003_004|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}} Philippines (ABS-CBN), Senegal, South Africa
- 2021: Dominican Republic,https://soplayer.org/ {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}} China (regional stations), United States (low-power stations except in Alaska), India (phase two), Bolivia (phase two), Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Panama (Panamá, Colón and Panamá Oeste)
- 2022: Botswana (remaining localities), Canada (remaining markets), Indonesia (terrestrial) (Batam and major cities on the island of Java),{{cite web|url=https://jdih.kominfo.go.id/produk_hukum/unduh/id/769/t/peraturan+menteri+komunikasi+dan+informatika+nomor+6+tahun+2021|title=Peraturan Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika No. 6/2021 tentang Penyelenggaraan Penyiaran|website=Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia (Kemenkominfo)|language=id|access-date=12 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://jdih.kominfo.go.id/produk_hukum/unduh/id/778/t/peraturan+menteri+komunikasi+dan+informatika+nomor+11+tahun+2021|title=Peraturan Menteri Komunikasi dan Informatika No. 11/2021 tentang Perubahan atas Permenkominfo 6/2021|website=Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia (Kemenkominfo)|language=id|access-date=30 December 2021}} Philippines (BEAM TV and SMNI), United States (low-power stations in Alaska){{cite web |url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-21-78A1.pdf | title=In the Matter of State of Alaska Request for Waiver of Section 74.731(m) of the Commission's Rules - Low Power Television Analog Termination Date | publisher=Federal Communications Commission | date=21 June 2021}}
- 2023: Cambodia (remaining markets), Jamaica, Pakistan, Philippines (CLTV 36), India (last phase), South Africa,{{Cite web|url=https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-regulation/10737-south-africa-s-analogue-switch-off-is-imminent.html|title = South Africa's analogue switch-off is imminent|date = 16 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://advanced-television.com/2022/12/12/south-africa-sets-new-dso-date/|title=South Africa sets new DSO date|date=12 December 2022}} Macau (terrestrial), Indonesia (rest of the country)
- 2024: Brazil, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Paraguay (Asunción), South Africa
- 2025: Argentina,{{Cite web |date=30 March 2022 |title=Apagón analógico: ¿cuándo comenzará el adiós a la TV tradicional? |url=https://www.iprofesional.com/tecnologia/359859-apagon-analogico-cuando-comenzara-el-adios-a-la-tv-tradicional |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330113655/https://www.iprofesional.com/tecnologia/359859-apagon-analogico-cuando-comenzara-el-adios-a-la-tv-tradicional |archive-date=30 March 2022 |access-date=13 May 2023 |website=iProfesional}} Brazil (remaining areas), Philippines (Metro Manila), Peru (Lima and Callao), Russia (remaining channels),{{Cite web |url=https://www.cableman.ru/content/gkrch-namerena-prodlit-razreshenie-na-analogovoe-veshchanie-do-2025-goda |title=ГКРЧ намерена продлить разрешение на аналоговое вещание до 2025 года |date=12 July 2023 |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=Cableman |language=ru |trans-title=SCRC intends to extend the permission for analog broadcasting until 2025}} Macau (cable television)
- 2026: Trinidad and Tobago, Philippines (rest of the country), Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz){{Cite web |date=10 September 2020 |title=Desconexión análoga de Bolivia presenta significativo retraso |trans-title=Bolivia's analog disconnection is significantly behind schedule |url=https://www.bnamericas.com/es/noticias/desconexion-analoga-de-bolivia-presenta-significativo-retraso |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=bnamericas |language=es}}
- 2027:
- 2028: Bolivia (other departments)
- 2029: Paraguay
- 2030: Bolivia (remaining areas), Ethiopia
- Multiple dates: Angola, Mozambique, DR Congo
Different standards have been developed for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television, comparable to the older analog standards they replace: NTSC, PAL and SECAM. Broadcasters around the world choose and adopt one of these to be the format and technology behind the transmission. The standards are:
- The European-made DVB-T, is adopted by Panama, Colombia, most of Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
- The American-made ATSC, is adopted by most of North America and some of Asia and Oceania.
- The Japanese-made ISDB-T, is adopted by some in Asia, most of Central and South America, and a few in Africa.
- The Chinese-made DTMB, is adopted by some in Asia and a few in Africa and the Americas.
=2006 Geneva Agreement=
The "RRC-06" agreement in Geneva (hosted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)) was signed by delegates from many countries, including most of Europe, Africa and Asia. The agreement set 17 June 2015 as the date after which countries may use frequencies currently assigned for analog television transmission for digital services (specifically DVB-T), without being required to protect the analog services of neighbouring countries against interference. This date was generally viewed as an internationally mandated analog switch-off date, at least along national borders{{cite web |url=http://www.digitag.org/ASO/ASOHandbook.pdf |title=DigiTAG Analog Switch Off Handbook |year=2008 |access-date=13 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928183704/http://www.digitag.org/ASO/ASOHandbook.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}—except for those operating on the VHF band which would be allowed until 17 June 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/Pages/by-categories-faq.aspx?maincategorizedby=14|title=Terrestrial Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Browse by categories|website=itu.int|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930004908/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/Pages/by-categories-faq.aspx%3Fmaincategorizedby%3D14|archive-date=30 September 2019|url-status=live}}{{Update inline|date=October 2020|reason=}}
These deadlines set by the agreement have been difficult to reach in certain regions, like in Africa where most countries missed the 2015 deadline,{{cite book|chapter=Digital TV accessibility – Analogue switch off in Europe and Africa|first1=T.|last1=Itagaki|first2=T.|last2=Owens|first3=P.|last3=Orero|title=2016 IST-Africa Week Conference|date=20 May 2016|pages=1–8|doi=10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530658|isbn=978-1-9058-2455-7|s2cid=43649485|url=http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/12497}} as well as South East Asia.{{cite web|url=https://apb-news.com/dso-slows-down-in-asean/|title=DSO slows down in ASEAN|date=12 March 2018|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929170850/https://apb-news.com/dso-slows-down-in-asean/|archive-date=29 September 2019|url-status=live}} High upgrade costs are often a reason cited for the slow transition in those regions.
The European Commission, on a different note, had recommended on 28 October 2009 that digital switchover should be completed by 1 January 2012.{{cite web |url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:308:0024:0026:EN:PDF |title=Official Journal of the European Union |website=eur-lex.europa.eu |date=28 October 2009 |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522042627/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:308:0024:0026:EN:PDF |archive-date=22 May 2013 |url-status=live}}
=Digital-to-analog converters=
{{main|Digital television adapter}}
Analog-only TVs are incapable of receiving over-the-air broadcasts without the addition of a set-top converter box. Consequently, a digital converter box – an electronic device that connects to an analog television – must be used to allow the television to receive digital broadcasts. In the United States, the government subsidized the purchase of such boxes for consumers via their coupon-eligible converter box program in 2009, funded by a small part of the billions of dollars brought in by a spectrum auction. The program was managed by the Department of Commerce through its National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Televisions with integrated digital tuners have been available for a considerable time. This means that a set-top box is usually no longer necessary with a new TV set.
Terrestrial digital switchover by country, at a glance
{{Main|Digital terrestrial television#Analogue to digital transition by countries}}
Transitions completed
=ITU Region 1=
==Africa==
- {{flag|Algeria}}: Digital broadcasting started in 2009, analog signals were switched off first in Annaba Region and completed in November 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://radioalgerie.dz/news/ar/article/20200617/194999.html|title=الوقف النهائي للبث التماثلي بالجزائر وبداية البث التلفزي الرقمي | الإذاعة الجزائرية|website=radioalgerie.dz}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/Screen_Digest_10_08_dvb.pdf |title=News |publisher=DVB |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510183928/http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/Screen_Digest_10_08_dvb.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Cape Verde}}: Started transitioning to digital in the early 2010s. The analog switch off happened to complete at the end of 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/mundo/africa/detalhe/cabo-verde-espera-desligar-tv-analogica-ainda-este-ano|title=Cabo Verde espera desligar TV analógica ainda este ano|website=cmjornal.pt|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926153512/https://www.cmjornal.pt/mundo/africa/detalhe/cabo-verde-espera-desligar-tv-analogica-ainda-este-ano|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Eswatini}}: The switchover is complete.{{Citation |last=Media Institute of Southern Africa Zimbabwe Chapter |title=Digital Terrestrial Television Migration in Zimbabwe: Challenges & Opportunities |date=n.d. |url=http://crm.misa.org/upload/web/digital-terrestrial-television-migration-in-zimbabwe.pdf |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924142541/http://crm.misa.org/upload/web/digital-terrestrial-television-migration-in-zimbabwe.pdf |url-status=dead |place=Harare, Zimbabwe |isbn=9781779065353 |archive-date=24 September 2019}}
- {{flag|Gabon}}: All analog signals were turned off on 17 June 2016.{{cite web|url=https://passionchretienne.com/|title=Gabon: the migration to digital television costs 60 billion FCFA|first=Rédaction|last=La|work=Africa Top Success|date=22 May 2015|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211025001/http://www.africatopsuccess.com/en/2015/05/22/gabon-the-migration-to-digital-television-costs-60-billion-fcfa/|archive-date=11 December 2017|url-status=dead}}
- {{flag|Ghana}}: Analog switch-off occurred in June 2015, switching to DVB-T.{{Cite web|url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2015/February-4th/tv-signals-to-go-digital-by-june-2015.php|title=TV signals to go digital by June 2015 |website=myjoyonline.com|access-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310012838/http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2015/February-4th/tv-signals-to-go-digital-by-june-2015.php|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Ivory Coast}}: Launched its DTV service from the Centre Émetteur D'Abobo site in Abidjan on 8 February 2019. Côte d'Ivoire completed the migration to DTT in June 2020.
- {{flag|Kenya}}: After DTT launched in 2008, analog switch off was supposed to take place in 2013, however media houses challenged the move in court and the switch off was since moved to 31 December 2014 for the metropolitan areas and their surroundings while in the rest of the country switched to DVB-T2 in March 2015.
- {{flag|Lesotho}}: The switchover is complete.
- {{flag|Libya}}: 7 multiplexes of DVB-T2 were available in Tripoli in 2012. Analog television was turned off on 13 February 2020.
- {{flag|Malawi}}: The switchover is complete.
- {{flag|Mauritius}}: First digital (DVB-T) broadcasts commenced 30 September 2005.{{cite web |url=https://www.dvb.org/news/dtt-services-on-air-in-mauritius/country/mauritius |title=News - DVB |access-date=30 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930010455/https://www.dvb.org/news/dtt-services-on-air-in-mauritius/country/mauritius |archive-date=30 September 2019 |url-status=dead}} Analog shut off on 17 June 2014.
- {{flag|Morocco}}: DTT launched in March 2007.{{Cite web |date=4 March 2007 |title=Morocco starts DTT broadcasting |url=https://www.dvb.org/news/morocco-starts-dtt-broadcasting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930010548/https://www.dvb.org/news/morocco-starts-dtt-broadcasting |archive-date=30 September 2019 |access-date=30 September 2019}} Analogue transmitters on UHF band were switched off on 17 June 2015. Analog transmitters on VHF band were switched off on 17 June 2020.{{Cite news |date=19 June 2015 |title=TNT, comment ça marche |language=fr |work=L'Economiste |url=http://leconomiste.com/article/973115-tnt-comment-ca-marche |url-status=live |access-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505205344/http://leconomiste.com/article/973115-tnt-comment-ca-marche |archive-date=5 May 2018}}
- {{flag|Namibia}}: The first African country to go digital when it launched DTT in February 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.itweb.co.za/content/WnxpE74aldBMV8XL|title=Namibia gets digital terrestrial TV|first=Rodney|last=Weidemann|date=21 February 2005|website=ITWeb|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930005856/https://www.itweb.co.za/content/WnxpE74aldBMV8XL|archive-date=30 September 2019|url-status=live}} Analog signals were terminated on 13 September 2014.
- {{flag|Rwanda}}: Shut off the last of its analog signals in March 2014. Switched to DVB-T,{{cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda--Tanzania-lead-in-switchover-to-digital-TV/2558-2753624-5vf9gn/index.html|title=Rwanda, Tanzania lead in switchover to digital TV|website=The East African|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220081009/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda--Tanzania-lead-in-switchover-to-digital-TV/2558-2753624-5vf9gn/index.html|archive-date=20 December 2019|url-status=live}} with plans to upgrade to DVB-T2 in the future.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitaltvafrica.com/?p=218|title=Welcome digitaltvafrica.com |website=digitaltvafrica.com|access-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311165349/http://www.digitaltvafrica.com/?p=218|archive-date=11 March 2016|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Sudan}}: A number of multiplexes in DVB-T2 (SD & HD) is broadcasting from Sudan TV since late 2015. A single analogue UHF channel remained till 13 February 2020.
- {{flag|Tanzania}}: Shut off the last of its analog signals in July 2014. Switched to DVB-T2{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/nigerias-digital-migration-failure-lessons-from-tanzania/|title=Nigeria's digital migration failure: Lessons from Tanzania|date=23 June 2015|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211053529/https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/nigerias-digital-migration-failure-lessons-from-tanzania/|archive-date=11 December 2017|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Tunisia}}: Digital broadcasts began in 2010,{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85%D9%8A|title=تونس تتخلى عن البث الأرضي التناظري وتتجه للرقمي}} using DVB-T, then since 2015, using DVB-T2. Analog television was turned off in June 2015.
- {{flag|Uganda}}: Shut off analog signals in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitaltvuganda.org/ugandas-digital-tv-migration-is-complete-but-wheres-the-epg-data/|title=Uganda's Digital TV Migration is complete but where's the EPG Data? | Migration to Digital TV in Uganda – A community blog for geeks with status updates|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151147/https://www.digitaltvuganda.org/ugandas-digital-tv-migration-is-complete-but-wheres-the-epg-data/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Zambia}}: Analog shut off on 31 December 2014. Switched to DVB-T2.{{cite web|url=http://www.mibs.gov.zm/?q=digital_migration|title=Digital Television Migration|work=mibs.gov.sg|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210125351/http://www.mibs.gov.zm/?q=digital_migration|archive-date=10 December 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dtvstatus.net/map/map.html|title=Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) – World Map (high resolution)|website=dtvstatus.net}}
==Europe and CIS==
- {{flag|Albania}}: The original analog switch-off deadline was planned for July 2015, however this was missed due to multiple problems.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/01/07/albanian-digital-tv-concerns-mount/|title=Albanian digital TV concerns mount|date=7 January 2016|website=Broadband TV News|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924130450/https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/01/07/albanian-digital-tv-concerns-mount/|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}} Analog channels were first shut off on 10 September 2018 in the areas of Durrës and Tirana, but they were restored later in the day because the supply of DVB-T2 decoders was not enough to cover the demand. The date was then postponed to January 2019 and finally October 2019. On 1 October 2019, analog broadcasts were shut off in most areas, including Tirana and Durrës. A few channels switched off their transmissions a few days later. A1 Report (now Report TV) was the last to keep the warning screen on air. The date for cities like Elbasan was set for March 2020, the transmissions still being receivable in Tirana with a big enough aerial. Areas like Dibër, Gjirokastër, Vlora and Saranda remained on air with the switch-off date being postponed multiple times. Albania finally completed the transition on 29 December 2020 with the last analog broadcast being in Gjirokastër by Televizioni Klan. Analog satellite broadcasts stopped in 2002 shortly before the introduction of digital satellite.{{Cite web |url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/46941ffe-6fd0-48a3-aac5-2858b56fa86d/volone_20051011_0.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816095128/https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/46941ffe-6fd0-48a3-aac5-2858b56fa86d/volone_20051011_0.pdf |archive-date=16 August 2019 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Andorra}}: Analog switch-off completed on 25 September 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=2561926&p_edi=andorra |title=Andorra fa el salt a la TDT |publisher=Vilaweb |language=ca |access-date=10 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213192300/http://www.vilaweb.cat/www/noticia?p_idcmp=2561926&p_edi=andorra |archive-date=13 February 2008 |url-status=live}}
{{further|Digital terrestrial television in Andorra}}
- {{flag|Armenia}}: Shut down analog signals on 10 July 2015.
- {{flag|Austria}}: Began analog switch-off on 5 March 2007, progressing from the west to the east.{{cite web |url=http://www.dvb-t.at/wann-wie-umstellen/zeitplan.html |title=DVB-T: Zeitplan |publisher=Digitales Fernsehen Förder GmbH |date=June 2008 |access-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702190239/http://www.dvb-t.at/wann-wie-umstellen/zeitplan.html |archive-date=2 July 2008}} The analog broadcast was shut down nationwide at the end of 2010 regarding the main transmitters.{{cite web |url=http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/tv-switchover-guide/ |title=analog terrestrial TV switch-off in the EU – briefing – EUbusiness.com – EU Business News |website=Eubusiness.com |date=16 February 2009 |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402041102/http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/media/tv-switchover-guide |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=live }} The last analog translators were switched off on 7 June 2011.
- {{flag|Azerbaijan}}: Began analog switch-off on 17 October 2010, completed on 17 June 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.news.az/articles/tech/45349 |title=Azerbaijan to switch over to digital TV 'very soon' |publisher=News.Az |date=27 September 2011 |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006073536/http://news.az/articles/tech/45349 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.news.az/articles/tech/73039) |title=In 2013, Azerbaijan will fully switch to digital TV – Minister |publisher=News.Az |date=3 December 2012 |access-date=10 December 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{flag|Belarus}}: Analogue broadcasting was disabled on 15 May 2015 in the UHF band and 16 June 2015 in the VHF band (channels 6–12). The final analogue switch-off occurred on 4 January 2016.
- {{flag|Belgium}}: Media regulations are under regional legislation. Flanders switched off analog television on 3 November 2008, while in Wallonia, all analog services were switched off on 1 March 2010, making the country completely serviced by a digital signal. However, analog cable is still used by many cable subscribers, so therefore a cable switchover is unlikely to happen in the near future.
- {{flag|Bulgaria}}: A free-to-air platform launched in the Sofia region, starting in November 2004. The Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC) said that it received six bids for the licence to build and operate Bulgaria's two nationwide DTT networks. A second licence tender for the operation of three DTT multiplexes was open until 27 May 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.crc.bg/news.php?news_id=248&lang=bg|title=Комисия За Регулиране На Съобщенията|publisher=Crc.bg|access-date=12 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827061724/http://www.crc.bg/news.php?news_id=248&lang=bg|archive-date=27 August 2009|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/bulgaria_1/|title=Digital Video Broadcasting — Bulgaria|publisher=DVB|access-date=12 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815093741/http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/bulgaria_1/|archive-date=15 August 2009|url-status=dead}} Following the closing of this process, Hannu Pro, part of Silicon Group, and with Baltic Operations secured the license to operate three DTT multiplexes in Bulgaria by the country's Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC). Bulgaria completed the transition to digital broadcasting in September 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/07/12/bulgarian-dtt-woes-continue-2/|title=Bulgarian DTT woes continue|date=12 July 2012|publisher=Broadband TV News|access-date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910122935/http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/07/12/bulgarian-dtt-woes-continue-2/|archive-date=10 September 2013|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://dnes.dir.bg/obshtestvo/televizia-tzifrovizatzia-izbori2013-tzifrov-signal-15122672|title=Аналоговият ТВ сигнал спрян окончателно, 100 000 са без телевизия|website=Dnes.dir.bg|date=30 September 2013 }}
{{further|Digital terrestrial television in Bulgaria}}
- {{flag|Croatia}}: Analog television broadcasts were switched off for all national TV channels on 5 October 2010 at 12:35 and for local TV channels on 20 November 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mportal.com.hr/Default.aspx?ref=news&cat=44&id=4563 |title=Kraj analogne zemaljske televizije u Hrvatskoj - počela je digitalna era - mPortal.com.hr |access-date=2 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007143136/http://www.mportal.com.hr/Default.aspx?ref=news&cat=44&id=4563 |archive-date=7 October 2010 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Cyprus}}: All analog transmissions terminated on 30 June 2011 and moved to digital-only transmissions on MPEG-4 on Friday, 1 July 2011.
- {{flag|Northern Cyprus}}: Broadcaster BRT halted analog signals on 31 March 2019, replaced by DVB-T which started testing in the country in 2009.{{Cite web|title=Yayın Yüksek Kurulu|url=http://www.kktcyyk.org/duyurular/25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930134100/http://www.kktcyyk.org/duyurular/25|archive-date=30 September 2019|access-date=30 September 2019|website=kktcyyk.org}}
{{further|Digital terrestrial television in Cyprus}}
- {{flag|Czech Republic}}: The last analog transmitters in Southeast Moravia and Northern Moravia – Silesia were switched off on 30 June 2012.
- {{flag|Denmark}}: All terrestrial analog services switched off at midnight on 1 November 2009.{{cite web|url=http://tvtid.tv2.dk/nytomtv/article.php/id-26087748.html|title=Nyt TV-signal fejres med lysshow|publisher=TVTid på TV2|access-date=1 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105024657/http://tvtid.tv2.dk/nytomtv/article.php/id-26087748.html|archive-date=5 November 2009|url-status=live}} Analogue cable was switched off on 9 February 2016.{{cite web|url=https://kundeservice.yousee.dk/nyheder/tv2016/farvel-til-analogt-tv?icid=forside_spot_nku16|title=Ændringer i din tv-pakke|publisher=YouSee|access-date=14 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222083206/https://kundeservice.yousee.dk/nyheder/tv2016/farvel-til-analogt-tv?icid=forside_spot_nku16|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=live}} Analogue satellite was terminated by 2006 when DR2 and TV3 ended their analogue signals on the Intelsat 10-02/Thor satellite at 0.8°W.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ullits.dk/anasat.htm|title=Analog satellite TV|website=ullits.dk|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109130847/http://www.ullits.dk/anasat.htm|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=live}} DR 2 was the last ever broadcast using the D2-MAC standard when it closed on 1 July.
{{further|Digital terrestrial television in Denmark}}
- {{flag|Faroe Islands}}: Launched DTT in December 2002. Most of the analogue signals were switched off immediately.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/faroe_islands/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116195720/http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/faroe_islands/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2013|title=DVB – Digital Video Broadcasting – Faroe Islands|date=16 January 2013}}
- {{flag|Estonia}}: Analog television was switched off completely on 1 July 2010.
{{further|Digital terrestrial television in Estonia}}
- {{flag|Finland}}: Analog terrestrial transmissions ceased nationwide at 04:00 on 1 September 2007{{cite web |url = http://www.digitelkkari.fi/site/uutinen81.shtml |title = Digi-tv esillä ympäri maata |access-date = 12 August 2007 |publisher = Finnish Ministry of Communications |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025149/http://www.digitelkkari.fi/site/uutinen81.shtml |archive-date = 27 September 2007 |url-status = dead }} (the switch-off was previously planned for midnight but a few extra hours were added for technical reasons). This was controversial, as the cost of a digital TV set in Finland at the time was heavily criticised and saw a substantial decrease in how much the television license cost. Cable TV viewers continued to receive analog broadcasts until the end of February 2008.
- {{flag|France}}: All analog services (terrestrial, satellite and cable) switched off on 29 November 2011. This included overseas departments and territories such as Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Wallis and Futuna.
- {{flag|Georgia}}: Analog broadcasts were planned to switch by 17 June 2015, but due to the flooding in Tbilisi, which occurred on the night of 13 to 14 June 2015, the analogue switchover happened on 1 July 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://mediasat.info/2015/06/17/georgia-dtv/|title=Грузия пока не отключает аналог | Mediasat|first=Алиса|last=Стоянова|date=17 June 2015 |access-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702084711/http://mediasat.info/2015/06/17/georgia-dtv/|archive-date=2 July 2015|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Germany}}: Analog switch-off began in Berlin on 1 November 2002 and completed on 4 August 2003, becoming the first city to do so. Simulcast digital transmissions started in other parts of the country in an effort to prepare for a full switchover. Terrestrial analog switch-off transmitters was completed on 25 November 2007, except one main transmitter in Bad Mergentheim, which was shut down in June 2009. Analog satellite receivers were still used by 6% of households in 2010 as the highest in Europe. The analog satellite transmissions (broadcasting on Astra 19.2°E) were switched off on 30 April 2012, being the last in Europe. However, analog cable was still used by about 30% of the population and 55% of all cable broadcasts. The cable TV provider Unitymedia switched off analog cable on 27 June 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.entertaintv.de/magazin/inhalte/kabelfernsehen-analog-abschaltung |title=Abschaltung analoges Kabelfernsehen: Das müsst ihr jetzt wissen! - Telekom EntertainTV Magazin |access-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903121022/https://www.entertaintv.de/magazin/inhalte/kabelfernsehen-analog-abschaltung |archive-date=3 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Greece}}: Digital broadcasting of privately owned nationwide TV channels began by Digea in Greece on 24 September 2009, covering a large section of the Corinthian gulf in Northern Peloponnese. During the 2009-2013 transition period, a total of 13 digital broadcasting centers were activated throughout Greece, covering approximately 70% of the Greek population.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digea.gr/234/article/1856/Transition-period-Timeline/en|title=Digea|website=digea.gr|access-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208175757/https://www.digea.gr/234/article/1856/Transition-period-Timeline/en|archive-date=8 December 2019|url-status=live}} Analog terrestrial transmissions were first terminated at the Peloponnese region on 27 June 2014. Five more switch-offs followed in 2014 and the analog shutdown was completed on 6 February 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digea.gr/234/category/37/PSifiaki-metabasi-2014/el|title=Digea|website=digea.gr|access-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902111210/https://www.digea.gr/234/category/37/PSifiaki-metabasi-2014/el|archive-date=2 September 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nerit.gr/switch-off|title=Map coverage Broadcast Centres|publisher=Directorate General of Technology and Development|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208110450/http://www.nerit.gr/switch-off/|archive-date=8 February 2015|access-date=2 February 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digea.gr/234/article/1855/Epomeno-simeio/el|title=Announcement|date=December 2014|publisher=Digea|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206004125/http://www.digea.gr/234/article/1855/Epomeno-simeio/el|archive-date=6 February 2015|quote=ANNOUNCEMENT Saturday, 27 December 2014 the morning will begin digital broadcasting (while stopping analogue) of the centers: Agios Athanasios Water Tower Gate Tsotyli Vounasa Royal Polygyros Delvinaki Curse Granitsopoula Igoumenitsa Korfovouni Amfilochia Those viewers covered by these centers will need to have receiver (TV or decoder) that supports MPEG4 technology and coordinate the morning of 27 December the new frequencies. Those viewers already receive terrestrial digital TV signal need not make any action.}} Α total of 156 broadcasting centres are currently active throughout the country, covering over 96% of the country's population.{{Cite news|url=https://www.digea.gr/233/category/16/Deltia-tupou/el|title=Digea Press release 26/02/15|language=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208175753/https://www.digea.gr/233/category/16/Deltia-tupou/el|archive-date=8 December 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Hungary}}: Hungarian analog terrestrial transmissions officially stopped on Thursday, 31 October 2013, after completing two phases that ended on 31 July and 31 October, respectively. However, analog transmissions are still operating as of August 2021 on cable systems, at least.
- {{flag|Iceland}}: All analog terrestrial transmissions were switched off on Monday, 2 February 2015.{{cite web |url= http://www.ruv.is/spurt-og-svarad/flokkur/stafraent-sjonvarp |title= Digital Television |publisher= Icelandic National Broadcasting Service |access-date= 24 June 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150626140732/http://www.ruv.is/spurt-og-svarad/flokkur/stafraent-sjonvarp |archive-date= 26 June 2015 |url-status= live }}{{cite web |url= http://www.ruv.is/frett/slokktu-a-hlidraena-dreifikerfi-ruv |title= Turning off the analogue distribution |date= 2 February 2015 |publisher= Icelandic National Broadcasting Service |access-date= 2 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403200535/http://www.ruv.is/frett/slokktu-a-hlidraena-dreifikerfi-ruv |archive-date= 3 April 2015 |url-status= live }}{{cite web |url= http://www.vodafone.is/blog/2015/02/kaflaskil-i-islenskri-fjarskiptasogu/ |title= Watershed in Icelandic telecommunications history |date= 2 February 2015 |publisher= Vodafone |access-date= 2 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150315215528/http://www.vodafone.is/blog/2015/02/kaflaskil-i-islenskri-fjarskiptasogu/ |archive-date= 15 March 2015 |url-status= dead }}
- {{flag|Ireland}}: Digital terrestrial television was launched in Ireland as Saorview on Friday 29 October 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitaltelevision.ie/National+DTT/Digital+Switchover.htm |title=Home – Going Digital |website=DigitalTelevision.ie |date=4 June 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004061330/http://www.digitaltelevision.ie/National+DTT/Digital+Switchover.htm |archive-date=4 October 2011 |url-status=dead }} At launch it had five standard-definition channels and one high-definition channel. The analog service was terminated on Wednesday 24 October 2012{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1024/breaking3.html |title=Digital switchover takes place |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=24 October 2012 |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024111224/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/1024/breaking3.html |archive-date=24 October 2012 |url-status=live }} and was replaced by a second multiplex for Saorview. A small number of low power independent analog re-broadcast systems remained licensed until 31 December 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056796686 |title=analog Deflectors still in service until 31 December |website=boards.ie |date=26 October 2012 |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113084954/http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056796686 |archive-date=13 January 2014 |url-status=live }} Analogue cable was shut down on 8 April 2019. Analogue satellite from Astra 19.2°E was discontinued on 27 September 2001.
- {{flag|Italy}}: The conversion to digital television progressed region–by–region. It started in Sardinia on 15 October 2008, and was completed on Wednesday, 4 July 2012, when the last analog transmitters in the Province of Palermo were shut down. The switchover was politically controversial due to a 2004 law that seemed to favor Mediaset, owned by the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in the television market. A 2006 bill proposed by Paolo Gentiloni passed the government of Romano Prodi that would make one of Mediaset's channels as well as one from public broadcaster RAI move to digital three years before the switch. The bill was called "tailored for political revenge" by Berlusconi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/13/italy.digitaltvradio|title=Silvio Berlusconi Italy digital TV Mediaset Prodi RAI|first=John|last=Hooper|date=13 October 2006|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929175903/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/13/italy.digitaltvradio|archive-date=29 September 2019|url-status=live}} In 2011, the European Court of Justice ruled that the digital switchover in Italy was illegally subsidised favoring Berlusconi's media group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/competition/news/eu-court-strikes-berlusconi-s-media-empire/|title=EU court strikes Berlusconi's media empire|date=29 July 2011|access-date=29 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929175919/https://www.euractiv.com/section/competition/news/eu-court-strikes-berlusconi-s-media-empire/|archive-date=29 September 2019|url-status=live}} Analogue satellite broadcasts were switched off from the Hot Bird 13°E satellite on 29 April 2005 by RAI.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilposticipo.it/diritto-effetto/i-diritti-audiovisivi-una-storia-lunga-e-piena-di-colpi-di-scena-7-satellite-e-digitale-terrestre/|title=I diritti audiovisivi: una storia lunga e piena di colpi di scena – 7. Satellite e digitale terrestre|first=Francesco Paolo|last=Traisci|date=29 June 2019 |access-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920163104/https://www.ilposticipo.it/diritto-effetto/i-diritti-audiovisivi-una-storia-lunga-e-piena-di-colpi-di-scena-7-satellite-e-digitale-terrestre/|archive-date=20 September 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://portale.italradio.org/index.php/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=463|title=Satellite: RAI International lascia l'analogico per il digitale|first=Portale|last=Italradio|website=portale.italradio.org}}
- {{flag|Kazakhstan}}: Analog broadcasting shutdown began on 1 December 2018, the first two regions turned off: Jambyl and Mangystau Regions. On 1 July 2019, nine more regions were disconnected: South Kazakhstan, Atyrau, Kyzylorda, Almaty Regions, East Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, North Kazakhstan, Kostanay and Karaganda Regions. Finally, on 1 July 2021, the last five regions were disconnected: West Kazakhstan, Akmola, Aktobe Regions, Nur-Sultan and Almaty.{{cite news|script-title=ru:Переход на цифровое телевидение в Казахстане завершится к 2021 году|url=https://profit.kz/news/44981/Perehod-na-cifrovoe-televidenie-v-Kazahstane-zavershitsya-k-2021-godu|access-date=30 April 2019|work=PROFIT|date=2 February 2018|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430200428/https://profit.kz/news/44981/Perehod-na-cifrovoe-televidenie-v-Kazahstane-zavershitsya-k-2021-godu|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}: DTT services rolled out officially in 2014, and the transition to digital ended in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://en.mediasat.info/2017/05/16/kyrgyzstan-switches-tv-broadcasting-to-digital-format/|title=Kyrgyzstan Switches TV Broadcasting to Digital Format | Mediasat English|first=Vitaly|last=Moseychuk|date=16 May 2017 |access-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924135724/http://en.mediasat.info/2017/05/16/kyrgyzstan-switches-tv-broadcasting-to-digital-format/|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Latvia}}: Analog television completely converted to digital broadcasting on Tuesday, 1 June 2010.
- {{flag|Lithuania}}: The switch-off of the analog terrestrial transmissions was completed on Monday, 29 October 2012.{{cite news |title=Tonight Lithuania turns off analogue terrestrial broadcasting transmitters |url=https://sumin.lrv.lt/en/news/tonight-lithuania-turns-off-analogue-terrestrial-broadcasting-transmitters |access-date=20 July 2023 |work=Ministry of Transport and Communications |date=29 October 2012 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720125824/https://sumin.lrv.lt/en/news/tonight-lithuania-turns-off-analogue-terrestrial-broadcasting-transmitters |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Luxembourg}}: Luxembourg was the first country to completely switch to digital broadcasting and shut down analog TV, completing the transition on Friday, 1 September 2006. The last analog transmitter was shut down on UHF Channel 21 on Friday, 31 December 2010.
- {{flag|Moldova}}: Launched its first DTT service in November 2016. Analog broadcasts were discontinued from May 2022.{{Cite web |title=MINISTERUL INFRASTRUCTURII ȘI DEZVOLTĂRII REGIONALE |url=https://midr.gov.md/noutati/republica-moldova-a-trecut-definitiv-la-televiziunea-digitala-terestra-transmisia-analogica-fiind-sistata-complet |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=midr.gov.md |language=ro}} The process was somewhat difficult due to the high costs of upgrading to digital.{{Cite web|url=https://1news.md/social/72791-parom-v-molovate-mezhdu-dvumya-moldovami.html|title=Паром в Моловате: между двумя Молдовами|website=1News.md | Информационный Портал|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928125044/https://1news.md/social/72791-parom-v-molovate-mezhdu-dvumya-moldovami.html|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Transnistria}}: DTT based on DVB-T started broadcasting on 30 December 2012 but only in testing phase until 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://svyaz.gospmr.ru/index.php/2012-07-27-07-05-21/narodnoe-televidenie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104095231/http://svyaz.gospmr.ru/index.php/2012-07-27-07-05-21/narodnoe-televidenie|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2013|title=Сайт Государственной службы связи, информации и СМИ ПМР – Цифровое эфирное телевещание|date=4 November 2013}} The DVB-T2 public rollout commenced in April 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://minregion.gospmr.org/index.php/voprosy-i-otvety/3140-o-translyatsii-televizionnykh-programm-v-standarte-dvb-t2|title=О трансляции телевизионных программ в стандарте DVB-T2|website=minregion.gospmr.org|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928125044/http://minregion.gospmr.org/index.php/voprosy-i-otvety/3140-o-translyatsii-televizionnykh-programm-v-standarte-dvb-t2|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}} Analog broadcasts for Transnistria shut down in the period 2018–2019.{{Cite web|url=https://novostipmr.com/ru/news/17-06-27/v-blizhayshie-dva-goda-pridnestrove-planiruet-polnostyu-pereyti-na|title=В ближайшие два года Приднестровье планирует полностью перейти на цифровое телевидение | Новости Приднестровья}}
- {{flag|North Macedonia}}: Analog transmissions were terminated on Saturday, 1 June 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.mio.gov.mk/?q=node/2930|title=Digitalization of all Macedonian televisions by 2013|date=14 March 2012|publisher=Ministry of Information Society and Administration|access-date=15 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011123/http://www.mio.gov.mk/?q=node%2F2930|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}
- {{flag|Malta}}: All analog services terminated on Monday, 31 October 2011. The switch-off was originally planned for Wednesday, 1 June 2011 but was delayed for unknown reasons.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/malta/ |title=Digital Video Broadcasting – Malta |publisher=DVB |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824131022/http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/malta/ |archive-date=24 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Monaco}}: Analog TV broadcasts switched off on Tuesday, 24 May 2011.
- {{flag|Montenegro}}: Shut down analog signals on 17 June 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.cdm.me/english/montenegro-shuts-down-the-analogue-signal-beginning-of-the-digital-era|title=Montenegro shuts down the analogue signal|publisher=CDM|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929150906/http://www.cdm.me/english/montenegro-shuts-down-the-analogue-signal-beginning-of-the-digital-era|archive-date=29 September 2015|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Netherlands}}: Moved to digital-only terrestrial broadcasting on Monday, 11 December 2006, being the second country to do so. The switch-off was noticed by few, since the overwhelming majority receive TV via cable and only around 74,000 households relied on terrestrial over-the-air broadcasts. The switch-off was helped greatly as cable continued to use analog distribution, and thus consumers' old tuners continued to be useful. In March 2018, major cable provider Ziggo announced that it would gradually phase out analogue cable TV transmissions in the next two years.{{cite news|title=Ziggo stopt met analoge tv en gaat volledig digitaal|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2221192-ziggo-stopt-met-analoge-tv-en-gaat-volledig-digitaal.html|access-date=29 March 2018|work=NOS|date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308230622/https://nos.nl/artikel/2221192-ziggo-stopt-met-analoge-tv-en-gaat-volledig-digitaal.html|archive-date=8 March 2018|language=nl}} Analogue satellite transmissions from Astra 19.2°E were halted on 18 August 1996, just two months after digital was introduced. This was felt by few people, however, due to low satellite usage.{{cite web|url=https://www.satellitemagazine.com/satellietnieuws/10-jaar-digitale-satelliet-televisie/|title=10 jaar digitale satelliet televisie|website=satellitemagazine.com|access-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920163115/https://www.satellitemagazine.com/satellietnieuws/10-jaar-digitale-satelliet-televisie/|archive-date=20 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Norway}}: The switch-off of the analog transmissions started in March 2008 and was completed on Tuesday, 1 December 2009. Norway started its DTT service on the Saturday 1 September 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/12/02/norway-completes-aso/|title=Norway completes ASO|website=BroadbandTVNews.com|date=2 December 2009 |access-date=14 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211073444/http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/12/02/norway-completes-aso/|archive-date=11 December 2009|url-status=live}} Analog satellite broadcasts of NRK and TV 2 on the Thor 4.3°W satellite ended on 15 October 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/informasjon/slutt-pa-analog-satellittdistribusjon-1.498666|title=Slutt på analog satellittdistribusjon|date=18 March 2002|publisher=NRK}}
- {{flag|Poland}}: Terrestrial television in Poland is broadcast using a digital DVB-T system. First test DVB-T emission was carried in Warsaw at 9 November 2001. In April 2004, first DVB-T transmitter near Rzeszów started operation, and local TVP division started to market set-top boxes allowing to receive it. The shutdown of analog broadcasts took place in 7 steps from 7 November 2012 to 23 July 2013 when analog terrestrial transmissions were completely terminated. Analog broadcasts on satellite ended when TVN stopped its analog transmission on the Hot Bird 13°E satellite in 2008. Later, in early 2022, most of TV markets (Polsat, TVN, TV Puls, etc.) switched into the DVB-T2 HEVC, while TVP, due to invasion of Ukraine, did it on 15 December (west) and 19 December (east), 2023.
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- {{flag|Portugal}}: Digital terrestrial broadcasts started on Wednesday, 29 April 2009. Portugal's government hoped to cover 80% of the territory with digital terrestrial TV by the end of 2009, and simulcasts remained until Thursday, 26 April 2012, when the analog broadcasting ended. This switchover began on Thursday 12 January 2012. Analog cable was still available from all pay-TV providers (including fiber), for homes with multiple televisions. In December 2022, plans have been made to close analog cable signals. In late April 2023, viewers would see a message announcing the end of this kind of analog broadcasting on 3 May 2023, unless they bought a set-top box and/or scanned digital signals. The digital versions of all channels have traditionally been encrypted and could only be accessed with a proprietary set-top-box, which subscribers had to pay for with a monthly fee. Starting in October 2017, cable provider NOS unencrypted the digital versions of its base channels, enabling them to be tuned directly by televisions with support for MPEG-4 (or digital terrestrial) or any freely available digital tuner.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dinheirovivo.pt/empresas/750-mil-clientes-nos-com-tv-sem-box-terao-acesso-a-110-canais-sem-mais-custos-2/|title=750 mil clientes NOS com TV sem box terão acesso a 110 canais sem mais custos|date=10 October 2017|work=Dinheiro Vivo|access-date=31 July 2018|language=pt-PT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731153850/https://www.dinheirovivo.pt/empresas/750-mil-clientes-nos-com-tv-sem-box-terao-acesso-a-110-canais-sem-mais-custos-2/|archive-date=31 July 2018|url-status=live}} Channels belonging to subscription packs, as well as premium channels, still require a proprietary set top box to be viewed. Other pay-TV providers – Vodafone, NOWO and Meo – similarly no longer encrypt the digital versions of their base channels.
- {{flag|San Marino}}: Analog switch-off completed on Thursday, 2 December 2010.
- {{flag|Serbia}}: Launched its first DTT transmissions in 2005. The first DTT-only channel was made available in 2008. As of 2013, the DVB-T2 network covers Belgrade and much of Vojvodina, several cities in Šumadija and Western Serbia and the southern city of Niš.{{cite web|url=http://www.etv.rs/vesti/74-pilot-mreza|title=Pilot mreža|publisher=JP Emisiona tehnika i veze|access-date=24 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184313/http://etv.rs/vesti/74-pilot-mreza|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}} Digital TV switchover for 98% of citizens started on 1 September 2014. Transition progressed in six stages. First switch-off took place in Vršac on 15 April 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/sr/Digitalizacija/story/2002/Srbija/1888083/Vršac+na+dan+od+digitalizacije.html|publisher=RTS|access-date=14 April 2015|title=RTS :: Vršac na dan od digitalizacije|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415114737/http://www.rts.rs/page/rts/sr/Digitalizacija/story/2002/Srbija/1888083/Vr%C5%A1ac+na+dan+od+digitalizacije.html|archive-date=15 April 2015|url-status=live}} Last switch-off took place on 7 June 2015.
- {{flag|Slovakia}}: Analog transmission finished broadcasts on Monday, 31 December 2012.
- {{flag|Slovenia}}: The switch-off of main transmitters was completed on Wednesday, 1 December 2010. The last local analog transmitters were switched off on Thursday, 30 June 2011.
- {{flag|Spain}}: The switch-off of the analog terrestrial transmissions was completed on Saturday, 3 April 2010. The switch-off was successful, as about 70% of Spanish television transmissions are terrestrial, so it was easy for people to just switch to the digital signal. Spain started its DTT service on Wednesday 30 November 2005.{{in lang|es}} Disposición adicional primera del Real Decreto 944/2005, de 29 de julio, published in [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2005/07/30/pdfs/A27006-27014.pdf BOE del 30 de julio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227084052/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2005/07/30/pdfs/A27006-27014.pdf |date=27 February 2008 }}
- {{flag|Sweden}}: The switch-off of the analog terrestrial network progressed region–by–region. It started on the island of Gotland on Monday, 19 September 2005, and was completed on Monday 15 October 2007, when the last analog SVT1 transmitters in Blekinge and western Scania were shut down.{{cite web|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sverige/sista-analoga-tv-natet-slackt/|title=Sista analoga TV-nätet släckt|work=Sydsvenskan|language=sv|date=15 October 2007|access-date=18 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918043753/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sverige/sista-analoga-tv-natet-slackt/|archive-date=18 September 2015|url-status=live}} Cable broadcasters continued to broadcast in analog until 2020. Analog broadcasts from the Sirius and Thor satellites were ended by April 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mimersbrunn.se/article?id=2041|title=Digital-TV|website=mimersbrunn.se}}
- {{flag|Switzerland}} (including {{flag|Liechtenstein}}): Switch-off began on Monday 24 July 2006 in Ticino and continued with Engadin on Monday, 13 November 2006. The switch-off was completed on Monday, 26 November 2007. A very high percentage of Swiss viewers receive their signals via cable distributors. By 2012, 40% of cable viewers had switched to digital. Analog cable was switched off on 1 January 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/analog-tv-noch-bis-2017-preisueberwacher-haelt-analoges-tv-am-leben-id2147549.html|title=Analog-TV noch bis 2017: Preisüberwacher hält analoges TV am Leben|date=21 December 2012|website=Blick|access-date=16 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813021757/https://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/analog-tv-noch-bis-2017-preisueberwacher-haelt-analoges-tv-am-leben-id2147549.html|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=live}} The country switched off its terrestrial network entirely in 2019 due to low penetration.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018/09/06/srg-to-shut-down-swiss-digital-terrestrial-network/|title=SRG to shut down Swiss digital-terrestrial network|date=6 September 2018|website=Digital TV Europe|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923143041/https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018/09/06/srg-to-shut-down-swiss-digital-terrestrial-network/|archive-date=23 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|United Kingdom}}: Digital terrestrial broadcasting began in the UK on Sunday, 15 November 1998 with the launch of ONdigital, later renamed ITV Digital, which was replaced by Freeview after its collapse. The transition from analogue and digital to digital-only terrestrial signals started on Wednesday, 17 October 2007 with the Whitehaven transmitter in Cumbria,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6453087.stm|title=First digital TV switch date set|work=BBC News|access-date=24 April 2007|date=15 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317195832/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6453087.stm|archive-date=17 March 2007|url-status=live}} and followed a transmitter switchover timetable, implemented by region. The first constituent country to switch off all its analogue signals was Wales on 31 March 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/when.html |title=When |website=digitaluk.co.uk |date=6 April 2011 |access-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908000319/http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/when.html |archive-date=8 September 2008 }} and the last region to switch off its analogue signals was Northern Ireland on 24 October 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/northernireland |title=Northern Ireland |website=digitaluk.co.uk |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730165156/http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/northernireland |archive-date=30 July 2012 |url-status=live }} Analogue cable broadcasts eventually ended and fully ceased on 28 November 2013, when Milton Keynes finally saw their service terminate, after a settling of a cable ownership dispute between BT Group and Virgin Media. Analogue satellite from the Astra 19.2E satellite was discontinued on Thursday, 27 September 2001. Sales of analog TV sets stopped on 6 July 2010.{{Cite web|date=6 July 2010|title=Retailers stop sales of analogue TV sets as digital switchover approaches|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/06/analogue-television-digital-switchover|website=The Guardian}}
- {{flag|Gibraltar}}: Analogue transmissions ceased in December 2012 (replaced by DVB-T Gibraltar Freeview){{Cite web|url=https://www.a516digital.com/2012/12/gibraltar-officially-launches-dab-and.html|title=Gibraltar officially launches DAB+ and Digital TV networks|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151150/https://www.a516digital.com/2012/12/gibraltar-officially-launches-dab-and.html|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Isle of Man}}: All analogue services switched off on Thursday, 16 July 2009{{cite press release|url=http://www.arqiva.com/news/|title=Douglas transmitter group (Border region) – Arqiva confirms completion of Digital Switch Over|publisher=arqiva|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124155033/http://www.arqiva.com/news/|archive-date=24 January 2016|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Guernsey}} and {{flag|Jersey}}: Analogue signals switched off on Wednesday, 17 November 2010.{{cite news |title=Channel Islands' television goes digital |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-11766826 |work=BBC News |date=17 November 2010}}
{{further|Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom|Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom}}
- {{flag|Uzbekistan}}: The launch of digital broadcasting began on 15 January 2018. The first regions to turn off their analogue broadcasts were Andijan, Fergana, Namangam and Tashkent Region. On 15 July 2018, the switch-off was completed on the city of Tashkent, and on 5 December 2018, the shutdown of analog television in Uzbekistan was completed.
- {{flag|Vatican City}}: Digital transition completed in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itu.int:443/en/ITU-D/Spectrum-Broadcasting/DSO/Pages/Countries.aspx|title=Status of the transition to Digital Terrestrial Television : Countries|website=ITU}}
==Middle East==
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- {{flag|Bahrain}}: The analog terrestrial transmissions were terminated on 13 February 2012 and was replaced by a multiplex for Nilesat.{{vague|reason=Nilesat is the name of satellite whose transmission is receivable through a satellite dish!|date=March 2023}} The government shut off analog cable by 31 March 2023. Bahrain was transitioning from using MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 for its terrestrial broadcasts, a process which began on 26 August 2012. Bahrain adopted DVB-T2 in March 2013. Analog satellite transmission were switched off on 1 March 2004.
- {{flag|Israel}}: Started digital transmissions in MPEG-4 on 2 August 2009 and analog transmissions ended on 31 March 2011. A second MUX in DVB-T2 was launched in August 2015.
- {{flag|Qatar}}: The analog terrestrial transmissions were terminated on 13 February 2012 and was replaced by a multiplex for Nilesat.{{vague|reason=Nilesat is the name of satellite whose transmission is receivable through a satellite dish!|date=March 2023}} The government shut off analog cable by 31 March 2023. Qatar was transitioning from using MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 for its terrestrial broadcasts, a process which began on 26 August 2012. Qatar adopted DVB-T2 in February 2013. Analog satellite transmission were switched off on 1 March 2004. Digital television launched terrestrially throughout the Arab world on 1 January 2001 (known as Nilesat).{{dubious|reason=Nilesat is the name of satellite whose transmission is receivable through a satellite dish!|date=March 2023}}
- {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}: The analog terrestrial transmissions were terminated on 13 February 2012 and was replaced by a multiplex for Nilesat.{{vague|reason=Nilesat is the name of satellite whose transmission is receivable through a satellite dish!|date=March 2023}} The government shut off analog cable by 31 March 2023. Saudi Arabia was transitioning from using MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 for its terrestrial broadcasts, a process which began on 26 August 2012. Saudi Arabia adopted DVB-T2 in March 2013. Analog satellite transmission were switched off on 1 March 2004.
- {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}: The analog terrestrial transmissions were terminated on 13 February 2012 and was replaced by a multiplex for Nilesat.{{vague|reason=Nilesat is the name of satellite whose transmission is receivable through a satellite dish!|date=March 2023}} The government shut off analog cable by 31 March 2023. United Arab Emirates were transitioning from using MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 for its terrestrial broadcasts, a process which began on 26 August 2012. United Arab Emirates adopted DVB-T2 in February 2013. Analog satellite transmission were switched off on 1 March 2004. Digital television launched terrestrially throughout Arab world on 1 January 2001 (known as Nilesat).{{dubious|reason=Nilesat is the name of satellite whose transmission is receivable through a satellite dish!|date=March 2023}}
=ITU region 2 (Americas)=
- {{flag|Bermuda}}: The Bermuda Broadcasting Company terminated terrestrial NTSC-M broadcasts in March 2016. ZFB-TV (analog channel 7) and ZBM-TV (analog channel 9), the two television stations in Bermuda, switched to digital channels 20.1 and 20.2, respectively.{{cite web|url=http://bernews.com/2016/03/dd-bermuda-broadcasting-moving-digital-tv-output/|title=BBC's All-Digital TV Output Plans "On Course"|work=bernews.com|date=9 March 2016|access-date=10 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210231930/http://bernews.com/2016/03/dd-bermuda-broadcasting-moving-digital-tv-output/|archive-date=10 December 2017|url-status=live}} Like its parent nation (the United Kingdom) and unlike the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas (which have been transitioning to ATSC), Bermuda switched over to DVB-T.
- {{flag|Canada}}: Canada's DTV transition was completed in 28 mandatory markets on Wednesday, 31 August 2011. Some CBC analog transmitters in mandatory markets were permitted to operate for another year, and transmitters outside mandatory markets were given the option of converting to digital, or remaining in analog. The CBC decided to shut down all (more than 600) of its remaining analog transmitters on Tuesday, 31 July 2012, without replacing them.{{cite web |url=http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/site/budget/en/ |title=2015 Same Strategy, Different Path |publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada |date=4 April 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605084355/http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/site/budget/en/ |archive-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead }} Also on 31 August 2011, all full-power TV transmitters had to vacate channels 52 to 69. There was a very small number of community-based transmitters broadcasting in analogue, which were shut down no later than 2022;[https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/vwapj/DTV-transition-schedule2017.pdf/$FILE/DTV-transition-schedule2017.pdf Digital Television (DTV) Transition Schedule] – Updated April 2017 – Industry Canada see Digital television in Canada.
- {{flag|Chile}}: The transition to digital started in 2012.{{Cite web |date=27 June 2019 |title=CNTV y SUBTEL culminan primera etapa de entrega de concesiones de Televisión Digital Terrestre |url=https://www.subtel.gob.cl/cntv-y-subtel-culminan-primera-etapa-de-entrega-de-concesiones-de-television-digital-terrestre/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928160231/https://www.subtel.gob.cl/cntv-y-subtel-culminan-primera-etapa-de-entrega-de-concesiones-de-television-digital-terrestre/ |archive-date=28 September 2019 |access-date=28 September 2019}} ASO was initially delayed to 15 April 2024, but was later pushed back to various dates depending on the region.{{Cite web |date=9 March 2024 |title=Proceso de apagón analógico: conoce las fechas y zonas donde se aplicará la medida |trans-title=Analog shutdown process: know the dates and zones where the measure will apply |url=https://www.tvn.cl/noticias/actualidad/tvn-se-sumara-al-proceso-de-apagon-analogico-conoce-las-fechas-y-zonas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328101156/https://www.tvn.cl/noticias/actualidad/tvn-se-sumara-al-proceso-de-apagon-analogico-conoce-las-fechas-y-zonas |archive-date=28 March 2024 |access-date=15 April 2024 |website=Televisión Nacional de Chile |language=es}} The transition started on 13 March 2024 in the Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá, Aysén and Magallanes regions, finishing on 19 March 2024. The Atacama, Los Rios, Coquimbo and Los Lagos regions started the transition on 20 March 2024, and finished during midnight on 26 March 2024. It continued on 27 March 2024 in the Ñuble, O'Higgins, Maule and Antofagasta, concluding on 2 April 2024. The last phase of the analog shutdown started on 3 April 2024 in the Araucanía, Biobío, Valparaíso and Metropolitan regions, and concluding on 9 April 2024, ending analogue broadcasts in the entire country. Before that, some independent regional stations shut down their analog broadcasts prior to the official deadline.{{Cite web |date=19 October 2023 |title=Histórico: la Isla Grande de Chiloé es la primera en apagar la televisión análoga |trans-title=Historical: the Greater Island of Chiloé is the first to shutdown analog television |url=https://tvdaldia.cl/tvd/historico-la-isla-grande-de-chiloe-es-la-primera-en-apagar-la-television-analoga/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210050014/https://tvdaldia.cl/tvd/historico-la-isla-grande-de-chiloe-es-la-primera-en-apagar-la-television-analoga/ |archive-date=10 December 2023 |access-date=15 April 2024 |website=TVD Al Día |language=es}}
- {{flag|Easter Island}}: Tenders started in July 2019. Analog shutdown started on 3 April 2024, and ended on 9 April 2024, due to it being in the Valparaíso region.{{Cite web |last=Bertran |first=Agustin |date=28 June 2019 |title=CNTV finaliza primera etapa de entrega de concesiones para TDT en Chile |url=http://nextvlatam.com/cntv-finaliza-primera-etapa-de-entrega-de-concesiones-para-tdt-en-chile/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928160157/http://nextvlatam.com/cntv-finaliza-primera-etapa-de-entrega-de-concesiones-para-tdt-en-chile/ |archive-date=28 September 2019 |access-date=28 September 2019 |website=NexTV News Latin America}}
- {{flag|Costa Rica}}: The transition is complete. The country was scheduled to shut down analog signals permanently in December 2018 but this was changed to 15 August 2019.
- {{flag|Falkland Islands}}: Digital TV now exclusively broadcast through KTV and British Forces Broadcasting Service since the early 2010s.{{Cite web |url=https://www.getbfbs.com/ses-6-americas-falkland-islands-civilian-dtt-freeview-tv-viewers |title=SES 6 - Americas - Falkland Islands - Civilian DTT 'Freeview' TV Viewers |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925234531/https://www.getbfbs.com/ses-6-americas-falkland-islands-civilian-dtt-freeview-tv-viewers |archive-date=25 September 2019 }}
- {{flag|Greenland}}: Launched digital services in Nuuk in August 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.dk/art/74716/groenland-digitaliserer-tv-sendenet|title=Grønland digitaliserer tv-sendenet|date=23 May 2002|website=Computerworld|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925121017/https://www.computerworld.dk/art/74716/groenland-digitaliserer-tv-sendenet|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}} The last settlement that upgraded to digital was Siorapaluk in 2012, with analogue switched off in October.{{Cite web|url=https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/digitalt-tv-d%C3%A6kker-snart-hele-landet|title=Digitalt tv dækker snart hele landet|website=KNR|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026194211/http://knr.gl/da/nyheder/digitalt-tv-d%C3%A6kker-snart-hele-landet|archive-date=26 October 2016|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Honduras}}: First phase began on 31 December 2016, second phase was completed on 31 December 2019.{{cite news |last1=Bustillo |first1=Yony |title=Inicia cuenta regresiva para apagón analógico en sistemas de televisión de Honduras |url=https://www.elheraldo.hn/pais/1254372-466/inicia-cuenta-regresiva-para-apag%C3%B3n-anal%C3%B3gico-en-sistemas-de-televisi%C3%B3n-de-honduras |access-date=23 June 2019 |publisher=El Heraldo |date=29 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208113818/https://www.elheraldo.hn/pais/1254372-466/inicia-cuenta-regresiva-para-apag%C3%B3n-anal%C3%B3gico-en-sistemas-de-televisi%C3%B3n-de-honduras |archive-date=8 February 2019 |url-status=live }} The whole country is now entirely covered by DTV.
- {{flag|Mexico}}: Digital broadcasts started in 2000, with the first being Tijuana's XETV – an English-language television station that primarily served San Diego, California between the 1960s and the early 2010s. Analog shutdown was originally scheduled to occur in 2012, but on Thursday, 2 September 2010, Mexican government advanced the analog shutdown from 2012 to 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.generaccion.com/noticia/77360/mexico-avanza-hacia-apagon-analogico |title=México avanza hacia el Apagón analógico |language=es |publisher=Generaccion.com |date=3 September 2010 |access-date=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006005015/http://www.generaccion.com/noticia/77360/mexico-avanza-hacia-apagon-analogico |archive-date=6 October 2011 |url-status=live }} From 2013, areas began to be switched over regionally depending on the presence of digital terrestrial stations and a campaign headed by the SCT to distribute free television converters to households on the government welfare rolls. The first digital switchover was to begin on Tuesday, 28 May 2013 in Tijuana, but was postponed to 18 July due to the 2013 Baja California state elections.{{cite web |url=http://noticias.univision.com/mexico/noticias/article/2013-06-01/mexico-apagon-analogico-pospuesto-tijuana-elecciones |title=México posterga 'apagón analógico' |language=es |publisher=Univision |date=1 June 2013 |access-date=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928011448/http://noticias.univision.com/mexico/noticias/article/2013-06-01/mexico-apagon-analogico-pospuesto-tijuana-elecciones |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=live }} The switchover was completed nationwide on 31 December 2015, when all remaining analog television stations left the air.{{cite web |url=http://eleconomista.com.mx/industrias/2013/06/03/recursos-apagon-analogico-sera-posible-2015-cofetel |title=Posible, concluir apagón analógico en 2015: Cofetel |language=es |work=El Economista |date=3 June 2013 |access-date=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615160341/http://eleconomista.com.mx/industrias/2013/06/03/recursos-apagon-analogico-sera-posible-2015-cofetel |archive-date=15 June 2013 |url-status=live }} Mexico then instituted a nationwide remapping of network stations in late 2015 requiring most of them to map to the channel number in either Mexico City, or for regional networks, the main metro area served by the network's flagship station.
- {{flag|Suriname}}: Adopted the ATSC standard for DTT and completed the analog switch off in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.surgoed.com/nieuwsbericht/invoering-digitale-televisie-zorgt-voor-meer-tv-plezier/|title=Invoering digitale televisie zorgt voor meer tv-plezier • Surgoed Makelaardij NV|website=Surgoed Makelaardij NV|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925015232/https://www.surgoed.com/nieuwsbericht/invoering-digitale-televisie-zorgt-voor-meer-tv-plezier/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
{{external media|float=right|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXvA2IYAyt8 The DTV "nightlight" video] that was produced by the National Association of Broadcasters for broadcast by its participating members.{{cite web|title=DTV Answers Homepage |url=http://dtvanswers.com/|website=DTVAnswers.com|publisher=National Association of Broadcasters}}}}
- {{flag|United States}}: A deadline for transition to digital broadcasting was set as 17 February 2009, but was extended and performed instead on 12 June 2009. Exceptions to the 12 June deadline included low-power stations, and "nightlight" stations which broadcast PSAs on the transition until 12 July 2009. Class A low-power stations were then required to transition to digital by 1 September 2015. The low-power and translator station deadline was suspended on 24 April 2015, due to concerns that the then-upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction could "potentially displace a significant number of LPTV and TV translator stations", and would "[require] analog stations to incur the costs of transitioning to digital before completion of the auction and repacking process".{{cite web | url=https://www.fcc.gov/document/suspension-sept-1-2015-digital-transition-date-lptvtranslator | title=Suspension of Sept. 1, 2015 Digital Transition Date for LPTV/Translator | publisher=Federal Communications Commission | date=24 April 2015 | access-date=2 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521203225/https://www.fcc.gov/document/suspension-sept-1-2015-digital-transition-date-lptvtranslator | archive-date=21 May 2015 | url-status=live }} After the auction's completion in 2017, the FCC announced 13 July 2021 as the new analog low-power shutoff date.[https://www.wileyrein.com/newsroom-articles-Post_Auction_Rules_and_Procedures_for_LPTV_and_TV_Translator_Stations.html Post-Auction Rules and Procedures for LPTV and TV Translator Stations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190417/https://www.wileyrein.com/newsroom-articles-Post_Auction_Rules_and_Procedures_for_LPTV_and_TV_Translator_Stations.html |date=2 February 2018 }} Wiley Rein LLP, 17 May 2017 On 21 June 2021, the FCC granted the State of Alaska an extension due to novel factors that prevented the completion of stations digital facilities, setting a new low-power analog shutoff date of 10 January 2022.
- {{flag|Puerto Rico}}: Complied with the FCC transition to ATSC digital on 12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/06/technology/06digital.html|title=Millions Still Not Ready for Digital TV|first=Stephen|last=Labaton|date=5 June 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926155516/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/06/technology/06digital.html|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/argentina-joins-colombia-in-pushing-back-digital-tv|title=BNamericas – Argentina joins Colombia in pushing back dig...|website=BNamericas.com|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926154440/https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/argentina-joins-colombia-in-pushing-back-digital-tv|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}}: Complied with the FCC transition to ATSC digital on 12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.
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==Asia==
- {{flag|British Indian Ocean Territory}}: Military broadcaster BFBS operates fully on digital.{{Cite web|url=http://getbfbs.com/get-bfbs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415141654/http://getbfbs.com/get-bfbs|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 April 2019|title=Get BFBS | BFBS Welfare|date=15 April 2019}}
- {{flag|Brunei}}: The country selected the standard of DVB-T2 with first launch in 2014. Full transition to digital terrestrial television broadcasting were completed on 31 December 2017.
- {{flag|China}}: Started its transition to digital television in 2003, with cable and satellite television using DVB and terrestrial television using DTMB. Analog satellite television ended on 31 March 2006, after the last satellite television channels on Apstar-1A including Zhejiang Television,{{cite web |title=接收浙江卫视卫星数字信号常见问题解答 |url=http://www.zjstv.com/zcloud/730308.html |publisher=Zhejiang Television |access-date=8 June 2020}} switched to digital, in which time the legal holders of satellite television receivers were limited to regional cable television providers, thus China never actually has the analog satellite television service provided to the masses. Analog cable television services were largely discontinued in the late 2000s and early 2010s. On 14 May 2016, all channels of China Central Television as the country's state broadcaster officially converted to digital broadcasting in a 4-step conversion. First analog broadcasting television station officially turn off on 30 August 2020 at 23:59:59 CST (UTC+8) for all Hunan Province on Hunan Television only and all analog broadcastings officially full-time completely turn off on New Year's Eve (31 December) 2020 at 03:59:59 CST (UTC+8) for all nationwide (including Shanghai and Suzhou) so all analog broadcastings officially full-time completely turn off on 31 March 2021 at 23:59:59 CST (UTC+8) for all Shaanxi Province. On New Year's Eve (31 December) 2020 at 04:00:00 CST (UTC+8), the digital terrestrial television of the People's Republic of China fully turned, shifted and switched to all full high definition for all nationwide (including Shanghai and Suzhou). On 1 April 2021, the digital terrestrial television of the People's Republic of China fully turned, shifted and switched to all full high definition for all Shaanxi Province.{{cite web |last1=cnBeta |title=广电总局发文关停地面模拟信号 "模拟电视"时代即将结束 |date=15 July 2020 |url=https://tech.sina.com.cn/roll/2020-07-15/doc-iivhvpwx5572519.shtml |publisher=Sina Corp |access-date=30 August 2020 |language=zh-cn}}
- {{flag|Christmas Island}}: Transitioned to digital television as part of Australia's transition to digital television. In line with Regional and Remote Western Australia, analogue TV simulcasts would have ended by 25 June 2013.
- {{flag|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}}: Transitioned to digital television as part of Australia's transition to digital television. In line with Regional and Remote Western Australia, analogue TV simulcasts would have ended by 25 June 2013.
- {{flag|Hong Kong}}: The original digital switchover plan from PAL to DTMB was supposed to take place in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaltv.gov.hk/consumer/chronology.htm|title=Digital TV|access-date=4 June 2007|publisher=Government of Hong Kong|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620144928/http://www.digitaltv.gov.hk/consumer/chronology.htm|archive-date=20 June 2007|url-status=dead}} After being postponed multiple times, analogue broadcasting officially ended from 30 November 2020 at 23:59 HKT, when all analogue transmissions turned off.{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202011/30/P2020112900253.htm|title= Hong Kong to enter era of full digital TV broadcast tomorrow|publisher=Government of Hong Kong|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201053833/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202011/30/P2020112900253.htm|archive-date=1 December 2020|url-status=live}} A total of 160,000 lower-income households also received subsidies from the government to buy digital television sets or a set-top box to get a digital signal following the transition.{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2185740/low-earners-get-subsidies-digital-tv-sets-when-hong-kongs|title=Low-income households to get subsidies for digital TV sets when Hong Kong's analogue era draws to a close next year|author1=Ng Kang-chung|author2=Sum Lok-kei|author3=Su Xinqi|work=South China Morning Post|date=11 February 2019|access-date=22 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522145629/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2185740/low-earners-get-subsidies-digital-tv-sets-when-hong-kongs|archive-date=22 May 2020|url-status=live}}
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- {{flag|Indonesia}}: Digital terrestrial television was launched on 21 December 2010 (by DVB-T) and 20 November 2013 (by DVB-T2). Following legalization of Act No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation on 2 December 2020, the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kemenkominfo) through its minister Johnny G. Plate announced that 2 November 2022 would be the last analogue switchover date for the migration to digital television under DVB-T2 system.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20201203073928-213-577369/kominfo-siaran-tv-analog-wajib-berhenti-2-november-2022|title=Kominfo: Siaran TV Analog Wajib Berhenti 2 November 2022|trans-title=Kominfo: Analogue TV Broadcasts Must Stop By 2 November 2022|language=id|publisher=CNN Indonesia|date=3 December 2020|access-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203015011/https://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20201203073928-213-577369/kominfo-siaran-tv-analog-wajib-berhenti-2-november-2022|archive-date=3 December 2020|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=UU Cipta Kerja: 2022, Televisi Analog akan Mati|url=https://www.voaindonesia.com/a/uu-cipta-kerja-2022-televisi-analog-akan-mati-/5613444.html|access-date=4 December 2020|website=VOA Indonesia|date=8 October 2020 |language=id}} On 12 May 2021, the government of Indonesia announced that the analogue switch off would be implemented gradually in much simplified three stages to accelerate the migration. The first analog shutdown occurred in few areas on 30 April 2022, followed by another areas on 24 September 2022.{{cite web |last=Pratama |first=Kevin Rizky |year=2021 |title=Alasan Siaran TV Analog Tak Jadi Dimatikan 17 Agustus 2021 |url=https://tekno.kompas.com/read/2021/08/06/21020027/alasan-siaran-tv-analog-tak-jadi-dimatikan-17-agustus-2021 |website=Kompas com |access-date=9 August 2021}} Analog broadcasting station in Jakarta along with 173 regencies/cities non-terrestrial services was officially turned off on 2 November 2022 at 11:59:59pm (except ANTV, RCTI, MNCTV, GTV and iNews on 3 November 2022).{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20201203073928-213-577369/kominfo-siaran-tv-analog-wajib-berhenti-2-november-2022|title=Kominfo: Siaran TV Analog Wajib Berhenti 2 November 2022|trans-title=Kominfo: Analogue TV Broadcasts Must Stop By 2 November 2022|language=id|publisher=CNN Indonesia|date=3 December 2020|accessdate=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203015011/https://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20201203073928-213-577369/kominfo-siaran-tv-analog-wajib-berhenti-2-november-2022|archive-date=3 December 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20221103062233-213-868819/tv-analog-dimatikan-plate-sindir-channel-yang-ogah-pindah-ke-digital|title=TV Analog Dimatikan, Plate Sindir Channel yang Ogah Pindah ke Digital|date=3 November 2022|work=CNN Indonesia|language=id}} Batam, Bandung, Semarang, Surakarta and Yogyakarta followed on 2 December 2022; Surabaya on 20 December 2022; Banjarmasin on 20 March 2023; Bali and Palembang on 31 March 2023; Makassar on 20 June 2023 and Medan on 30 July 2023.{{cite web|last=Harnoko |first=Rizqi Arie |year=2022 |title=Selain Surabaya dan Bali, Siaran TV Analog Juga Akan Dihentikan di 4 Wilayah Berikut Ini pada 20 Desember 2022 |url=https://www.kabarrakyat.id/technologi/amp/pr-025996651/selain-surabaya-dan-bali-siaran-tv-analog-juga-akan-dihentikan-di-4-wilayah-berikut-ini-pada-20-desember-2022|website=Kabarrakyat.id |access-date=9 December 2022}} On 15 July 2023 at stroke of midnight, Trans Media (Trans TV and Trans7) and Emtek/SCM (SCTV and Indosiar) officially completed the shutdown. On 31 July 2023 at stroke of midnight, Viva Group, RTV and NET TV officially completed the shutdown{{Cite web |last=Harnoko |first=Rizqi Arie |date=29 July 2023 |title=NET TV Tunda Sehari ASO Nasional di Luar Medan, Ikuti Jadwal MNC Group dan RTV |url=https://www.kabarrakyat.id/technologi/029628951/net-tv-tunda-sehari-aso-nasional-di-luar-medan-ikuti-jadwal-mnc-group-dan-rtv |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=Kabar Rakyat |language=id}} of analog broadcast nationwide followed by MNC Group on 1 August 2023 at stroke of midnight.{{Cite web |last=Harnoko |first=Rizqi Arie |date=1 August 2023 |title=ASO Nasional MNC Group Mundur Sehari, Namun MNCTV Sudah Mendahului di Sejumlah Wilayah |url=https://www.kabarrakyat.id/technologi/029659457/aso-nasional-mnc-group-mundur-sehari-namun-mnctv-sudah-mendahului-di-sejumlah-wilayah |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=Kabar Rakyat |language=id}}{{Cite web |last=Harnoko |first=Rizqi Arie |date=2 August 2023 |title=MNC Group Sukses Tutup Rangkaian ASO Nasional Hari Ini, Cek Daftar Wilayah Jangkauan Siaran TV Digital DI SINI |url=https://www.kabarrakyat.id/technologi/029672342/mnc-group-sukses-tutup-rangkaian-aso-nasional-hari-ini-cek-daftar-wilayah-jangkauan-siaran-tv-digital-di-sini |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=Kabar Rakyat |language=id}} On 12 August 2023, the digital terrestrial television of Indonesia fully turned, shifted and switched to all high definition on all thirteen local free-to-air terrestrial television station.{{Cite web |last=Harnoko |first=Rizqi Arie |date=2 August 2023 |title=Seluruh Stasiun TV Nasional Resmi ASO di Seluruh Indonesia Hari Ini, Kominfo: Alhamdulillah, Terima Kasih |url=https://www.kabarrakyat.id/technologi/029675237/seluruh-stasiun-tv-nasional-resmi-aso-di-seluruh-indonesia-hari-ini-kominfo-alhamdulillah-terima-kasih |access-date=4 August 2023 |website=Kabar Rakyat |language=id}}{{Cite web |last=Putri |first=Diva Lufiana |date=6 August 2023 |editor-last=Hardiyanto |editor-first=Sari |title=Siaran TV Analog di Seluruh Indonesia Resmi Dimatikan, Kemenkominfo: Merdeka dari Analog! |url=https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2023/08/06/134938565/siaran-tv-analog-di-seluruh-indonesia-resmi-dimatikan-kemenkominfo-merdeka |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=KOMPAS.com |publisher=Kompas Cyber Media |language=id}} Previously, on 2 November 2022, LPP TVRI had turned off its analog broadcasts or analog switch off (ASO) and replaced them with digital broadcasts throughout the region at exactly 12:01am (UTC+7) / 1:01am (UTC+8) / 2:01am (UTC+9). Thus, TVRI became the first television station (multiplexing operator) to stop its analog broadcasts.{{Cite web |author=RG |date=2 November 2022 |title=KPI Apresiasi TVRI Menghentikan Siaran Analognya di Seluruh Daerah Per 2 November 2022 |trans-title=KPI Appreciates TVRI Stopping Analog Broadcasts in All Regions as of 2 November 2022 |url=https://www.kpi.go.id/id/umum/38-dalam-negeri/36778-kpi-apresiasi-tvri-menghentikan-siaran-analognya-di-seluruh-daerah-per-2-november-2022 |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) |language=id}}
{{Further|Digital terrestrial television in Indonesia}}
- {{flag|Japan}}: The analog shutdown began on 24 July 2010 in Suzu, Ishikawa as a pilot experiment.{{Cite news
|date=24 July 2010
|url=http://mainichi.jp/select/wadai/news/20100724k0000e040037000c.html
|title=Terrestrial digital broadcasting: analog broadcasts end in Suzu, Ishikawa
|work=Mainichi Shimbun
|access-date=24 July 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130501131129/http://mainichi.jp/select/shakai/|archive-date=1 May 2013}} Analog terrestrial television transmissions in the remainder of Ishikawa Prefecture and 43 other prefectures, as well as analog Broadcast Satellite and Wowow services, ended at noon on Sunday, 24 July 2011, along with the analog satellite services; three remaining prefectures (Fukushima, Iwate, and Miyagi) that suffered heavy damage in the 11 March 2011 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake and its related nuclear accidents stopped analog broadcasting at noon on Saturday, 31 March 2012.{{cite web | url =http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/dtv/111207_1.html | script-title =ja:岩手、宮城、福島の3県のアナログ放送は平成24年3月31日に終了しました | date =31 March 2012 | publisher =Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications | location =Tokyo | language =ja | trans-title =Analog broadcast ended in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima on 31 March 2012 (year Heisei 24) | access-date =1 April 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120320184657/http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/dtv/111207_1.html | archive-date =20 March 2012 | url-status =dead }} In both of those cases, the analog transmitters themselves were switched off at midnight on the same day. Analog high-definition television broadcasting ended on Sunday, 30 September 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.dpa.or.jp/english/schedule/index.html|title=Broadcasting Digitization Schedule|publisher=DPA: The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting|access-date=16 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210170339/http://www.dpa.or.jp/english/schedule/index.html|archive-date=10 December 2009|url-status=dead}} An analog cable service (known as Dejiana since 1 July 2011) continued to be broadcast, but starting on 1 April 2012, all cable providers in Japan were required to convert from analog to digital services. Most analog cable services were terminated between 24 July 2011 and April 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/702438.html|title=デジアナ変換が4月末で"混乱なく"完全終了。テレビはどれだけ売れた?|date=18 May 2015|website=AV Watch|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509113447/https://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/702438.html|archive-date=9 May 2019|url-status=live}} All television stations across the country now broadcast only in digital, ending an analog-digital simulcast period that began on Monday, 1 December 2003 in the Kantō region (which expanded to all other prefectures over the next four years) and ended between 24 July 2011 and 31 March 2012 (when all analog transmissions were shut down).
- {{flag|Macau}}: Adopted the DTMB standard as mainland China and Hong Kong in 2008.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YjOkBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |title=Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting: Technology and System |date=2015 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-118-13053-7 |editor-last=Song |editor-first=Jian |editor-last2=Yang |editor-first2=Zhixing |editor-last3=Wang |editor-first3=Jun}} Analog terrestrial television broadcasts were ended on 30 June 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tdm.com.mo/zh-hant/news-detail/850738|title=TDM|website=www.tdm.com.mo}} Analog cable television broadcasts was ended on 28 February 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1173619901375642&id=100061829300904|title=《關閉模擬電視節目信號》... - 澳門廣播電視股份有限公司 TDM-Teledifusão de Macau, S.A.|website=Facebook }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tdm.com.mo/zh-hant/news-detail/1049540?lang=zh-hant&isvideo=false&shortvideo=0|title=TDM|website=www.tdm.com.mo}}
- {{flag|Malaysia}}: Early DTT broadcasts were rolled out in January 2014 starting in selected test areas, while full nationwide coverage to an estimated 98% populated areas was expected by the end of the analogue-digital simulcast period.{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/mobile-telco/telco-deep-dive-two-sides-to-malaysias-digital-tv-story|title=Telco Deep Dive: Two sides of Malaysia's Digital TV story|author=Goh Thean Eu|publisher=Digital News Asia|date=16 June 2014|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719082636/https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/mobile-telco/telco-deep-dive-two-sides-to-malaysias-digital-tv-story|archive-date=19 July 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/digital-economy/syed-mokhtar-company-wins-digital-terrestial-tv-tender|title=Syed Mokhtar company wins digital Terrestrial TV tender|publisher=Digital News Asia|date=8 January 2014|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719073601/https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/digital-economy/syed-mokhtar-company-wins-digital-terrestial-tv-tender|archive-date=19 July 2019|url-status=dead}} The official launch of digital broadcasts was on 6 June 2017 by the Prime Minister with an estimation of 4.2 million digital television decoders were to be given free to citizens, including recipients of the government aid of 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M).{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2017/06/06/pm-launches-myfreeview-digital-broadcast-4.2m-decoders-to-be-given-free/1393695|title=PM launches myFreeview digital broadcast, 4.2m decoders to be given free|work=The Malay Mail|date=6 June 2017|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719074446/https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2017/06/06/pm-launches-myfreeview-digital-broadcast-4.2m-decoders-to-be-given-free/1393695|archive-date=19 July 2019|url-status=dead}} The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Ministry (MCMM) further stated that analogue broadcasting throughout Malaysia would be turned off completely in September 2019 with full digital television broadcasting available by October. Langkawi was the first area to commence the digital switchover on 21 July 2019 at 02:30 am (UTC+8).{{cite web|url=https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/07/21/langkawi-analog-switch-off-digital-tv/|title=Analogue TV switched off in Langkawi, nationwide switchover to happen later|author=Alexander Wong|publisher=SoyaCincau|date=21 July 2019|access-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724082045/https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/07/21/langkawi-analog-switch-off-digital-tv/|archive-date=24 July 2019|url-status=live}} Later, on 6 August 2019, MCMM released the complete list of transition date on the remaining areas.{{cite web|url=https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/08/06/malaysia-to-switch-over-to-digital-tv-transmissions-mcmc-langkawi/|title=Malaysia switching to digital TV transmission, govt to stop analogue transmission when "prepared"|author=Nic Ker|publisher=SoyaCincau|date=6 August 2019|access-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806103807/https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/08/06/malaysia-to-switch-over-to-digital-tv-transmissions-mcmc-langkawi/|archive-date=6 August 2019|url-status=live}} The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced in late September that the full digital transition was to be completed on 31 October 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/09/24/mcmc-malaysia-switching-to-full-digital-tv-broadcast-by-oct-31/1793870|title=MCMC: Malaysia switching to full digital TV broadcast by 31 Oct|work=The Malay Mail|date=24 September 2019|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925053552/https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2019/09/24/mcmc-malaysia-switching-to-full-digital-tv-broadcast-by-oct-31/1793870|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}} The switchover was scheduled with central and southern West Malaysia on 30 September, northern and eastern coasts of West Malaysia on 14 October and entire East Malaysia on 31 October.{{cite web|url=https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/09/25/malaysia-complete-digital-tv-switchover/|title=Malaysia to turn off analogue TV completely on 31 Oct|author=Alexander Wong|publisher=SoyaCincau|date=25 September 2019|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925102713/https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/09/25/malaysia-complete-digital-tv-switchover/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}} The digital transition in West Malaysia was completed on 15 October 2019 at 12:30 am with East Malaysia later on 31 October 2019 also at 12:30 am.{{cite web|url=https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/10/16/west-malaysia-fully-switched-digital-tv/|title=West Malaysia has completely switched over from Analogue to Digital TV|author=Alexander Wong|publisher=SoyaCincau|date=16 October 2019|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016111822/https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/10/16/west-malaysia-fully-switched-digital-tv/|archive-date=16 October 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.mytvbroadcasting.my/pdf/Siaran%20Akhbar_Pelaksanaan%20ASO%20sepenuhnya%20di%20seluruh%20negara%2031%20Oktober.pdf|title=Malaysia Beralih Kepada Siaran TV Digital Secara Sepenuhnya Pada 31 Oktober 2019|trans-title=Malaysia Turns into Digital TV Broadcast on 31 October 2019|language=ms|publisher=Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission|date=2 April 2019|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101010926/https://www.mytvbroadcasting.my/pdf/Siaran%20Akhbar_Pelaksanaan%20ASO%20sepenuhnya%20di%20seluruh%20negara%2031%20Oktober.pdf|archive-date=1 November 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2019/10/31/sabah-and-sarawak-switch-to-digital-tv|title=Sabah and Sarawak switch to digital TV|work=The Star|date=31 October 2019|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031081625/https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2019/10/31/sabah-and-sarawak-switch-to-digital-tv|archive-date=31 October 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/11/01/now-entire-nation-enjoys-digital-tv-broadcast/|title=Now entire nation enjoys digital TV broadcast|agency=Bernama|work=Borneo Post|date=1 November 2019|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101004447/https://www.theborneopost.com/2019/11/01/now-entire-nation-enjoys-digital-tv-broadcast/|archive-date=1 November 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/negara-ucap-selamat-tinggal-kepada-tv-analog-221491|title=Negara ucap selamat tinggal kepada TV analog|trans-title=The country says goodbye to analogue TV|language=ms|agency=Bernama|publisher=Astro Awani|date=1 November 2019|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101060553/http://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/negara-ucap-selamat-tinggal-kepada-tv-analog-221491|archive-date=1 November 2019|url-status=live}}
{{Further|Digital television in Malaysia}}
- {{flag|Singapore}}: The country adopted the DVB-T2 standard in 2012. Digital switchover was completed shortly after midnight on 2 January 2019, when state-owned broadcaster Mediacorp—who holds a monopoly on terrestrial television in the country—shut down the analog signals of its channels.{{cite web |date=21 December 2018 |title=5 things to know about digital TV before analogue TV transmissions cease from 2 Jan |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/five-things-to-know-about-digital-tv-before-analogue-tv-transmissions-cease-from-jan-2 |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=Straits Times}}{{cite web |date=1 January 2019 |title=Transition to Digital TV as Analogue TV signals turn off on 1 Jan midnight |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/transition-to-digital-tv-as-analogue-tv-signals-turn-off-on-jan-11077330 |access-date=2 January 2019 |website=Channel NewsAsia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023045749/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/transition-digital-tv-analogue-tv-signals-turn-jan-1-midnight-903781|archive-date=23 October 2021}}
- {{flag|South Korea}}: Digital switchover progressed region–by–region, with the first analog transmitters in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province ending transmissions on Wednesday, 1 September 2010.{{cite web |url=http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000700020 |script-title=ko:경상북도 울진군, 오늘부터 '디지털 송출' 시작 |language=ko |publisher=sbs.co.kr |date=20 January 2010 |access-date=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904164520/http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1000700020 |archive-date=4 September 2014 |url-status=live }} All analog broadcastings officially full-time completely turn off on(31 December) 2012 at 03:59:59 KST (UTC+9) for all nationwide (including Seoul Capital Area such as Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon) so all analog broadcastings officially full-time completely turn off on same time. On New Year's Eve (31 December) 2012 at 04:00:00 KST (UTC+9), the digital terrestrial television of the South Korea fully turned, shifted and switched to all full ultra high definition for all nationwide (including Seoul Capital Area such as Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon).{{cite web |url=http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/27/south-korea-to-continue-analog-tv-near-border/ |title=South Korea to continue analog TV near border |publisher=North Korea Tech |date=27 December 2012 |access-date=11 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527082005/http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/12/27/south-korea-to-continue-analog-tv-near-border/ |archive-date=27 May 2013 |url-status=live }}
- {{flag|Taiwan}}: Digital television launched terrestrially throughout Taiwan on 2 July 2004 with the implementation of the DVB-T2 standard. Analogue terrestrial television ended transmission on 30 June 2012 while the shut down of analogue cable television was underway.{{cite web|url=https://english.ey.gov.tw/Page/61BF20C3E89B856/499c7420-bc2f-4b02-875d-eb0410a05d2f|title=Premier calls for full digitization of cable TV|publisher=Executive Yuan|date=30 June 2012|access-date=22 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/07/01/2003536697|title=Final analog broadcast marks full switch to digital|author=Lee I-chia|work=Taipei Times|date=1 July 2012|access-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830033335/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2012/07/01/2003536697|archive-date=30 August 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|title=New Television and Old Campaign: The Experience and Lessons in Digital Television Transition in Taiwan|last1=Su|first1=Herng|last2=Chang|first2=Shi-Chung|journal= International Journal of Journalism & Mass Communication|year=2015|volume=2|doi=10.15344/2349-2635/2015/111}}
- {{flag|Thailand}}: The Thai National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and broadcasters conducted a field trial for digital terrestrial transmission of DVB-T2 in Bangkok area in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://broadcast.nbtc.go.th/data/academic/file/591200000001.pdf|title=Digital Terrestrial Television in Thailand: Technical Aspects|author=Supatrasit Suansook|publisher=National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand|year=2015|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725061331/https://broadcast.nbtc.go.th/data/academic/file/591200000001.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}} The following year, digital terrestrial television began to be launched.{{cite web|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/learning-news/401459/digital-tv-what-do-i-need-to-know|title=Digital TV: What do I need to know?|author=John Fernquest|work=Bangkok Post|date=24 March 2014|access-date=25 July 2019}} Analogue signals switch off started in 2017 for some channels before the rest which was fully completed in 2020. By 2018, rural areas in Thailand saw the transition from analogue to digital.{{cite web|url=https://news.itu.int/thailand-digital-television/|title=In rural areas of Thailand, local TV is going digital|author=Theadora Mills|publisher=ITU News|date=28 June 2018|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725062519/https://news.itu.int/thailand-digital-television/|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}} By September 2018, Channel 3 (owned by BEC and MCOT) was the last broadcaster to offer analogue services; it completely changed to digital in late 2019 on VHF while the one on UHF ended to broadcast on analogue TV on 25 March 2020 at 11:57 pm (UTC+7).{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KoqFS6wheg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/1KoqFS6wheg |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Historical of Switch-off Analogue TV By Channel 3 on UHF-32(Thai Language)|author=DBC37ThailandNews|via=YouTube|date=25 March 2020|access-date=28 March 2020}}{{cbignore}}
{{Further|Digital terrestrial television in Thailand}}
- {{flag|Vietnam}}: The country launched DVB-T tests in 2002 and it was rolled out nationwide in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Documents/Events/2017/June-AMS2017/S2a_Thu_Hang_Mai.pdf|title=TV Digital broadcasting in Viet Nam|publisher=Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam|via=International Telecommunication Union|year=2014|access-date=7 December 2019|page=17/17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923151509/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Documents/Events/2017/June-AMS2017/S2a_Thu_Hang_Mai.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2019|url-status=live}} On 27 December 2011, Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng issued Decree No. 2451/QD-TTg approving the country television project of "Digitisation of terrestrial television transmission and broadcasting in 2020" (also called as the Project of Digitisation of Television) which prescribes that before 31 December 2020, analogue television broadcasting in 63 Vietnam provinces and cities would be switched to digital terrestrial television under the DVB-T2 system.{{cite web|url=http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn/tin-tuc/Oto-xemay/951862/danh-bang-tan-kim-cuong-cho-dich-vu-di-dong|title=Dành băng tần "kim cương" cho dịch vụ di động|trans-title=Reserving the "diamond" band for mobile services|author=Việt Nga|language=vi|publisher=Hànộimới|date=2 December 2019|access-date=7 December 2019|quote=Thủ tướng Chính phủ đã ban hành Quyết định số 2451/QĐ-TTg phê duyệt Đề án "Số hóa truyền dẫn, phát sóng truyền hình mặt đất đến năm 2020" (gọi tắt là Đề án Số hóa truyền hình), trong đó quy định trước ngày 31-12-2020 kết thúc phát sóng truyền hình analog tại 63 tỉnh, thành phố chuyển sang truyền hình số mặt đất.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207063411/http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn/tin-tuc/Oto-xemay/951862/danh-bang-tan-kim-cuong-cho-dich-vu-di-dong|archive-date=7 December 2019|url-status=live}} Analogue signals first switched-off on 1 November 2015 and complete migration into digital television began taking place from 30 November 2020 before the final analogue shutdown being announced the following month by the country Prime Minister on 31 December.{{cite web|url=https://www.thegioididong.com/hoi-dap/truyen-hinh-ky-thuat-so-mat-dat-la-gi-tivi-tich-hop-dvb-t2-1219596|title=Truyền hình kỹ thuật số mặt đất là gì? Tivi tích hợp DVB-T2 có lợi gì?|trans-title=What is terrestrial digital TV? What is the benefit of integrated DVB-T2 TV?|last=Phong Quốc|first=Sỉ|language=vi|work=thegioididong.com|date=22 November 2019|access-date=17 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816080622/https://www.thegioididong.com/hoi-dap/truyen-hinh-ky-thuat-so-mat-dat-la-gi-tivi-tich-hop-dvb-t2-1219596|archive-date=16 August 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://en.nhandan.com.vn/scitech/sci-tech/item/5417602-vietnam-continues-switching-off-analogue-tv-signals-in-15-provinces.html|title=Vietnam continues switching off analogue TV signals in 15 provinces|publisher=Nhân Dân|date=15 August 2017|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209103436/http://en.nhandan.com.vn/scitech/sci-tech/item/5417602-vietnam-continues-switching-off-analogue-tv-signals-in-15-provinces.html|archive-date=9 December 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://vietnamnet.vn/vn/cong-nghe/vien-thong/tu-dem-nay-21-tinh-se-ngung-phat-song-truyen-hinh-analog-652902.html|title=Từ đêm nay 30/6, 21 tỉnh sẽ ngừng phát sóng truyền hình analog|trans-title=From tonight 30/6, 21 provinces will stop broadcasting analogue television|author=Trọng Đạt|language=vi|publisher=Vietnam Net|date=30 June 2020|access-date=22 August 2020|quote=The provinces mentioned in the analogue switch-off include: Quảng Ninh, Thái Nguyên, Ninh Bình, Bắc Giang, Phú Thọ, Đồng Nai, Bình Thuận, Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu, Khánh Hòa, Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên Huế, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Phú Yên, Lâm Đồng and Ninh Thuận.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822045220/https://vietnamnet.vn/vn/cong-nghe/vien-thong/tu-dem-nay-21-tinh-se-ngung-phat-song-truyen-hinh-analog-652902.html|archive-date=22 August 2020|url-status=live}} Since January 2020, a total of 1.3 million digital television receivers for both poor and near-poor households were provided directly by Vietnam's public utility telecommunications service provision of the Ministry of Information and Communications in 48 provinces and cities under the television digitization program of the central government. By 30 June, a total of 21 provinces had indefinitely stop broadcasting analogue and migrated into digital broadcasting. The transition on the remaining 15 provinces was finally completed at 12:00 am (UTC+7) on 28 December 2020, four days earlier before the final date prescribed by the Prime Minister within the last year of 2020.
==Oceania==
- {{flag|American Samoa}}: Complied with the FCC transition to ATSC digital on 12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.
- {{flag|Australia}}: Digital television commenced in Australia's five most populous cities on Monday, 1 January 2001. The Mildura region was the first to terminate its analog network, on Wednesday 30 June 2010. Digital switchover was originally expected to be complete by Tuesday 31 December 2013, however, the last regions to switch over (Melbourne and Remote Eastern/Central Australia) did so slightly earlier, on Tuesday 10 December 2013 at 9:00 am.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalready.gov.au/Content/Documents/General/PDF/Digital-TV-Timetable-by-Region.aspx |title=Digital TV Switchover Australia: Digital TV timetable by region |publisher=Australian Government Digital Switchover Taskforce |date=26 October 2012 |access-date=29 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018131222/http://www.digitalready.gov.au/Content/Documents/General/PDF/Digital-TV-Timetable-by-Region.aspx |archive-date=18 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} Until the switch-off in the respective areas, free-to-air stations were simulcast, along with digital-only channels like ABC TV Plus. Cable television networks began simulcasting in 2004 and analog cable services were switched off in April 2007. The switchover was co-ordinated by the Digital Switchover Taskforce operating under the federal Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
- {{flag|Guam}}: Complied with the FCC transition to digital on 12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kuam.com/story/11077816/dtv-get-the-picture|title=DTV: Get the Picture|website=kuam.com|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926155434/https://www.kuam.com/story/11077816/dtv-get-the-picture|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Micronesia}}: FSMTC (FSM Telecommunications Company) provides a subscription based digital over the air (DVB-T) service to Kosrae, Chuuk and Yap. This provides various international television channels and a local information channel. No local television broadcasters operate in FSM.
- {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}: Complied with the FCC transition to ATSC digital on 12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.
- {{flag|New Zealand}}: Digital terrestrial television broadcasts began officially in April 2008. analog PAL switch-off started on 30 September 2012 with the North Island's Hawke's Bay region and the South Island's West Coast region and finished with the Upper North Island which was switched off 1 December 2013.{{Cite web |title=When is my area going digital? |url=http://www.goingdigital.co.nz/making-the-switch/coverage-areas-2/coverage-areas.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017073751/http://www.goingdigital.co.nz/making-the-switch/coverage-areas-2/coverage-areas.html |archive-date=17 October 2011 |access-date=17 July 2011 |website=goingdigital.co.nz |publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}
{{Further|Freeview (New Zealand)|Digital changeover dates in New Zealand}}
- {{flag|Norfolk Island}}: Digital terrestrial television began on or before 30 September 2009 with a two frequency service rebroadcasting a number of Australian national and commercial TV channels and two ABC radio stations. Unlike the rest of Australia, the channels were 8 MHz wide on the UHF band using European channel numbers.{{Cite web |title=Digital television opens up new options for Norfolk Islanders|url=http://norfolkisland.gov.nf/sites/default/files/public/documents/NIAMediaReleases/2009/20090930%20-%20Digital%20television%20opens%20up%20new%20options%20for%20Norfolk%20Islanders.pdf |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=norfolkisland.gov.nf |publisher=The Government of Norfolk Island}} The transition was completed on 10 December 2013.{{Cite web |title=Migration from Analogue to Digital Television|url=http://norfolkisland.gov.nf/sites/default/files/public/documents/NIAMediaReleases/2013/2013_10_31_Migration%20from%20Analogue%20to%20Digital%20Television.pdf |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=norfolkisland.gov.nf |publisher=The Government of Norfolk Island}} Today, digital television is broadcast on 7 MHZ channels over VHF and UHF similar to the rest of Australia.{{Cite web |title=Register of Radiocommunications Licences|url=https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl/assignment_range.search |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=web.acma.gov.au |publisher=Australian Communications and Media Authority}}
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==Africa==
- {{flag|Angola}}: Trials using the ISDB-T standard were tested in 2011. Later in 2013, the state decided to use DVB-T2 instead, with a launch date for 2017.{{Cite web |date=30 October 2014 |title=Angola terá TV digital em 2017 |url=http://apostoladoangola.org/angola-tera-tv-digital-em-2017/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924134430/http://apostoladoangola.org/angola-tera-tv-digital-em-2017/ |archive-date=24 September 2019 |access-date=24 September 2019 |website=O Apostolado}} However, this was reviewed once again, and in 2019, Angola picked ISDB-T to be the standard for its future DTT network.{{Cite web |last=Cognitivo |first=Jorge |date=29 January 2014 |title=[Opinion] Angola ready for Digital Television? |url=https://www.menosfios.com/en/Angola-is-ready-to-the-television-digital/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924134435/https://www.menosfios.com/en/Angola-is-ready-to-the-television-digital/ |archive-date=24 September 2019 |access-date=24 September 2019 |website=menosfios.com}} The process began in 2020 with the aim of being complete by 2025–28.{{Cite web |date=19 February 2020 |title=Angola inicia processo de migração para televisão digital terrestre |trans-title=Angola starts process of migration to digital terrestrial television |url=https://macauhub.com.mo/2020/02/19/pt-angola-inicia-processo-de-migracao-para-televisao-digital-terrestre/ |access-date=22 February 2022 |website=Macauhub |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120200504/https://macauhub.com.mo/2020/02/19/pt-angola-inicia-processo-de-migracao-para-televisao-digital-terrestre/ |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Botswana}}: Began digital broadcasts in 2008, using ISDB-T. Analogue signals were to be terminated in 2024. However, Botswana changed the date to 28 February 2022.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=368&dir=2013/april/Monday8|title=Mmegi Online ::|website=Mmegi Online|date=23 February 2010 |access-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528213312/http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=368&dir=2013%2Fapril%2FMonday8|archive-date=28 May 2016|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Benin}}: In transition to digital as of 2018. No completion date yet.{{cite web |url=https://www.dvb.org/news/momentum-gathers-for-dvb_t2-in-west-africa |title=News - DVB |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925015233/https://www.dvb.org/news/momentum-gathers-for-dvb_t2-in-west-africa |archive-date=25 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Burkina Faso}}: In transition to digital as of 2018. No completion date yet.
- {{flag|Burundi}}: DTT broadcasts launched on 30 April 2014 and it was expected to shut analog down at the end of that year.{{cite web|url=http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2013-08/21/content_29788110.htm|title=Burundi : la télévision numérique terrestre sera lancée en avril 2014|website=french.china.org.cn|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926153512/http://french.china.org.cn/foreign/txt/2013-08/21/content_29788110.htm|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}} However the transition was not easy and analog remained on air, still as of 2019. No completion date yet.{{cite web |url=http://burundi-eco.com/passage-de-lanalogique-numerique-limpasse/ |title=Le passage de l'analogique au numérique dans l'impasse |website=Burundi Eco |date=15 September 2017 |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926191623/http://burundi-eco.com/passage-de-lanalogique-numerique-limpasse/ |archive-date=26 September 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{flag|Cameroon}}: Transition is ongoing as of 2015. No completion date yet.{{cite web |url=https://cameroonpostline.com/govt-announces-switchover-to-digital-television-signals/ |title=Gov't Announces Switchover to Digital Television Signals – Cameroon Postline |access-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813022153/https://cameroonpostline.com/govt-announces-switchover-to-digital-television-signals/ |archive-date=13 August 2019 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Comoros}}: Introduced digital broadcasts using the DTMB standard. No completion date yet.{{cite web |url=https://www.gsma.com/spectrum/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Terrestrial-broadcasting-and-spectrum-use-in-Arab-States.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924194751/https://www.gsma.com/spectrum/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Terrestrial-broadcasting-and-spectrum-use-in-Arab-States.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2019 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Republic of the Congo}}: DTT started trials in December 2016.{{cite web|url=https://lesechos-congobrazza.com/economie/3631-congo-medias-le-projet-de-deploiement-de-la-tnt-au-congo-sur-de-bons-rails|title=Congo – Médias : Le projet de déploiement de la TNT au Congo, sur de bons rails|website=Les Echos du Congo Brazzaville|date=26 October 2017 |access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203548/https://lesechos-congobrazza.com/economie/3631-congo-medias-le-projet-de-deploiement-de-la-tnt-au-congo-sur-de-bons-rails|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}} It was announced in June 2018 that DTT should start in 2019. No completion date yet.{{cite web|url=https://www.journaldebrazza.com/medias-tnt-bientot-effective-congo-brazzaville/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613034940/https://www.journaldebrazza.com/medias-tnt-bientot-effective-congo-brazzaville/|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2018|title=Médias : la TNT bientôt effective au Congo Brazzaville – Journal de Brazza|date=13 June 2018}}
- {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}: In transition to digital as of 2016. Later in 2018, the state decided to use DVB-T2 instead, with a launch date for 2018. However, this was reviewed once again, and in 2019, the country picked ISDB-T to be the standard for its future DTT network. The process began in 2021 with the aim of being complete by 2024–31.{{cite web|url=https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2016101144630/canal-group-s-easy-tv-expands-to-kinshasha.html|title=Canal+ Group's Easy TV expands to Kinshasha|website=Rapid TV News|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926152724/https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2016101144630/canal-group-s-easy-tv-expands-to-kinshasha.html|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Djibouti}}: Transition is ongoing as of 2020.{{cite web |date=15 February 2021 |title=Status of the transition to Digital terrestrial television (DSO) |url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Spectrum-Broadcasting/DSO/Pages/Countries.aspx |website=International Telecommunication Union}}
- {{flag|Egypt}}: Has DVB-T transmissions for several years as of 2019, with plans to roll out DVB-T2 that year. There is no analog switch-off date yet.{{cite web |url=https://www.dvb.org/news/egypt-to-launch-dvb-t2-within-weeks |title=Egypt to launch DVB-T2 within weeks |date=24 April 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923163838/https://www.dvb.org/news/egypt-to-launch-dvb_t2-within-weeks |archive-date=23 September 2019 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Ethiopia}}: In 2016, the country begun its digital switch-over to DVB-T2 with help from American digital transmitter manufacturer GatesAir and funded by JPMorgan Chase and Export Development Canada. According to the government, this might finish between 2021 and 2026.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/gatesair-wins-ethiopia-tv-transition-project|title=GatesAir Wins Ethiopia TV Transition Project|first=Michael|last=Balderston|website=TvTechnology|date=8 March 2016|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730174512/https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/gatesair-wins-ethiopia-tv-transition-project|archive-date=30 July 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|The Gambia}}: In transition to digital, aimed to complete analog switch off by 2020.{{cite web |url=http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-migrating-towards-digital-television-broadcasting |title=Gambia migrating towards digital television broadcasting - the Point Newspaper, Banjul, the Gambia |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925015231/http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/gambia-migrating-towards-digital-television-broadcasting |archive-date=25 September 2019 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Madagascar}}: Introduced DTT based on DVB-T in 2014. No completion date yet.{{cite web|url=https://www.madaplus.info/Madagascar-offre-de-television-numerique-par-la-societe-chinoise-Star-Times-au-pays_a8236.html|title=Madagascar : offre de télévision numérique par la société chinoise Star Times au pays|first=Vola|last=Rasoamanana|website=Madagascar – Actualités de la diaspora malgache en France: reportages, événements malgaches, interviews, informations|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926153513/https://www.madaplus.info/Madagascar-offre-de-television-numerique-par-la-societe-chinoise-Star-Times-au-pays_a8236.html|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Mali}}: The country's regulator authorized TNTSAT Africa to start the transition to digital in 2018. No completion date yet.{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201802140166.html|title=Mali – TNTSAT Africa Gets Authorization From Media Regulator Haut Autorite De Communication to Start Digital Transition|date=14 February 2018|website=allAfrica.com|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925015230/https://allafrica.com/stories/201802140166.html|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Mozambique}}: Began transitioning to DVB-T2 in 2013. The future DVB-T2 and digital television. According to the government this might finish between 2025 and reterminated in 2030.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/pt-002/mo%C3%A7ambicanos-ainda-%C3%A0-espera-de-recetores-da-televis%C3%A3o-digital/a-19433280 |title=Moçambicanos ainda à espera de recetores da televisão digital | 28.07.2016 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926155442/https://www.dw.com/pt-002/mo%C3%A7ambicanos-ainda-%C3%A0-espera-de-recetores-da-televis%C3%A3o-digital/a-19433280 |archive-date=26 September 2019 |url-status=live }} Official launch on 8 December 2015. No completion date yet.{{Cite web|url=http://www.incm.gov.mz/index.php/sala-de-imprensa/noticias/124-arranca-no-pais-emissao-da-televisao-digital |title=Arranca no país emissão da televisão digital|website=incm.gov.mz|access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926155434/http://www.incm.gov.mz/index.php/sala-de-imprensa/noticias/124-arranca-no-pais-emissao-da-televisao-digital|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Niger}}: DTT was deployed on 21 September 2018 after three years of testing.{{Cite web |date=13 August 2019 |title=La Télévision Numérique Terrestre (TNT) est désormais une réalité au Niger |url=http://www.anp.ne/?q=article/la-television-numerique-terrestre-tnt-est-desormais-une-realite-au-niger |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914085613/http://www.anp.ne/?q=article%2Fla-television-numerique-terrestre-tnt-est-desormais-une-realite-au-niger |archive-date=14 September 2019 |access-date=24 December 2019 |website=Agence nigérienne de presse}}{{Cite web |url=http://french.xinhuanet.com/afrique/2018-10/29/c_137567252.htm |title=Niger : la migration vers la télévision numérique terrestre se concrétise (Papier General) |agency=Xinhua News Agency |access-date=28 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203550/http://french.xinhuanet.com/afrique/2018-10/29/c_137567252.htm |archive-date=28 September 2019 |url-status=live }} No ASO date yet.
- {{flag|Nigeria}}: Switchover to DVB-T2 is ongoing, stewarded by GatesAir. The aim was to complete the switchover by December 2021.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/05/startimes-keen-on-nigerias-digital-television-future/ |title=StarTimes keen on Nigeria's digital television future |date=27 May 2015 |access-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716032539/http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/05/startimes-keen-on-nigerias-digital-television-future/ |archive-date=16 July 2015 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/14052/gatesair-helps-accelerate-nigerian-digital-switchover-initiative|title=GatesAir Helps Accelerate Nigerian Digital Switchover Initiative – The Broadcast Bridge – Connecting IT to Broadcast|first=The Broadcast|last=Bridge|website=thebroadcastbridge.com|date=18 September 2019|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151152/https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/14052/gatesair-helps-accelerate-nigerian-digital-switchover-initiative|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Saint Helena}}: Introduced DTT in 2012. No completion date yet.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shbc.sh/L3_ad_std_120426_candw_digital_tv.html |title=SHBC Advert |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427000150/http://www.shbc.sh/L3_ad_std_120426_candw_digital_tv.html |archive-date=27 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Senegal}}: Excaf Telecom won the public tender in 2014 to broadcast the country's DVB-T2 DTT network. The analog switch began in September 2019 and continued until 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://broadcastingandmedia.com/news/1863|title=Senegal Set To Switch Off All Analog Signal in September Next Year|first=Adetomi|last=Doherty|website=broadcastingandmedia.com|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924143636/https://broadcastingandmedia.com/news/1863|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Seychelles}}: In transition to digital as of 2018. No completion date yet.
- {{flag|South Africa}}: The Northern Cape became the first province to switch fully to digital in December 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.techcentral.co.za/finally-digital-tv-era-arrives-in-sa/62948/|title=Finally, digital TV era arrives in SA|last1=McLeod|first1=Duncan|website=TechCentral.co.za|date=3 February 2016|access-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309190024/http://www.techcentral.co.za/finally-digital-tv-era-arrives-in-sa/62948/|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/analogue-transmission-switch-off-starts-in-northern-cape-as-south-africa-progresses-digital-migration-2016-10-28 |title=Analogue transmission switch-off starts in Northern Cape as South Africa progresses digital migration |last=Odendaal |first=Natasha |website=Engineeringnews.co.za |publisher=Engineering News |date=28 October 2016 |access-date=23 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310173228/http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/analogue-transmission-switch-off-starts-in-northern-cape-as-south-africa-progresses-digital-migration-2016-10-28 |archive-date=10 March 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/SA-joins-list-of-losers-on-digital-migration-20150617 |title=SA joins list of losers on digital migration |last=van Zyl |first=Gareth |website=Fin24.com |date=17 June 2015 |access-date=7 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308165118/https://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/SA-joins-list-of-losers-on-digital-migration-20150617 |archive-date=8 March 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/communications-department-needs-r66bn-to-complete-digital-migration-by-2019-deadline-20180123 |title=Communications department needs R6.6bn to complete digital migration by 2019 deadline |last1=Herman |first1=Paul |website=News24.com |date=23 January 2018 |access-date=23 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224053134/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/communications-department-needs-r66bn-to-complete-digital-migration-by-2019-deadline-20180123 |archive-date=24 February 2018 |url-status=live }} It was planned that analog would have been switched off in March 2022. However, in December 2022, Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced that the analogue television broadcast signal would be switched off on 31 March 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/ntshavheni-sets-end-of-march-as-new-analogue-tv-switch-off-date-20221209 |title=Ntshavheni sets end of March as new analogue TV switch-off date |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 }}
- {{flag|Togo}}: In transition to digital as of 2018. Broadcasting equipment manufacturer Harris Corporation helped to transition Togo to DVB-T2. No completion date yet.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS167953+06-Sep-2012+BW20120906 |title=Harris Corporation to Migrate Republic of Togo to DVB-T2 Digital TV |website=Reuters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310011916/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS167953+06-Sep-2012+BW20120906 |archive-date=10 March 2016 }}
- {{flag|Zimbabwe}}: The DTT project started in 2015. However, only 18 out of the 45 targeted transmitters as of 2025, Matewu “Our radio is still using analogue, and some people in Zimbabwe are still watching analogue television. We aim to digitise the entire country so that both radio and TV signals are fully digital,” {{Cite web|url=https://cite.org.zw/zimbabwe-falling-behind-in-digitisation-efforts/|title=Zimbabwe falling behind in digitisation efforts - CITEZW|first=Staff|last=Reporter|date=5 September 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/zimbabwe-begins-switch-to-digital-from-analogue-tv--1379854|title=Telecompaper|website=www.telecompaper.com}}
==Europe and CIS==
- {{flag|Romania}}: The country has one of the highest pay-TV penetration rates in Europe, with over 98% of homes receiving cable or satellite TV services. Also, over 90% of population are covered with DVB-T2 digital terrestrial television signal. Analog broadcasts were first set to shutdown in 2012,{{Cite web |title=Asociatia Generala a Inginerilor din Romania |url=https://www.agir.ro/univers-ingineresc/numar-22-2009/pina-in-ianuarie-2012-televiziunea-analogica-va-fi-eliminata_2681.html |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=www.agir.ro}} but it was delayed multiple times, until they were finally switched off on 1 May 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancom.ro/televiziune-digitala-terestra_5334|title=Ancom - tranzitie televiziune digitala|website=www.ancom.ro}} However, as of June 2024, analog television is still offered by cable operators.
- {{flag|Russia}}: On 22 December 2018, Russia completed the creation of the world's largest digital television broadcasting system, with 10,080 transmitters operating at 5,040 sites throughout the country. On 3 December 2018, analog transmissions were switched off in the Tver Region including the city of Tver. Analog transmissions in Ryazan, Tula, Yaroslavl, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Magadan, and Chechnya ended on 11 February 2019, while those in 20 other regions which includes Moscow and the Moscow Region were switched off on 15 April 2019. On 3 June 2019, analog transmissions in 36 regions were discontinued which include the oblasts of Vladimir, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnoyarsk and Oryol. Switchover in the last 21 regions was completed on 14 October 2019. The regions include St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region, the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. Channels that are not offered as multiplex services (i.e. some federal and regional channels) will continue to broadcast in analog until 19 August 2025.
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- {{flag|Ukraine}}: All privately owned networks' analog broadcasts were switched off on 1 August 2018 in the Kyiv region, on 1 September 2018 in most parts of the country. The channels of UA:PBC were switched off in September 2018 – January 2019 in most parts of the country. Meanwhile, most channels in Russia-bordering regions, and some local channels (nationwide) that did not yet get the license for digital broadcasting, were still broadcast in analog until 31 December 2020, after which they discontinued analog broadcasts. However, in some areas, there are commercial channels staying in analog. The transition to digital television has halted due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. In March 2024 the analog tv was completely switched off in Kharkiv.
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==Middle East==
- {{flag|Iraq}}: DVB-T/T2 DTT is operating, including in the Kurdistan Region.{{cite web |url=https://mixmedia.tv/about/?lang=en |title=About » United Mix Media |publisher=iWeb Group |access-date=28 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518203559/http://mixmedia.tv/about/?lang=en |archive-date=18 May 2018 |url-status=live }} No analog switchover date yet.{{cite web |url=https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168078352e |title=Statiscal Data Collection Project on Film and Audiovisual Markets in 9 Mediterranean Countries |publisher=European Audiovisual Observatory |access-date=22 February 2022 }}
- {{flag|Jordan}}: In transition to digital as of 2019. No completion date yet.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibc.org/create-and-produce/regional-focus-middle-east-and-africa/3655.article|title=Regional focus: Middle East and Africa|first=Riikka|last=Koponen|date=12 March 2019|website=IBC|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924135411/https://www.ibc.org/create-and-produce/regional-focus-middle-east-and-africa/3655.article|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Kuwait}}: In transition to DVB-T2, stewarded by GatesAir. Phase 2 of the DTT rollout was finished by May 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalstudioindia.com/gatesair-completes-phase-ii-rollout-of-kuwaits-dvb-t2-digital-tv-network|title=GatesAir completes phase II rollout of Kuwait's DVB-T2 digital TV network|website=Digital Studio India|date=14 May 2017 |access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925131746/https://www.digitalstudioindia.com/gatesair-completes-phase-ii-rollout-of-kuwaits-dvb-t2-digital-tv-network|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}} No analog switch off date yet.
- {{flag|Oman}}: The process started in 2012 with the deployment of a DVB-T2 system. No completion date yet.
- {{flag|Syria}}: The digital television service (DVB-T) in Syria was restarted since mid-2018, in the provinces of Damascus, Daraa, As Suwayda, Rif Dimashq, Tartus, Latakia, Quneitra and Hama. There is no date for completion.
=ITU region 2 (Americas)=
- {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}: In Antigua, there is digital television in some territories: Cades Bay, Johnsons Point, Orange Valley, Crabs Hill, Urlings and Old Road. There is no date for completion.
- {{flag|Argentina}}: Digital television broadcasts started on Tuesday, 9 September 2008, in Buenos Aires. The analog network was to be terminated on 1 January 2019, postponed until 2021, delayed until 2024, and delayed until 2025.{{cite web |date=29 March 2022 |title=Argentina: Government schedules analogue blackout to start in 2022 |url=https://tavilatam.com/en/argentina-government-schedules-analogue-blackout-to-start-in-2022/}}
- {{flag|Bahamas}}: The public broadcaster BCB transitioned to digital in September 2016. No completion date yet.{{cite web |url=https://www.urcabahamas.bs/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Draft-Guidelines-For-Digital-Transition_-Identification-of-Available-Spectrum.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925015232/https://www.urcabahamas.bs/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Draft-Guidelines-For-Digital-Transition_-Identification-of-Available-Spectrum.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2019 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Barbados}}: In March 2025, CBC Started the Digital Television transition from a outdated Analog system to Digital System, it may take up to 9 months.{{Cite web|url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/03/07/cbc-to-transition-to-fully-digital-broadcaster-in-6-9-months/|title=CBC to transition to fully digital broadcaster in 6-9 months|first=Shamar|last=Blunt|date=7 March 2025|website=Barbados Today}}
- {{flag|Bolivia}}: Adopted the ISDB-Tb standard on 5 July 2010,{{Cite web |title=総務省|報道資料|ボリビア多民族国における地上デジタルテレビ放送日本方式採用の決定 |url=https://www.soumu.go.jp/menu_news/s-news/02tsushin08_02000008.html |access-date=2 January 2025 |website=総務省 |language=ja}} and began digital broadcasts of Bolivia TV in May 2010.{{Cite web |title=Bolivia inició transmisiones TDT |url=https://www.prensario.net/Bolivia-inicio-transmisiones-TDT-2030.note.aspx |access-date=2 January 2025 |website=www.prensario.net |language=es}} The current analog broadcast shutdown is planned to take place in three stages, beginning with the La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz areas in May 2026, followed by Cobija, Montero, Oruro, Potosí, Sucre, Tarija, Trinidad, and other towns with a population above 40,000 in May 2028. The remaining areas are scheduled to be shut down in May 2030.{{Cite web |last=p7ydl |date=2 October 2024 |title=Postergan apagón analógico de la TV hasta mayo de 2026 en el eje del país y hasta 2030 en zonas menos pobladas |url=https://paginasiete.online/nacional/2024/10/02/postergan-apagon-analogico-de-la-tv-hasta-mayo-de-2026-en-el-eje-del-pais-y-hasta-2030-en-zonas-menos-pobladas/ |access-date=2 January 2025 |website=Página Siete |language=es}}
- File:Desligamento do sinal analógico em Brasil.jpg{{flag|Brazil}}: Began free-to-air HD digital transmissions, after a period of test broadcasts, on Sunday, 2 December 2007 in São Paulo,{{cite news |last=Cassia |first=Fernando |title=Brazil starts HDTV transmissions |page=1 |work=The Enquirer |date=2 December 2007 |url=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/02/brazil-stars-hdtv-transmissions |access-date=3 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213160954/http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/02/brazil-stars-hdtv-transmissions |archive-date=13 December 2007 |url-status=unfit}} expanding in 2008 to Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte. Digital broadcasts were phased into the other 23 state capitals in the following years, and to the remaining cities by 31 December 2013.{{cite news |title=Conheça os planos das emissoras para a TV digital |page=1 |language=pt |publisher=G1 |date=13 November 2007 |url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Tecnologia/0%2C%2C%20MUL178244-6174%2C00.html |access-date=19 November 2007 }}{{dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=July 2024}} The country started on 1 March 2016 in Rio Verde, Goiás as a pilot experiment, followed by the Federal District and main cities and metropolitan regions from 17 November 2016 to 2020.[http://www.teleco.com.br/tvdigital_cronog.asp Cronograma de desligamento da TV analógica no Brasil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717210317/http://www.teleco.com.br/tvdigital_cronog.asp |date=17 July 2014}} Teleco. Retrieved 15 July 2014. The transition was completed in most of the country on 9 January 2019; analog signals in the country's remaining rural areas were initially expected to switch off in 2023; however, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications has announced a delay in the switch-off up until June 2025.{{Cite web |title=Telecompaper |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/brazil-extends-analogue-tv-shutdown-to-june-2025--1485161#:~:text=The%20Brazilian%20Ministry%20of%20Communications,pushed%20back%20to%20June%202025. |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=www.telecompaper.com}}
- {{flag|Cayman Islands}}: Broadcaster Cayman 27 announced that it started broadcasting digitally on ATSC in 2012. No completion date yet.{{Cite web |date=16 April 2012 |title=Cayman 27 going digital |url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2012/04/16/cayman-27-going-digital/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926153521/https://www.caymancompass.com/2012/04/16/cayman-27-going-digital/ |archive-date=26 September 2019 |website=Cayman Compass |access-date=26 September 2019 }}
- {{flag|Colombia}}: Digital television broadcasts started on Monday, 20 September 2010. The government declared the process officially began on 31 December 2022.{{Cite web |title=MinTIC publica resolución sobre el inicio del proceso de cese de emisiones analógicas - MinTIC publica resolución sobre el inicio del proceso de cese de emisiones analógicas |url=http://www.mintic.gov.co/portal/715/w3-article-273767.html |access-date=22 June 2023|website=MINTIC Colombia |language=es}} No date for the completion of the process has been given yet.{{Cite web |date=21 April 2023|title=Televisión digital cubre al 94% de la población colombiana|website=DPL News|url=https://dplnews.com/television-digital-cubre-al-94-de-la-poblacion-colombiana/ |access-date=22 June 2023|language=es}}
- {{flag|Cuba}}: Began to propose DVB-T in May 2009. However, Cuba opted for the Chinese DTMB standard and began tests in 2013, with new digital transmitters being rolled out and a shutoff date in 2021.Granma, [http://www.granma.cu/cuba/2014-09-17/las-cajas-decodificadoras-y-el-apagon-analogico Las cajas decodificadoras y el apagón analógico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921123740/http://www.granma.cu/cuba/2014-09-17/las-cajas-decodificadoras-y-el-apagon-analogico |date=21 September 2014 }}, 17 December 2014
- {{flag|Curacao}}: Started DTT broadcasts based on DVB-T in 2009.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dvb.org/news/curacao-uses-dvb-t/country/curacao |title=News - DVB |access-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926004639/https://www.dvb.org/news/curacao-uses-dvb-t/country/curacao |archive-date=26 September 2019 |url-status=dead }} No date yet when to switch off the older NTSC analog broadcasts.{{cite web|url=https://btnp.org/sectors/telecommunications/digital-television/faq/|title=FAQ|website=btnp.org|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203548/https://btnp.org/sectors/telecommunications/digital-television/faq/|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Dominican Republic}}: The Dominican Government once set a final analog shut down date of all analog transmissions on 24 September 2015.{{cite web|url=https://globalvoices.org/2010/10/05/dominican-republic-digital-tv-in-2015/|title=Dominican Republic: Digital TV in 2015 · Global Voices|first=Just|last=Joe|date=5 October 2010|access-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012020353/https://globalvoices.org/2010/10/05/dominican-republic-digital-tv-in-2015/|archive-date=12 October 2015|url-status=live}} However, INDOTEL, a telecommunications department of the Dominican Government, postponed it to 9 August 2021.{{cite web |url=https://elnacional.com.do/ejecutivo-pospone-implementacion-de-television-digital/ |title=Ejecutivo pospone implementación de televisión digital |publisher=El Nacional |access-date=22 February 2022}}
- {{flag|Ecuador}}: The analog switch off was delayed several times. In September 2018, the telecom ministry said that the first phase would start in May 2020 starting in Quito where it finished and it continues until December 2023.{{cite web |url=http://nextvnews.com/ecuador-three-out-of-ten-homes-have-digital-tv-set/ |title=Ecuador: Three out of ten homes have digital TV set |first=Anabelia |last=Horbuz |date=2 October 2018 |website=Nextv News |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151147/http://nextvnews.com/ecuador-three-out-of-ten-homes-have-digital-tv-set/ |archive-date=25 September 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{flag|El Salvador}}: Began on 21 December 2018, and was completed on 1 December 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.siget.gob.sv/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PLAN-NACIONAL-DE-TELEVISION-DIGITAL-TERRESTRE.pdf |title=Digital Terrestrial Television National Transition |date=27 October 2023 |editor=Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones (SIGET) |language=es |access-date=20 June 2024 }}
- {{flag|Jamaica}}: Began in 2022, and was completed by 2023. Jamaica converts to ATSC 3.0.{{cite news |title=Digital Television Switchover in Jamaica set to begin in 2022 |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20211207/digital-television-switchover-jamaica-set-begin-2022 |work=The Gleaner |publisher=Gleaner Company |date=7 December 2021 |access-date=8 January 2021 }} Television Jamaica launched ATSC 3.0 broadcasts on 31 January 2022, at 6:30 PM local time.{{cite news |last=Winslow |first=George |title=Television Jamaica Launches NextGen TV Broadcasts |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/television-jamaica-launches-nextgen-tv-broadcasts |work=TV Tech |publisher=Future US |date=7 February 2022 }}
- {{flag|Panama}}: Analog TV sets are no longer allowed to be sold since 11 June 2018, unless provided with a free DVB-T converter box. Since 11 December 2018, no analog TV sets may be sold, even if provided with a free converter box; This deadline was later extended until April 2019. The switchover date was on 1 October 2020 for the provinces of Panamá, Colón, and Panamá Oeste. All other provinces have no switchover date. The switchover date was delayed, being originally planned for 2017. Due to COVID-19 pandemic remote learning measures the switchover date was delayed again, this time until 1 June 2021.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telemetro.com/minuto-tecnologico/2020/11/17/la-pandemia-retraso-el-apagon-analogico/3464385.html |title=La pandemia retrasó el apagón analógico |first=César |last=Camaño |date=16 November 2020 |website=Telemetro }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.prensa.com/economia/Anuncian-apagon-analogico-television-panamena_0_5408459130.html|title=Anuncian apagón analógico en la televisión panameña | La Prensa Panamá|date=30 September 2019|website=prensa.com|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001150010/https://www.prensa.com/economia/Anuncian-apagon-analogico-television-panamena_0_5408459130.html|archive-date=1 October 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/ordenan-comercios-panamenos-vender-solo-televisores-senal-digital/24040519 |title=Ordenan a comercios panameños vender solo televisores con sintonizador digital |access-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903045923/http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/ordenan-comercios-panamenos-vender-solo-televisores-senal-digital/24040519 |archive-date=3 September 2018 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/170910/ano-2018-apagon-analogico|title=Apagón analógico podría ser en el año 2018|first=GESE-La Estrella de|last=Panamá|website=La Estrella de Panamá}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diaadia.com.pa/el-pais/solo-podran-ver-television-digital-con-televisores-dvb-t-o-con-cajillas-345932|title=Solo podrán ver televisión digital con televisores DVB-T o con cajillas|date=30 October 2018|website=Critica}} In July 2021, the switchover was delayed indefinitely until at least 90% of users have digital TV access, as 41% have access.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/210720/aplazan-panama-planes-apagon-analogico|title=Aplazan en Panamá los planes del apagón analógico|first=GESE-La Estrella de|last=Panamá|website=La Estrella de Panamá}} On 16 January 2023 at 7:18 PM, analog TV signals were switched off in the provinces of Panama, Panama Oeste, and Colón, in a ceremony that was broadcast.{{cite web | url=http://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/tv-digital-panama-oficializa-apagon-analogico-television_1_2030760.amp.html | title=TV Digital: Panamá inicia era de la televisión digital con apagón analógico - Nacionales | TVN Panamá }}{{cite web | url=https://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/panama-inicia-el-apagon-analogico-y-oficializa-transicion-la-television-digital-n5832118/amp | title=Panamá inicia el apagón analógico y oficializa transición a la televisión digital | date=17 January 2023 }} On 15 January 2024, analog signals were switched off in Coclé, Herrera, Los Santos and Veraguas, and on 17 June 2024 they were switched off in Bocas del Toro and Chiriquí.{{cite web | url=https://www.anpanama.com/ASEP-pone-en-marcha-tercera-fase-del-apagon-de-la-television-analogica-16746.note.aspx | title=ASEP pone en marcha tercera fase del apagón de la televisión analógica }}{{cite web | url=https://agendatic.com/panama-continua-el-apagado-de-tv-analogica-para-dos-nuevas-zonas-del-pais/ | title=Panamá continúa el apagado de TV analógica para dos nuevas zonas del país | date=19 December 2023 }}
- {{flag|Paraguay}}: The transmission of digital television broadcasts started in August 2011, by TV Pública (which belongs to the Paraguayan government) with an initial coverage area of 25 kilometres (about 16 miles) from Asunción downtown. The analog television system switch-off was taking place in 2020, however, on 22 January 2019 La Nación reported the country pushed it back to 2021.{{Cite web |last=Borja |first=Flavia |date=22 February 2016 |title=Apagón analógico: cómo prepararse para el 2020 |trans-title=Analogue shutdown: how to prepare for 2020 |url=http://www.abc.com.py/especiales/fin-de-semana/apagon-analogico-que-saber-1455353.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204222608/http://www.abc.com.py/especiales/fin-de-semana/apagon-analogico-que-saber-1455353.html |archive-date=4 February 2018 |access-date=12 February 2018 |website=ABC Color |language=es}} Later, the shutdown occurred in Asunción, the Central, Presidente Hayes, and parts of the Cordillera and Paraguarí departments on 31 December 2024.{{Cite web |date=31 December 2024 |title=Paraguay inicia el 2025 con un apagón analógico: ¿qué significa y cómo afectará? |trans-title=Paraguay begins 2025 with an analogue shutdown: what does it mean and how will it affect? |url=https://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/2024/12/31/paraguay-inicia-el-apagon-analogico-que-significa-y-como-afectara/?outputType=amp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102164538/https://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/2024/12/31/paraguay-inicia-el-apagon-analogico-que-significa-y-como-afectara/?outputType=amp |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=2 January 2024 |website=ABC Color |language=es}}
- {{flag|Peru}}: Digital television broadcasts started in Lima and Callao (Territory 1) in March 2010, and analog broadcasts were terminated on 31 December 2024; Arequipa, Cusco, Trujillo, Piura and Huancayo (territory 2) started digital transition somewhere between April and June 2018 and analog broadcasts were terminated on 31 December 2024 or 1 January 2025.
- {{flag|Sint Maarten}}: DVB-T adopted since 2011,{{cite web|url=https://dvb.org/news/dvb-t-in-sint-maarten/|access-date=6 September 2023|title=DVB-T in Sint Maarten - DVB|website=dvb.org|date=18 August 2011 }} and introduced by 2013. No completion date yet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2013/10/11/btp-sxm-publishes-lte-consultation/|title=BTP-SXM publishes LTE consultation|website=commsupdate.com}}
- {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}: Began in March 2023, and will be completed by 2026. Trinidad and Tobago will be transitioning to ATSC 3.0.{{cite web |title=Notice |url=https://tatt.org.tt/Home/Announcements4/ReadMore/tabid/350/ArticleId/677/Notice-22.aspx |website=Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago |access-date=26 January 2022 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126050836/https://tatt.org.tt/Home/Announcements4/ReadMore/tabid/350/ArticleId/677/Notice-22.aspx |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}}: People's Television Network (PTV) launched a digital service in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://tcweeklynews.com/ptv-launches-digital-network-p1891-91.htm|title=Turks and Caicos Weekly News|website=tcweeklynews.com|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928160154/http://tcweeklynews.com/ptv-launches-digital-network-p1891-91.htm|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}} It uses the UHF band. No completion date yet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptvtci.com/|title=People's Television Network|website=ptvtci.com|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928160235/https://www.ptvtci.com/|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Uruguay}}: Began broadcasting digital television in 2010. The analogue switch-off was planned for 21 November 2015, but was postponed indefinitely with no new switchover date yet.[https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/apagon-analogico-en-stand-by-201583500 Apagón analógico en stand by] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085438/https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/apagon-analogico-en-stand-by-201583500 |date=16 November 2018 }} El Observador, 3 August 2015 (in Spanish).
- {{flag|Venezuela}}: Digital television transmission began in 2007 for the broadcasting of 2007 Copa América. Later on 20 February 2013 transmissions began nationalwide. Analogue was set to be terminated in 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com/tecnologia/737/¿como-esta-la-television-digital-abierta-en-venezuela|title=¿Cómo está la Televisión Digital Abierta en Venezuela?|date=22 February 2018|website=El Universal|access-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012015906/http://www.eluniversal.com/tecnologia/737/%C2%BFcomo-esta-la-television-digital-abierta-en-venezuela|archive-date=12 October 2018|url-status=live}}
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- {{flag|Afghanistan}}: 4 channels of DVB-T2 were launched in Kabul in June 2014. ASO has however been repeatedly delayed. There is no date for the switchover due to the fall of Kabul in 2021.
- {{flag|Bangladesh}}: Has adopted DVB-T and tested broadcasts as of 2014.{{Cite web |url=https://www.apt.int/sites/default/files/Upload-files/SATRC/SAPIV/WGSPEC/SAPIV-WGSPEC02-INP-13_DSO.pptx |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303085444/http://www.apt.int/sites/default/files/Upload-files/SATRC/SAPIV/WGSPEC/SAPIV-WGSPEC02-INP-13_DSO.pptx |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }} Public broadcaster BTV aimed to make the country digital by 2021, its 50th anniversary of independence.http://btv.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/btv.portal.gov.bd/tenders/2dd81862_0868_4f02_9d7c_8f29d5cb51fa/Short%20Brief%20of%20Technical%20Profile%20of%20BTV.pdf {{dead link|date=February 2022 |fix-attempted=yes}}
- {{flag|Bhutan}}: Adopted DVB-T. The original analog switch off date was set to be 2017, although it did not occur.
- {{flag|Cambodia}}: DVB-T2 was launched on Tuesday, 9 November 2010,{{cite web |url=http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/cambodia/ |title=News |publisher=DVB |access-date=13 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630143941/http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/cambodia/ |archive-date=30 June 2013 |url-status=dead}} however, by 23 December 2019 the only FTA DVB-T channels appeared to be pay TV channels that the provider erroneously neglected to encrypt. The incumbent FTA channels have thus far not provided DVB-T broadcasts. The Cambodian government pushed ahead its co-operation with China for the digital transition from analogue with China's DTMB system. Full digital transition was estimated by the government to have fully commenced by 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/digital-tv-channels-set-air-kingdom|title=Digital TV channels set to air in Kingdom|author=Kong Meta|work=The Phnom Penh Post|date=4 January 2019|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725054808/https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/digital-tv-channels-set-air-kingdom|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|India}}: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India set the deadlines for the completion of digital transitioning at the end of years with Phase I (Metro cities) by 31 December 2019 and phase II (cities having a population of more than one million) by 31 December 2021. The company also set a deadline for phase III (the rest of India) by 31 December 2023.
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- {{flag|Iran}}: First digital television broadcasting were commenced in 2009, using the DVB-T MPEG-4 standard, with 40% of population having access to digital TV by mid-2011.{{cite web |url=http://portal.irib.ir/web/digitaltv/main/-/asset_publisher/TY7v/content/40-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fdigitaltv%2Fmain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925090718/http://portal.irib.ir/web/digitaltv/main/-/asset_publisher/TY7v/content/40-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fdigitaltv%2Fmain |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2011 |title=تلویزیون دیجیتال – 40 درصد از جمعيت كشور تحت پوشش سامانه تلويزيون ديجيتال قرار دارند – صفحه اصلی |publisher=Portal.irib.ir |access-date=1 August 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://portal.irib.ir/web/digitaltv/main/-/asset_publisher/TY7v/content/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B9%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D8%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%87-13-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-1390?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fdigitaltv%2Fmain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425013548/http://portal.irib.ir/web/digitaltv/main/-/asset_publisher/TY7v/content/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AD-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B9%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%8C-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%87-%D9%88-%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D8%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%87-13-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-1390?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fdigitaltv%2Fmain |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 April 2012 |title=تلویزیون دیجیتال – مشروح مصاحبه دکتر علیعسکری، معاون توسعه و فناوری رسانه، در برنامه پارک ملت (پنجشنبه 13 مرداد 1390) – صفحه اصلی |publisher=Portal.irib.ir |access-date=1 August 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://portal.irib.ir/web/digitaltv/main/-/asset_publisher/TY7v/content/%D8%AA%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fdigitaltv%2F |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425013603/http://portal.irib.ir/web/digitaltv/main/-/asset_publisher/TY7v/content/%D8%AA%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%87-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%AD-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C?redirect=%2Fweb%2Fdigitaltv%2F |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 April 2012 |title=تلویزیون دیجیتال – تهیه طرح جامع گذار از آنالوگ به دیجیتال در رسانه ملی – صفحه اصلی |publisher=Portal.irib.ir |access-date=1 August 2012 }} There is no deadline yet for converting analog signals to digital.
- {{flag|Myanmar}}: Digital broadcasts launched in 2013. The switchover date was set to be December 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yozzo.com/news-and-information/media-broadcasting/digital-tv-transformation-in-myanmar|title=Digital TV Transformation in Myanmar|website=yozzo.com|date=10 February 2014 |access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926003046/http://www.yozzo.com/news-and-information/media-broadcasting/digital-tv-transformation-in-myanmar|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Nepal}}: Digital terrestrial broadcasts launched in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nepalitelecom.com/2018/06/prabhu-tv-launches-availability-price.html|title=Prabhu TV launches, Find Availability and price|date=17 June 2018|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924140050/https://www.nepalitelecom.com/2018/06/prabhu-tv-launches-availability-price.html|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}} That same year, analog cable television was shut in the capital Kathmandu.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nepalitelecom.com/2018/03/analog-tv-shutdown-in-kathmandu-plans-to-implement-all-over-country.html|title=Analog TV shutdown in Kathmandu, plans to implement all over country|date=29 March 2018|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924143141/https://www.nepalitelecom.com/2018/03/analog-tv-shutdown-in-kathmandu-plans-to-implement-all-over-country.html|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}} Analog terrestrial television broadcasts was shut off in 2024.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}
- {{flag|Pakistan}}: In 2015, Pakistan inaugurated the adoption of the DTMB standard for the country digital television broadcasts in an event jointly officiated by Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.{{cite web|url=https://www.zte.com.cn/global/about/news/0515ma.html|title=ZTE and Pakistan Sign Digital Terrestrial Television Agreement|publisher=ZTE|date=15 May 2017|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725045741/https://www.zte.com.cn/global/about/news/0515ma.html|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}} The first DTMB services were then tested with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Pakistani Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and China's National Development and Reform Commission. A pilot project was successfully completed in 2018 for $2 million. It was expected that the system would roll out to the public in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1361176|title=Exclusive: The CPEC plan for Pakistan's digital future|first=Jahanzaib Haque | Qurat ul ain|last=Siddiqui|date=1 October 2017|website=Dawn|location=Pakistan|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014030105/https://www.dawn.com/news/1361176|archive-date=14 October 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/2018/07/09/pakistan-moving-towards-digital-future-under-cpec-plan/|title=Pakistan moving towards digital future under CPEC plan|date=8 July 2018|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925194200/http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/2018/07/09/pakistan-moving-towards-digital-future-under-cpec-plan/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Philippines}}: In June 2010, the National Telecommunications Commission set a deadline of 11:59 p.m. on 31 December 2015 for the discontinuation of analog television. However, since the last quarter of 2014, the digitization deadline was postponed to 2019{{cite web |url = http://nextvasia.com/dtt/philippines-to-start-digital-tv-shift-in-2019/ |title = Philippines to start digital TV shift in 2019 |access-date = 27 October 2014 |publisher = NexTV Asia-Pacific |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150209183335/http://nextvasia.com/dtt/philippines-to-start-digital-tv-shift-in-2019/ |archive-date = 9 February 2015 |url-status = usurped }} (and later to 2023){{Cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/599484/gov-t-wants-analog-tv-switched-off-by-2023/story/ |title=Gov't Wants Analog TV Switched Off by 2023 |first=Jon Viktor D. |last=Cabuenas |date=14 February 2017 |website=GMA News Online }} and should be expected that all remaining analog broadcasts will shut off by 2025 or by 2026.{{Cite web |last=Rita |first=Joviland |date=30 March 2022 |title=Switching off analog TV by 2023 should continue —Andanar |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/826831/switching-off-analog-tv-by-2023-should-continue-andanar/story/ |access-date=23 September 2022 |work=GMA News Online}}{{Cite web |last=LOCUS |first=SUNDY |date=15 January 2024 |title=NTC: Preparations underway for analog TV shutdown |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/technology/894217/ntc-preparations-underway-for-analog-tv-shutdown/story/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=GMA News Online }}{{Cite web |last=Dela Cruz |first=Raymond Carl |date=15 January 2024 |title=NTC urges switch to digital TV as analog shutdown looms |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1216971 |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=Philippine News Agency}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=15 January 2024 |title=NTC Urges Public to Embrace Digital TV as Analog Shutdown Nears |url=https://maharlika.tv/ntc-urges-public-to-embrace-digital-tv-as-analog-shutdown-nears/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=Maharlika NuMedia }} ABS-CBN was the first channel to transition to digital test broadcasts through its digital TV box ABS-CBN TV Plus. However their digital broadcasts were ceased on 30 June 2020 due to cease and desist order released by National Telecommunications Commission due to their expired broadcasting franchise on 4 May 2020. ZOE Broadcasting Network's DZOZ-TV became the first TV station in the country to permanently cease analog terrestrial operations on 28 February 2017,{{Cite news |url=http://lightnetwork.ph/light-network-nasa-digital-tv-na/ |title=Light Network, nasa Digital TV na! |last=Delos Reyes |first=Dyan |date=14 February 2017 |work=Light Network Website |access-date=28 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227231754/http://lightnetwork.ph/light-network-nasa-digital-tv-na/ |archive-date=27 February 2017}} signaling the start of the country's transition to digital-only broadcasting. Digital television in the Philippines uses the Japanese ISDB standards for its terrestrial digital broadcast. On 31 December 2024, all Metro Manila TV stations was shut-off their analog broadcasts according to the National Telecommunications Commission as start of its first phase transition.{{cite news |title=Analog TV shutoff starts by yearend |url=https://malaya.com.ph/business/enterprise/analog-tv-shutoff-starts-by-yearend/ |website=Malaya |date=4 November 2024 }}
{{further|Digital terrestrial television in the Philippines}}
==Oceania==
- {{flag|Fiji}}: Introduced its DVB-T2 digital terrestrial service called Walesi in testing phase 2016 and rolled out to public in December 2017. Switchover was planned to start in 2020. No completion date yet.{{cite web|url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/walesi-to-soon-provide-services-beyond-television/|title=Walesi to soon provide services beyond television|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151154/https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/walesi-to-soon-provide-services-beyond-television/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Kiribati}}: DTT in DVB-T2 form was introduced with help from Papua New Guinea in 2018, first rolling out in the main island Tarawa. No completion date yet.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018643030/kiribati-to-get-its-first-tv-station|title=Kiribati to get its first TV station|date=1 May 2018|website=RNZ |access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151149/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018643030/kiribati-to-get-its-first-tv-station|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|user=WenzelKenneth|number=1043916050746802177|title=Kiribati's Wave TV to Offer #DVBT2 Digital Terrestrial Television Services from July 2018. First and only #DTT network in Kiribati with approx 20 free & pay-TV-channels and also hosts the country's only local tv-channel.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6449674876163756032 …pic.twitter.com/T0J7eeCE7X|first=Kenneth|last=Wenzel|date=23 September 2018 |access-date=22 February 2022}} - {{flag|Papua New Guinea}}: Introduced DVB-T2. No switchover date yet.{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180903005277/en/MediaKind-Evolves-Digicel%E2%80%99s-TV-Service-Doubling-Number|title=MediaKind Evolves Digicel's TV Service by Doubling the Number of Channels Serving Papua New Guinea|date=4 September 2018|website=businesswire.com|access-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924144541/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180903005277/en/MediaKind-Evolves-Digicel%E2%80%99s-TV-Service-Doubling-Number|archive-date=24 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Samoa}}: Introduced DTT publicly in 2019. No completion date yet.{{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/368151/samoa-launching-eight-digital-tv-channels|title=Samoa launching eight digital TV channels|date=8 October 2018|website=RNZ |access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926163912/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/368151/samoa-launching-eight-digital-tv-channels|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.techtel.com.au/news/2019/4/5/techtel-and-samoa-digital-communications-limited-to-build-and-operate-the-countrys-first-digital-terrestrial-broadcasting-infrastructure|title=Post|website=Techtel|date=5 April 2019 |access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926163909/https://www.techtel.com.au/news/2019/4/5/techtel-and-samoa-digital-communications-limited-to-build-and-operate-the-countrys-first-digital-terrestrial-broadcasting-infrastructure|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Solomon Islands}}: Currently in transition. TTV broadcasts digital TV in DVB-T and T2.{{cite web|url=https://www.ttv.sb/faqs/|title=FAQs|website=FAQs}} However, satellite is dominant in most of the country. No completion date yet.
- {{flag|Tonga}}: Started transition in 2015. No completion date yet.{{cite web |url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Documents/Events/2015/August-PMPC2015/S5_Tonga.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926163901/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Documents/Events/2015/August-PMPC2015/S5_Tonga.pdf |archive-date=26 September 2019 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Vanuatu}}: The main public channel made the switch to digital in October 2016. No completion date yet.{{cite web|url=https://www.islandlifemag.com/latest-news-pacific/vanuatu-national-tv-station-makes-switch-digital/|title=Vanuatu National TV station makes the switch to digital|work=Island Life|date=4 October 2016|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018155930/http://www.islandlifemag.com/latest-news-pacific/vanuatu-national-tv-station-makes-switch-digital/|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=live}}
Transitions not yet started or planned
=ITU region 1=
==Africa==
- {{flag|Chad}}: Deployment of DTT has been planned as of 2017 together with StarTimes.{{cite web|url=https://www.alwihdainfo.com/Tchad-De-l-analogie-au-numerique_a56507.html|title=Tchad: De l'analogie au numérique|first=Djamil|last=Ahmat|website=Alwihda Info – Actualités TCHAD, Afrique, International|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203550/https://www.alwihdainfo.com/Tchad-De-l-analogie-au-numerique_a56507.html|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}} Government announced that year to accelerate the process.{{cite web|url=https://tchadinfos.com/tchad/tchad-le-gouvernement-accelere-le-passage-de-laudiovisuel-analogique-vers-le-numerique/|title=Tchad : Le Gouvernement accélère le passage de l'audiovisuel analogique vers le numérique|date=4 September 2017|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928210558/https://tchadinfos.com/tchad/tchad-le-gouvernement-accelere-le-passage-de-laudiovisuel-analogique-vers-le-numerique/|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}: The transition has still been planned as of 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=11721&lang=en|title=Prime Minister meets Digital Terrestrial Television Transition Committee – Official Web Page of the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea|website=guineaecuatorialpress.com|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228002201/https://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=11721&lang=en|url-status=dead}}
- {{flag|Eritrea}}: From 25 May to 14 June 2019, CCTV and People's Republic of China Embassy in Eritrea had a training program for 71 staff members to train at Shooting Methods for High Definition Cameras, Digital Non-Linear Editing, Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting, FM-SFM Application and Digital Audio Broadcasting as well as Insights into Monitoring and Play-out Systems.
- {{flag|Guinea}}: A June 2018 meeting confirmed that a digital migration would start.{{Cite web|url=https://mediaguinee.org/guinee-vers-numerisation-radios-televisions-analogiques/|title=La Guinée vers la numérisation des radios et télévisions analogiques|date=20 June 2018|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203551/https://mediaguinee.org/guinee-vers-numerisation-radios-televisions-analogiques/|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}: The government partnered with StarTimes to create a DTT network.{{Cite web |date=28 September 2017 |title=StarTimes bringing digital terrestrial TV to Guinea-Bissau |url=https://www.forumchinaplp.org.mo/startimes-bringing-digital-terrestrial-tv-to-guinea-bissau/ |website=Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao) |access-date=11 April 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412191606/https://www.forumchinaplp.org.mo/startimes-bringing-digital-terrestrial-tv-to-guinea-bissau/ |url-status=dead }}
- {{flag|Liberia}}: As of 2017, the country has been "optimistic" to start DTT broadcasts with help from the Chinese state's StarTimes.{{Cite web|url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/diaspora/liberia-optimistic-of-digital-migration-as-china-concludes-tv-seminar-for-africa/|title=Liberia Optimistic of Digital Migration as China Concludes TV Seminar For Africa|date=24 May 2017 |access-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926152733/https://frontpageafricaonline.com/diaspora/liberia-optimistic-of-digital-migration-as-china-concludes-tv-seminar-for-africa/|archive-date=26 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}: The country planned in 2014 to make a transition to digital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/sao-tome-and-principe-prepares-digital-tv-action-plan--1020429|title=Sao Tome and Principe prepares digital TV action plan|website=telecompaper.com|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925195157/https://www.telecompaper.com/news/sao-tome-and-principe-prepares-digital-tv-action-plan--1020429|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}} StarTimes has taken over the DTT process.{{Cite web |last=Prazeres |first=Vivalda Cravid dos |date=4 July 2018 |title=São Tomé e Príncipe participa na Conferência Internacional sobre a TV Digital |url=https://stpdigital.net/2018/07/04/sao-tome-e-principe-participa-na-conferencia-internacional-sobre-a-tv-digital/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925195200/https://stpdigital.net/2018/07/04/sao-tome-e-principe-participa-na-conferencia-internacional-sobre-a-tv-digital/ |archive-date=25 September 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019 |website=STP Digital}}{{Cite web|url=http://teeveetee.blogspot.com/2018/12/chinas-pay-tv-operator-startimes-now.html|title=TV with Thinus: China's pay-TV operator StarTimes now wants to bring digital terrestrial TV to São Tomé and Príncipe.|date=28 December 2018|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925195201/http://teeveetee.blogspot.com/2018/12/chinas-pay-tv-operator-startimes-now.html|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Sierra Leone}}: In June 2013, the country signed a deal with the Chinese StarTimes to manage a migration to digital TV.{{Cite web|url=https://awoko.org/2013/06/24/sierra-leone-slbc-signs-agreement-with-star-times/|title=Sierra Leone: SLBC signs Agreement with Star Times|date=24 June 2013|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203551/https://awoko.org/2013/06/24/sierra-leone-slbc-signs-agreement-with-star-times/|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=dead}} However, the process has been slow and there is still no DTT operating as of 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://mysierraleoneonline.org/sl_portal/site/News/detail/3081|title=Sierra Leone status on ECOWAS calls for Digital migration is far from near, as SLBC still pegs in analogue transmission – News in Sierra Leone|website=mysierraleoneonline.org|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203552/http://mysierraleoneonline.org/sl_portal/site/News/detail/3081|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Somaliland}}: A switchover to digital TV was part of the government's 2012–2016 National Development Plan.{{Cite web |url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5b4310f34.pdf |title=Somalia: National Development Plan (2012-2016) (Somaliland) |access-date=28 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709123916/http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5b4310f34.pdf |archive-date=9 July 2018 |url-status=live }} However, it missed the international 2015 deadline to launch its DTT network.
- {{flag|South Sudan}}: The state broadcaster SSBC has expressed interest in DVB-T2, but no budget has been allocated for the project.
==Europe and CIS==
- {{flag|Abkhazia}}: The telecom chairman Lasha Shamba said in 2019 that there was a project in managing a digital switch but that the territory was not ready yet due to lack of funding. The analog switch off in Russia proved to cause problems for Abkhazians who have watched Russian relay terrestrial broadcasts in analog.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/29766239.html|title=Туманные перспективы российского вещания в Абхазии|website=Эхо Кавказа|date=12 February 2019 |access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928160155/https://www.ekhokavkaza.com/a/29766239.html|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}: There was a DVB-T service launched in 2015 but it was not available on all parts of the country. Currently there is no date for the switchover.
- {{flag|Kosovo}}: The government published a plan for a switchover in 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kpm-ks.org/materiale/dokument/1429012556.0724.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151150/http://www.kpm-ks.org/materiale/dokument/1429012556.0724.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2019 |url-status=dead }} As of 2019 however, there is no DTT network in operation yet.
- {{flag|South Ossetia}}: DTT has not yet rolled out in the territory. Its creation has been postponed due to lack of funds.{{Cite web|url=https://south-ossetia.info/perexod-na-cifru-neizbezhen-a-poka-neobxodimo-podderzhat-analogovoe-televeshhanie/|title=Переход на "цифру" неизбежен, а пока необходимо поддержать аналоговое телевещание|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928161704/https://south-ossetia.info/perexod-na-cifru-neizbezhen-a-poka-neobxodimo-podderzhat-analogovoe-televeshhanie/|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Tajikistan}}: The country adopted DVB-T2 in 2014. The government planned to start transitioning in 2015,{{Cite web|url=https://www.article19.org/resources/legal-analysis-tajikistans-law-on-television-and-radio-broadcasting/|title=Legal Analysis: Tajikistan's Law on Television and Radio Broadcasting|website=ARTICLE 19|date=25 August 2015 |access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151149/https://www.article19.org/resources/legal-analysis-tajikistans-law-on-television-and-radio-broadcasting/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}} although this has not occurred as of yet. The exclusion of private broadcasters and stakeholders is one of the reasons for the delay.{{Cite web |url=https://www.osce.org/programme-office-in-dushanbe/215401?download=true |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913134712/https://www.osce.org/programme-office-in-dushanbe/215401?download=true |archive-date=13 September 2019 |url-status=live }}
- {{flag|Turkey}}: Digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) trial broadcasts were launched on 3 February 2006. However, they were not officially rolled out. Instead, the DVB-T2 system was changed. In 2013, a auction was held, but the entire auction was cancelled by court decision.[https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/rtuk-ten-frekans-ihalesinde-flas-karar-24519424 RTÜK’ten frekans ihalesinde flaş karar - Son Dakika Haberler] 14 August 2013 Despite the cancellation of the tender, it caused a delay in the launch of digital terrestrial TV in Turkey. As of December 2024, it is impossible to start digital terrestrial TV in Turkey due to political reasons. Analog satellite broadcasting ended for TRT 1 in February 2006 and for Cine5 in July 2006. There is no closure date for analog cable TV broadcasts yet.
==Middle East==
- {{flag|Lebanon}}: In January 2015, a pilot project on DTT was launched from Télé Liban broadcasting sites.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mpt.gov.lb/documents/AnnualReports/MOT_brochure_en-corr.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417134518/http://www.mpt.gov.lb/documents/AnnualReports/MOT_brochure_en-corr.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2018 |url-status=live }} The service has not yet publicly rolled out.
- {{flag|Palestine}}: A digital switchover has been planned by the Palestinian Authority as of 2013, although its rollout has been delayed.{{Cite web |url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/227784E.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022143245/http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/227784E.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2014 |url-status=live }}
=ITU region 2 (Americas)=
- {{flag|Belize}}: Not yet introduced DTT. Head of broadcasting division Ilham Ghazi and telecom director Justin Barrow said in September 2018 that a switchover has not been planned as extra spectrum space was not demanded.{{Cite web|url=http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=46177|title=7 News Belize|website=7newsbelize.com|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418105053/http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=46177|archive-date=18 April 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Grenada}}: Digital switchover still being planned as of 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegrenadainformer.com/news/item/1197-public-consultation-on-tv-broadcast-switchover-urgently-needed|title=Public consultation on TV broadcast switchover urgently needed|first=Rawle|last=Nelson|website=thegrenadainformer.com|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-date=8 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308062059/https://www.thegrenadainformer.com/news/item/1197-public-consultation-on-tv-broadcast-switchover-urgently-needed|url-status=dead}}
- {{flag|Guatemala}}: Started testing ISDB-T broadcasts in December 2017, with the aim of rolling out the services soon and an analog switch off date of 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dibeg.org/news/2018/1803_DTTV_Seminar_in_Guatemala/1803_DTTV_Seminar_in_Guatemala.html|title=DiBEG | DTTV Seminar Held in Guatemala|website=dibeg.org|date=19 March 2018 |access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151150/https://www.dibeg.org/news/2018/1803_DTTV_Seminar_in_Guatemala/1803_DTTV_Seminar_in_Guatemala.html|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.prensalibre.com/economia/tv-digital-podria-esta-muy-cerca/|title=Guatemala más cerca de transición a televisión digital – Prensa Libre|date=7 March 2017 |access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151149/https://www.prensalibre.com/economia/tv-digital-podria-esta-muy-cerca/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Guyana}}: Made a roadmap to a transition between 2014 and 2017. The DTT network has not yet rolled out.{{Cite web|url=https://guyanatimesgy.com/guyana-prepares-to-go-digital/|title=Guyana prepares to go digital|date=29 July 2017|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151158/https://guyanatimesgy.com/guyana-prepares-to-go-digital/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Haiti}}: DTT made its experimental launch in December 2016, using the ATSC standard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hpnhaiti.com/nouvelles/index.php/economie/88-technologie/2172-haiti-conatel-la-television-numerique-devient-une-realite|title=Haiti Press Network – Haïti-Conatel: la télévision numérique devient une réalité|website=hpnhaiti.com|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203552/https://www.hpnhaiti.com/nouvelles/index.php/economie/88-technologie/2172-haiti-conatel-la-television-numerique-devient-une-realite|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.conatel.gouv.ht/node/103|title=La Transition de la Télévision analogique vers la Télévision numérique en Haïti | CONATEL|website=conatel.gouv.ht|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203600/http://www.conatel.gouv.ht/node/103|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Nicaragua}}: The country chose the ISDB-T standard in 2015. The first DTT trials began in March 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://nextvnews.com/nicaragua-carry-first-dtt-trial/|title=Nicaragua to carry out first DTT trial|first=Anabelia|last=Horbuz|date=13 March 2018|website=Nextv News|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925151145/http://nextvnews.com/nicaragua-carry-first-dtt-trial/|archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Saint Lucia}}: No DTT has currently been planned in Saint Lucia.{{Cite web |url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Spectrum-Broadcasting/DSO/Pages/Countries.aspx |title=Summary by country |access-date=2 January 2023 |website=ITU }} Analogue cable transmissions were shut during 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/lime-takes-it-to-the-next-level-with-digital-tv/|title=LIME takes it to the next level with digital TV|date=16 January 2013|access-date=28 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928203547/https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/lime-takes-it-to-the-next-level-with-digital-tv/|archive-date=28 September 2019|url-status=live}}
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==Asia==
- {{flag|Laos}}: Lao National Television joined China's Yunnan Digital TV Company to establish Lao Digital TV with DTMB system in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Documents/Events/2017/June-AMS2017/S2_Lao.pdf|title=Digital Broadcasting in Lao PDR [3.2.2. Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting]|author=Xaiyakone Xaibounheuang|work=Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Laos|via=International Telecommunication Union|date=5 June 2017|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725060005/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Documents/Events/2017/June-AMS2017/S2_Lao.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}} Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Savankhone Razmountry further state that their country was making every effort to fully switch from the analogue television system to DTMB by 2020.
- {{flag|Maldives}}: In 2015, the country picked the ISDB-T standard for its DTT network. The service has yet to roll out.
- {{flag|North Korea}}: It was reported in 2013 that North Korea had tested digital broadcasting trials in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/03/17/report-dprk-testing-digital-tv/|title=Report: DPRK testing digital TV|first=Martyn|last=Williams|date=17 March 2013|website=North Korea Tech – 노스코리아테크|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923145947/http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/03/17/report-dprk-testing-digital-tv/|archive-date=23 September 2019|url-status=live}} DVB-T2 was adopted as digital terrestrial television broadcast standard{{cite web |url=http://blogofmobile.com/article/119608 |title=北朝鮮で4局が地上デジタル放送を実施中、ASUS ZenFone Go TVで確認 |language=ja |website=blogofmobile.com |date=8 September 2019 |access-date=24 June 2020}} On 19 January 2015, Korean Central Television, the country's state broadcaster, began broadcasting via digital satellite. However, there is no confirmed plan yet to introduce digital terrestrial broadcasts.[http://www.northkoreatech.org/2015/01/19/kctv-launches-hd-satellite-broadcasts/ KCTV launches HD satellite broadcasts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916024005/http://www.northkoreatech.org/2015/01/19/kctv-launches-hd-satellite-broadcasts/ |date=16 September 2015}} North Korean Tech (http://www.northkoreantech.org). 19 January 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.[http://www.northkoreatech.org/2015/05/15/kctvs-slow-move-to-high-definition-whats-taking-so-long/ KCTV's slow move to high-definition, what's taking so long?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616020329/http://www.northkoreatech.org/2015/05/15/kctvs-slow-move-to-high-definition-whats-taking-so-long/ |date=16 June 2015}} North Korean Tech (http://www.northkoreantech.org). 15 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- {{flag|Sri Lanka}}: Television industry in Sri Lanka had been prepared to digitalise itself for more than half a decade but government policy of uncertainties have confused broadcasters and caused many delays.{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180422/business-times/tv-network-company-offers-free-digital-tv-switch-290407.html|title=TV network company offers free Digital TV switch|work=The Sunday Times|date=22 April 2018|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902015721/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180422/business-times/tv-network-company-offers-free-digital-tv-switch-290407.html|archive-date=2 September 2018|url-status=live}} A 2014 television digitisation deal between Sri Lankan previous government and Japan are delayed up until present. In 2018, a Sri Lankan company named Television and Radio Network (TRN) offered to launch nationwide free digital television switch using the DVB-T2 system in contrast to Japanese proposal of ISDB-T system. As of 2025, the Project is still delayed and there is yet to have progress in DTT.
- {{flag|Timor-Leste}}: On 11 December 2018, the Timor-Leste cabinet gaven Secretary of State for Social Communication Merício Juvenal dos Reis permission to sign a Sino-Timor-Leste agreement for the introduction of Chinese digital television format of DTMB into the country.{{Cite web |date=11 December 2018 |title=China to help bring digital television to Timor-Leste |url=http://www.forumchinaplp.org.mo/china-to-help-bring-digital-television-to-timor-leste/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725054215/http://www.forumchinaplp.org.mo/china-to-help-bring-digital-television-to-timor-leste/ |archive-date=25 July 2019 |access-date=25 July 2019 |website=Permanent Secretary of Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao)}} On 18 June 2019, the groundbreaking ceremony for the China-aided demonstration project of the DTMB was held at the China Radio and Television Station in Timor-Leste.{{cite web|url=http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/EventsandActivities/201907/20190702882040.shtml|title=The Groundbreaking Ceremony for the China-aided Demonstration Project of the Digital Television Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcasting (DTMB) Held in East Timor|publisher=Ministry of Commerce, China|date=25 June 2019|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725052840/http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/article/EventsandActivities/201907/20190702882040.shtml|archive-date=25 July 2019|url-status=live}} The work subsequently began on 21 June.{{Cite web |date=21 June 2019 |title=Chinese contractors start on Timor-Leste digital TV project |url=http://www.forumchinaplp.org.mo/chinese-contractors-start-on-timor-leste-digital-tv-project/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725054217/http://www.forumchinaplp.org.mo/chinese-contractors-start-on-timor-leste-digital-tv-project/ |archive-date=25 July 2019 |access-date=25 July 2019 |website=Permanent Secretary of Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Macao)}}
==Oceania==
- {{flag|Nauru}}: As of 2014, the country has planned to create and migrate to digital terrestrial TV.{{Cite web |url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Documents/Events/2015/August-PMPC2015/S6_Nauru.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225060617/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/AsiaPacific/Documents/Events/2015/August-PMPC2015/S6_Nauru.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2016 |url-status=live}}
- {{flag|Niue}}: Plans were made in 2016 by the BCN to make a future switch to digital broadcasting.{{Cite web |date=7 January 2019 |title=About Us |url=https://tvniue.com/about-us/}}
- {{flag|Palau}}: The country has digital cable broadcasts.{{Cite web |title=Palau internet provider seeks broadcast | Pacific Islands Report |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2010/03/11/palau-internet-provider-seeks-broadcast?qt-article_tabs=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414093256/http://www.pireport.org/articles/2010/03/11/palau-internet-provider-seeks-broadcast?qt-article_tabs=2 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |access-date=28 September 2019 |website=pireport.org}}
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- {{flag|Antarctica}}
- {{flag|Aruba}}
- {{flag|Ascension Island}}
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- {{flag|British Virgin Islands}}
- {{flag|Central African Republic}}
- {{flag|Cook Islands}}
- {{flag|Dominica}}
- {{flag|Marshall Islands}}
- {{flag|Mauritania}}
- {{flag|Montserrat}}
- {{flag|Pitcairn Islands}}
- {{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
- {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
- {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
- {{flag|Somalia}}
- {{flag|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}}
- {{flag|Tokelau}}
- {{flag|Tristan da Cunha}}
- {{flag|Turkmenistan}}
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- {{flag|Yemen}}
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See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |author-link=Jeffrey A. Hart |last=Hart |first=Jeffrey A. |url=http://inethub.olvi.net.ua/ftp/Library/SomeLibrary/Techno/Hart%20J.A.%20-%20Technology,%20Television%20and%20Competition%5Bc%5D%20The%20Politics%20of%20Digital%20TV%20%282004%29%28en%29.pdf |title=Television, technology, and competition : HDTV and digital TV in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan |location=New York |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date= 2004 |isbn= 0-521-82624-1 |access-date=7 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515012604/http://inethub.olvi.net.ua/ftp/library/somelibrary/techno/hart%20j.a.%20-%20technology,%20television%20and%20competition%5Bc%5D%20the%20politics%20of%20digital%20tv%20(2004)(en).pdf |archive-date=15 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}
External links
- [http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/audiovisual_and_media/l24223a_en.htm EU Switchover from analog to digital broadcasting]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008060736/http://www.digitalswitchover.co.uk/ Digital Switchover UK]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102153/http://www.digitag.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ASOHandbook.pdf Handbook on Analog Switch Off (ASO, 2008)] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20150626150304/http://www.digitag.org/publications/analogue-switch-off/ Digital Television Action Group (DigiTAG)]
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