Oqaab

{{short description|National digital terrestrial television service in Afghanistan}}

Oqaab ({{langx|fa|عقاب}}, meaning "eagle") is the national digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in Afghanistan, operated by the privately owned Afghanistan Broadcasting System (ABS).{{Cite web |url=http://archive.pajhwok.com/en/2015/04/01/digital-revolution-afghanistan-first-digital-terrestrial-television-network-starts |title=Digital Revolution in Afghanistan First Digital Terrestrial Television Network starts broadcasting | Pajhwok Afghan News |access-date=2018-01-04 |archive-date=2018-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233534/http://archive.pajhwok.com/en/2015/04/01/digital-revolution-afghanistan-first-digital-terrestrial-television-network-starts |url-status=dead }} The service rolled out in April 2015 starting in Kabul and has been expanding to other cities and regions in the country, as ABS has been investing in the necessary infrastructure.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oqaab.af/first-digital-terrestrial-television-network-dvb-t2-starts-broadcasting/ |title=Oqaab » 100,000 likes – Oqaab reaches over 1 Mio TV Households |access-date=2018-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323182055/http://www.oqaab.af/first-digital-terrestrial-television-network-dvb-t2-starts-broadcasting/ |archive-date=2016-03-23 |url-status=dead }} It broadcasts currently 65 local and international TV channels (all free-to-air) in the DVB-T2 standard.{{cite web | url=https://www.fairplanet.org/story/no-empire-for-afghanistan-anymore/ | title=No "Empire" for Afghanistan? }} In the upcoming future the international FTA channels will be replaced by a Pay TV offer.