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Thedigital television transition, also called thedigital switchover (DSO), theanalogue switch/sign-off (ASO), thedigital migration, or theanalogue shutdown, is the process in which olderanalogue television broadcasting technology is converted to and replaced bydigital television. Conducted by individual nations on different schedules, this primarily involves the conversion of analogueterrestrial television broadcasting infrastructure toDigital terrestrial television (DTT), a major benefit being extra frequencies on theradio spectrum and lower broadcasting costs, as well as improved viewing qualities for consumers.

The transition may also involveanalogue cable conversion todigital cable orInternet Protocol television, as well as analogue 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 analoguetelevision receivers owned by viewers cannot receive digital broadcasts; viewers must either purchase new digital TVs, ordigital converter boxes which have a digital tuner and change the digital signal to an analogue signal or some other form of a digital signal (i.e.HDMI) which can be received on the older TV. Usually during a transition, asimulcast 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-T2 ATSC 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 usingserial 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.^[1]

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.^[2] On 3 August 2003,Berlin became the world's first city to switch off terrestrial analogue signals.^[3]Luxembourg was the first country to complete its terrestrial switchover, on 1 September 2006.^[4]

• 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^[5]
• 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 (northeasternIshikawa Prefecture only),Latvia,Luxembourg (cable television and satellite),San Marino,Slovenia,Spain, United Kingdom (Wales)
• 2011:Austria,Canada (major markets),^[6]Cyprus,France,Israel, Japan^[7] (except2011 Tōhoku earthquake-affected prefectures),Malta,Monaco, United Kingdom (Scotland)
• 2012:Czech Republic,Gibraltar, Germany (satellite services),Ireland (terrestrial),^[8] Italy, Japan (Fukushima,Iwate,Miyagi Prefectures),Lithuania,Saudi Arabia,Qatar,United Arab Emirates,Jordan,Bahrain,Portugal,Slovakia,South Korea,Taiwan, United Kingdom (England andNorthern Ireland),^[9]Vatican City
• 2013:Australia (includingChristmas 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,^[10]China (full power stations)
• 2016:Bermuda,Brazil (Federal District and the city ofRio Verde, Goiás),China (CCTV),Burundi
• 2017: Brazil (a few metropolitan areas, such asSão Paulo andRio de Janeiro, among others),Philippines (Light Network),Romania (phase 2), GermanyUnitymedia,Kyrgyzstan,Brunei^[11]
• 2018:United States (cable television), Brazil (major markets, including all markets inRio de Janeiro, São Paulo states),Romania (VHF band),^[12] 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,^[13][14]India (phase one),Moldova (Transnistria),Bhutan (cable television),^[15]Costa Rica,Malaysia (terrestrial),^[16][17][18]Philippines (ETC/SBN 21)
• 2020: Brazil (other markets),Morocco (VHF band), Hong Kong,Thailand (Channel 3),^[19]Venezuela,Moldova (other territories),Sudan,Côte d'Ivoire,Vietnam,^[20][21]Laos,^[22]Pakistan,^[23]Philippines (ABS-CBN),Senegal,Seychelles,^[24]South Africa
• 2021:China (regional stations),United States (low-power stations except in Alaska),India (phase two),Bolivia (phase two),Kazakhstan,Paraguay,Panama (Panamá,Colón andPanamá Oeste)
• 2022:Botswana (remaining localities), Canada (remaining markets),Indonesia (terrestrial) (Batam and major cities on the island ofJava),^[25][26]Philippines (BEAM TV and SMNI), United States (low-power stations in Alaska)^[27]
• 2023: Cambodia (remaining markets),Jamaica,Pakistan,Philippines (CLTV 36),India (last phase),^[28][29]Macau (terrestrial),Indonesia (rest of the country)
• 2024:Brazil,Chile,Cuba,Dominican Republic,^[30]El Salvador,Paraguay (Asunción),South Africa
• 2025:Brazil (remaining areas),South Africa,Philippines (Mega Manila),Peru (Lima and Callao),Russia (remaining channels),^[31]Macau (cable television),Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2026:Argentina,^[32]Trinidad and Tobago,Philippines (rest of the country),Bolivia (La Paz,Cochabamba,Santa Cruz)^[33]
• 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 analogue standards they replace:NTSC,PAL andSECAM. 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-T2 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 "RRC-06" agreement inGeneva (hosted by theInternational 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 analogue television transmission for digital services (specificallyDVB-T), without being required to protect the analogue services of neighbouring countries against interference. This date was generally viewed as an internationally mandated analogue switch-off date, at least along national borders^[34]—except for those operating on theVHF band which would be allowed until 17 June 2020.^{[35][needs update]}

These deadlines set by the agreement have been difficult to reach in certain regions, like in Africa where most countries missed the 2015 deadline,^[36] as well as South East Asia.^[37] High upgrade costs are often a reason cited for the slow transition in those regions.

TheEuropean Commission, on a different note, had recommended on 28 October 2009 that digital switchover should be completed by 1 January 2012.^[38]

After the switch from analogue to digital broadcasts is complete, analogue-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 ananalogue television – must be used to allow the television to receivedigital broadcasts.^[39] In the United States, the government subsidized the purchase of such boxes for consumers via theircoupon-eligible converter box program in 2009, funded by a small part of the billions of dollars brought in by aspectrum auction. The program was managed by the Department of Commerce through itsNational 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.

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This table shows the launches of DTT and the closure of analogue television in several countries.

• Official launch: The official launch date of digital terrestrial television in the country, not the start of trial broadcasts.
• Start of closedown: The date for the first major closedown of analogue transmitters.
• End of closedown: The date when analogue television is definitely closed down.
• System: Transmission system, e. g.DVB-T,ATSC orISDB-T.
• Interactive: System used for interactive services, such asMHP andMHEG-5.
• Compression: Video compression standard used. Most systems useMPEG-2, but the more efficientH.264/MPEG-4 AVC has become increasingly popular among networks launching later on. Some countries use both MPEG-2 and H.264, for example France which uses MPEG-2 for standard definition free content but MPEG-4 for HD broadcasts and pay services.

Country	Officially launched	Analog closedown commenced	Analog closedown completed	DTT transmission	Interaction	AV standard
Afghanistan	May 2014		31 August 2014	DVB-T2	None	H.264
Albania[40]	15 July 2004[41]		1 October 2019[42]	DVB-T		H.262
Algeria	2008		10 November 2014	DVB-T
Andorra[43]			25 September 2007	DVB-T	None(MHP abandoned)	H.262
Argentina (details)	28 April 2010		31 March 2026	ISDB-Tb	Ginga	H.264
Australia (details)[44][45][46][47][48][49][50]	1 January 2001	30 June 2010 (Mildura andSunraysia)	10 December 2013 (Melbourne)[51]	DVB-T(7 MHz channels 6~12 VHF and 28~69 UHF)	MHEG-5 (EPG only)	H.262[52]
Austria[53]	26 October 2006	5 March 2003[54]	2 September 2010[55]	DVB-T	None(MHP abandoned)[56]	H.262
Belgium[57]	2002	3 November 2008(Flemish Community)	2010 (Francophone Community)	DVB-T	None	H.262
Botswana	26 February 2013		2020 (small areas) 2024 (all other areas)	ISDB-Tb	BML	H.264
Brazil[58]	3 December 2007	15 February 2016 (Rio Verde)	2020 (major areas) 30 September 2023 (all other areas) 30 June 2025 (remaining areas)	ISDB-Tb	Ginga	H.264
Brunei	2014[59]	31 July 2017 (Belait andTutong Districts)[11][60]	31 December 2017[11]	DVB-T2	MHEG-5	H.264
Bulgaria[61]	November 2004	March 2013	30 September 2013[62]	DVB-T[63]	MHP	H.264
Cambodia[64]	4 February 2013	2015	2023	DVB-T2	MHP	H.264
Canada (details)[65]	January 2003	31 August 2011	December 2022	ATSC		H.262,H.264 HD (ATSC 2.0)
China[66]	2006	2014	31 March 2021[a]	DMB-T/H[67]		AVS+
Colombia[68]	28 August 2008	2016	2021	DVB-T(6 MHz)	MHP	H.264
Costa Rica	4 May 2010	2018	15 August 2019	ISDB-Tb	Ginga	H.264
Croatia[69]	9 July 2002		1 January 2011[70]	DVB-T		H.262,H.264
Czech Republic[71]	21 October 2005		30 June 2012	DVB-T	MHP	H.262
Denmark[72][73][74]	31 March 2006	1 February 2009	1 November 2009	DVB-T	MHP	H.262,H.264
El Salvador (details)[75]	22 April 2009	21 December 2018	1 December 2024	ISDB-Tb	Ginga	H.262,H.264
Estonia[76][77][78]	15 December 2006	31 March 2008 (Ruhnu)	1 July 2010	DVB-T	MHP (planned)	H.264
Faroe Islands (details)[79]	December 2002	December 2002	2003	DVB-T	None	H.262
Finland (details)[80]	27 August 2001	1 September 2007[81]	1 September 2007	DVB-T	None(MHP abandoned)	H.262
France[82][83]	31 March 2005 (FTA) 1 March 2006 (Pay DTT)[84][85]	4 February 2009	30 November 2011[86][87]	DVB-T2	MHP[88]	H.262,H.264[89]
Germany (details)[90]	March 2003	March 2003 (Regional rollout)	2 December 2008 (completed)	DVB-T		H.262/H.264 (Stuttgart for non public channels)
Greece (details)	16 January 2006 (tests)[91]	1 November 2008[91]	6 February 2015[92]	DVB-T		H.262 (ERT) H.264 (ERT, DIGEA)
Hong Kong (details)[93][94]	31 December 2007		1 December 2020[95]	DMB-T/H	MHEG-5 (TVB)	H.264
Hungary[96][97]	1 December 2008	31 July 2013	31 October 2013	DVB-T		H.264
Indonesia (details)[98]	13 August 2008 (trial) 20 May 2009 (official)[99]	5 September 2022 (Jakarta and surrounding areas)[100]	17 August 2023 (all services areas in Indonesia)[101]	DVB-T2	MHEG-5	H.264
Iran[102][103][104]	2009		19 December 2014	DVB-T DVB-T2		H.264 H.265 (HEVC)
Ireland[105][106][107][108][109] [110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117]	1999–2002(Licensing abandoned) 2006–2008(trial) 31 October 2010 (90%)[118] 26 May 2011(DTT launch) December 2011 (98%)[119] Network testing, publicly receivable	24 October 2012 with NI[120]	24 October 2012 with NI[121][122]	DVB-T	RCT abandoned, MHEG5	H.264
Israel[123][124][125][126]	2 August 2009[127]		June 2011	DVB-T		H.264,AAC+ V2
Italy (details)[128]	1 January 2004	15 October 2008	4 July 2012	DVB-T	MHP	H.262,H.264
Japan (details)[129][130]	1 December 2003	24 September 2010 (Northeastern areas ofIshikawa)	24 July 2011 (all cities exceptMorioka,Sendai, andFukushima)[131] 31 March 2012 (Iwate,Miyagi, andFukushima)[b]	ISDB-T	BML	H.262
Lithuania[132]	2006	2009 (Now expanded nationwide)	29 October 2012[133]	DVB-T		H.264
Luxembourg[134]	4 April 2006	4 April 2006	1 September 2006	DVB-T	None	H.262
Macau	15 July 2008		30 June 2023	DMB-T/H		H.264
Macedonia (details)[135]	4 May 2004	1 January 2010	1 June 2013	DVB-T	MHP	H.264
Malaysia (details)	6 June 2017[136]	21 July 2019 (Langkawi)[137]	14 October 2019 (West Malaysia)[138] 31 October 2019 (Sabah andSarawak)[139][140][141][142]	DVB-T2	MHEG-5	H.264
Mexico (details)	2 July 2004	18 July 2013 (Tijuana)	31 December 2015	ATSC		H.262,H.264 HD (ATSC 2.0)
Moldova	April 2016 (Transnistria) November 2016 (Moldova)		2019 (Transnistria) 1 March 2020 (Moldova)	DVB-T2		H.264
Mongolia	1 July 2014[143][10]	2015[144][145]	2015[10]	DVB-T2
Morocco[146][147][148]	1 June 2007	5 March 2007	2015 (UHF) 2020 (VHF)	DVB-T
Myanmar	October 2013[149]	2016	December 2020	DVB-T2	MHEG-5	H.264
Netherlands (details)[150]	18 June 1996 (test)	December 2003	11 December 2006	DVB-T		H.262
New Zealand[151][152][153]	April 2008	30 September 2012	1 December 2013	DVB-T	MHEG-5 (EPG only)	H.264/HE-AAC
North Korea	2012[154]	2012		DVB-T2
Norway (details)[155]	September 2007[156]	March 2008[157]	1 December 2009	DVB-T	MHP	H.264[158]
Peru[159]	30 March 2010	2020	1 March 2023	ISDB-Tb	Ginga	H.264
Philippines (details)	October 2008 (trials) 14 February 2017 (DTT launch)	28 February 2017[160]	31 December 2023[161]	ISDB-T	BML	H.262,H.264
Poland (details)[162][163][164]	9 November 2001 (test) 2004 (trials) 20 September 2009 (DTT launch)	May 2011	23 July 2013[165]	DVB-T		H.264
Portugal (details)[166]	29 April 2009[167]	2011	26 April 2012[168]	DVB-T		H.264
Qatar[169]	11 December 2013		13 February 2015	DVB-T2		H.264
Romania[170][171] [172][173][174][175][176]	1 December 2005		17 June 2015 (planned) 1 May 2018 (completion)	DVB-T2		H.264
Russia[177]	24 June 2009	3 December 2018	14 October 2019 19 August 2025 (remaining channels)	DVB-T2		H.264[178]
Saudi Arabia	11 June 2006		13 February 2015	DVB-T/DVB-T2		H.264
Singapore (details)	22 December 2006	16 December 2013	2 January 2019	DVB-T2		H.264
Slovakia[179]	1999–2004, 2005–2009	2010[180]	31 December 2012[181]	DVB-T	MHEG-5	H.262,H.264
Slovenia[182]	2007	1 December 2010	30 June 2011	DVB-T		H.264
South Africa (details)[183][184]	March 2006	28 October 2016[185]	July 2020[186][187]	DVB-T2	MHEG-5(Future use planned)	H.264
South Korea (details)[188]	2001	1 September 2010 14:00[189] (Uljin)	31 December 2012[190]	ATSC		H.262,H.264 HD (ATSC 2.0)
Spain (details)[191]	2000–2005 (Previous and relaunch)	2009	3 April 2010[192]	DVB-T	None(MHP abandoned)	H.262 SD,H.264 HD
Sri Lanka[193][194]	7 September 2014	1 January 2015	2020	ISDB-T	BML	H.264 HD
Sweden (details)[195]	1 April 1999[196]	19 September 2005	29 October 2007	DVB-T, DVB-T2 (HD)	MHP	H.262 SD,H.264 HD[197]
Switzerland (details)[198]	2001	March 2002	25 February 2008[199]	DVB-T
Taiwan (details)[200]	January 2004[201]	July 2010 (Pinglin)	June 2012[201]	DVB-T	MHP	H.262,H.264[201]
Thailand (details)[202]	25 January 2013 (official) 1 April 2014 (all trials) 1 June 2014 (all official plan)	1 December 2015[203][c]	25 March 2020 (planned)[203] 26 March 2020 (Switch-off Completed byChannel 3)[204]	DVB-T2	MHEG-5	H.264
Tunisia	2001[205]		17 September 2015[206]	DVB-T		H.264
Turkey (details)[207]	1 December 2003		October 2020	DVB-T2 (expected)	MHP	H.265
Ukraine[208]	1 April 2009	31 July 2018	31 August 2018 (Most transmitters)	DVB-T2	None	H.264
United Kingdom (details)[209]	15 November 1998	17 October 2007 (Whitehaven)	24 October 2012 (parts ofEngland and most ofNorthern Ireland)	DVB-T, DVB-T2 (HDTV)	MHEG-5	H.262 SD,H.264 HD
United States (details)[210][211]	29 October 1998	8 September 2008 (Wilmington)	12 June 2009 (Full-power TV stations) 13 July 2021 (Low-power TV stations)[d]	ATSC		H.262
Vietnam	2002 (tests)[212] 2015	30 June 2020 (21Provinces)[213]	28 December 2020[214]	DVB-T2	MHEG-5	H.264

• Algeria: Digital broadcasting started in 2009, analogue signals were switched off first in Annaba Region and completed in December 2020.^[215][216]
• Cape Verde: Started transitioning to digital in the early 2010s.^[201] The analogue switch off happened to complete at the end of 2019.^[217]
• Eswatini: The switchover is complete.^[218] Analogue switchoff started on 17 June 2015 and it was completed in 2016.
• Gabon: All analogue signals were turned off on 17 June 2016.^[219]
• Ghana: Analogue switch-off occurred in June 2015, switching toDVB-T.^[220]
• 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.
• Kenya: After DTT launched in 2008, analogue 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 toDVB-T2 in March 2015.
• Libya: 7 multiplexes of DVB-T2 were available in Tripoli in 2012. Analogue television was turned off on 13 February 2020.
• Malawi: The switchover is complete.^[218] Analogue shutdown was to happen in 2013, but this was changed to 2015, and it was changed up to March 2021.
• Mauritius: First digital (DVB-T) broadcasts commenced 30 September 2005.^[221] Analogue shut off on 17 June 2014.^[222]
• Morocco: DTT launched in March 2007.^[223] Analogue transmitters on UHF band were switched off on 17 June 2015. Analogue transmitters on VHF band were switched off on 17 June 2020.^[224]
• Namibia: The first African country to go digital when it launched DTT in February 2005.^[225] Analogue signals were terminated on 13 September 2014.
• Rwanda: Shut off the last of its analogue signals in March 2014. Switched toDVB-T,^[222] with plans to upgrade toDVB-T2 in the future.^[226]
• Seychelles: In 2018, they launched their DTT Service where both analogue and digital signals coexist, but after a period of instability on DTT, it became stabilized and ultimately been switched off in 2020.^[24]
• 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.
• Tanzania: Shut off the last of its analogue signals in July 2014. Switched toDVB-T2^[222][227]
• Tunisia: Digital broadcasts began in 2010,^[228] usingDVB-T, then since 2015, usingDVB-T2. Analogue television was turned off on 17 September 2015.
• Uganda: Shut off analogue signals in 2015.^[229]
• Zambia: Analogue shut off on 31 December 2014. Switched toDVB-T2.^[230][231]

• Albania: The original analogue switch-off deadline was planned for July 2015, however this was missed due to multiple problems.^[232] Analogue 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, analogue 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 analogue broadcast being in Gjirokastër byTelevizioni Klan. Analogue satellite broadcasts stopped in 2002 shortly before the introduction of digital satellite.^[233]
• Andorra: Analogue switch-off completed on 25 September 2007.^[234]

• Armenia: Began analogue switch-off on 20 October 2016, completed on 4 November 2016.
• Austria: Began analogue switch-off on 5 March 2007, progressing from the west to the east.^[235] The analogue broadcast was shut down nationwide at the end of 2010 regarding the main transmitters.^[236] The last analogue translators were switched off on 7 June 2011.
• Azerbaijan: Began analogue switch-off on 17 October 2010, completed on 20 December 2016.^[237][238]
• 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.
• Belgium: Media regulations are under regional legislation.Flanders switched off analogue television on 3 November 2008, while inWallonia, all analogue services were switched off on 1 March 2010, making the country completely serviced by a digital signal. However, analogue cable is still used by many cable subscribers, so therefore a cable switchover is unlikely to happen in the near future.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[239][240] 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 on 30 September 2013.^[62][241]

• Croatia: Analogue 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.^[242]
• Cyprus: All analogue transmissions terminated on 30 June 2011 and moved to digital-only transmissions on MPEG-4 on Friday, 1 July 2011.
  • Northern Cyprus: BroadcasterBRT halted analogue signals on 31 March 2019, replaced by DVB-T which started testing in the country in 2009.^[243]

• Czech Republic: The last analogue transmitters in Southeast Moravia and Northern Moravia – Silesia were switched off on 30 June 2012.
• Denmark: All terrestrial analogue services switched off at midnight on 1 November 2009.^[244] Analogue cable was switched off on 9 February 2016.^[245] Analogue satellite was terminated by 2006 whenDR2 andTV3 ended their analogue signals on theIntelsat 10-02/Thor satellite at 0.8°W.^[246] DR 2 was the last ever broadcast using theD2-MAC standard when it closed on 1 July.

• Faroe Islands: Launched DTT in December 2002. Most of the analogue signals were switched off immediately.^[247]
• Estonia: Analogue television was switched off completely on 1 July 2010.

• Finland: Analogue terrestrial transmissions ceased nationwide at 04:00 on 1 September 2007^[248] (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 thetelevision license cost. Cable TV viewers continued to receive analogue broadcasts until the end of February 2008.
• France: All analogue services (terrestrial, satellite and cable) switched off on 29/30 November 2011. This included overseas departments and territories such asGuadeloupe,French Guiana,Martinique,Mayotte,Réunion,French Polynesia,New Caledonia,Saint Barthélemy,Saint Martin,Saint Pierre and Miquelon, andWallis and Futuna.
  • Guadeloupe: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • French Guiana: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • Martinique: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • Mayotte: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • Réunion: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • French Polynesia: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • New Caledonia: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • Saint Barthélemy: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • Collectivity of Saint Martin: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
  • Wallis and Futuna: All analogue services switched off on Tuesday, 29 November 2011.
• Georgia: Analogue broadcasts were planned to start to switch-off 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 started on 1 July 2015 and completed on 25 August 2015.^[249]
• Germany: Analogue 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 analogue switch-off transmitters was completed on 25 November 2008, except one main transmitter inBad Mergentheim, which was shut down on 4 June 2009. Analogue satellite receivers were still used by 6% of households in 2010 as the highest in Europe. The analogue satellite transmissions (broadcasting onAstra 19.2°E) were switched off on 30 April 2012, being the last in Europe. However, analogue cable were still used by about 30% of the population and 55% of all cable broadcasts. The cable TV provider Unitymedia switched off analogue cable on 27 June 2017.^[250] The last remaining analogue cable channels shut down in 2019.
• Greece: Digital broadcasting of privately owned nationwide TV channels began byDigea in Greece on 24 September 2009, covering a large section of theCorinthian gulf in NorthernPeloponnese. During the 2009–13 transition period, a total of 13 digital broadcasting centers were activated throughout Greece, covering approximately 70% of the Greek population.^[251] Analogue terrestrial transmissions were first terminated at thePeloponnese region on 27 June 2014. Five more switch-offs followed in 2014 and the analogue shutdown was completed on 6 February 2015.^{[252][253][254]} Α total of 156 broadcasting centres are currently active throughout the country, covering over 96% of the country's population.^[255]
• Hungary: Hungarian analogue terrestrial transmissions officially stopped on Thursday, 31 October 2013, after completing two phases that ended on 31 July and 31 October, respectively. However, analogue transmissions are still operating as of August 2021 on cable systems, at least.
• Iceland: All analogue terrestrial transmissions were switched off on Monday, 2 February 2015.^{[256][257][258]}
• Ireland: Digital terrestrial television was launched in Ireland asSaorview on Friday 29 October 2010.^[259] At launch it had five standard-definition channels and one high-definition channel. The analogue service was terminated on Wednesday 24 October 2012^[260] and was replaced by a second multiplex for Saorview. A small number of low power independent analogue re-broadcast systems remained licensed until 31 December 2012.^[261] Analogue cable was shut down on 8 April 2019. Analogue satellite fromAstra 19.2°E was discontinued on 27 September 2001.
• Italy: The conversion to digital television progressed region–by–region. It started inSardinia on 15 October 2008, and was completed on Wednesday, 4 July 2012, when the last analogue transmitters in theProvince of Palermo were shut down. The switchover was politically controversial due to a 2004 law that seemed to favorMediaset, owned by the Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi, in the television market. A 2006 bill proposed byPaolo Gentiloni passed the government ofRomano Prodi that would make one of Mediaset's channels as well as one from public broadcasterRAI move to digital three years before the switch. The bill was called "tailored for political revenge" by Berlusconi.^[262] In 2011, theEuropean Court of Justice ruled that the digital switchover in Italy was illegally subsidised favoring Berlusconi's media group.^[263] Analogue satellite broadcasts were switched off from theHot Bird 13°E satellite on 29 April 2005 by RAI.^[264][265]
• Kazakhstan: Analogue broadcasting shutdown began on 1 December 2018, the first two regions turned off:Jambyl andMangystau Regions. On 1 July 2019, nine more regions were disconnected:South Kazakhstan,Atyrau,Kyzylorda,Almaty Regions,East Kazakhstan,Pavlodar,North Kazakhstan,Kostanay andKaraganda Regions. Finally, on 1 July 2021, the last five regions were disconnected:West Kazakhstan,Akmola,Aktobe Regions,Nur-Sultan andAlmaty.^[266]
• Kyrgyzstan: DTT services rolled out officially in 2014, and the transition to digital ended in 2017.^[267]
• Latvia: Analogue television completely converted to digital broadcasting on Tuesday, 1 June 2010.
• Lithuania: The switch-off of the analogue terrestrial transmissions was completed on Monday, 29 October 2012.^[268]
• Luxembourg: Luxembourg was the first country to completely switch to digital broadcasting and shut down analogue TV, completing the transition on Friday, 1 September 2006.
• Moldova: Launched its first DTT service in November 2016. Analogue broadcasts were discontinued from May 2022.^[269] The process was somewhat difficult due to the high costs of upgrading to digital.^[270]
  • Transnistria: DTT based on DVB-T started broadcasting on 30 December 2012 but only in testing phase until 2015.^[271] The DVB-T2 public rollout commenced in April 2016.^[272] Analogue broadcasts for Transnistria shut down in the period 2018–2019.^[273]
• North Macedonia: Analogue transmissions were terminated on Saturday, 1 June 2013.^[274]
• Malta: All analogue services terminated on Monday, 31 October 2011. The switch-off was originally planned for Wednesday, 1 June 2011 but was delayed for unknown reasons.^[275]
• Monaco: Analogue TV broadcasts switched off on Tuesday, 24 May 2011.
• Montenegro: Shut down analogue signals on 17 June 2015.^[276]
• 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.^[2] The switch-off was helped greatly as cable continued to use analogue distribution, and thus consumers' old tuners continued to be useful. In March 2018, major cable providerZiggo announced that it would gradually phase out analogue cable TV transmissions in the next two years.^[277] Analogue satellite transmissions fromAstra 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.^[278]
• Norway: The switch-off of the analogue transmissions started in March 2008 and was completed on Tuesday, 1 December 2009. Norway started its DTT service on the Saturday 1 September 2007.^[279] Analogue satellite broadcasts ofNRK andTV 2 on theThor 4.3°W satellite ended on 15 October 2002.^[280]
• Poland: Terrestrial television in Poland is broadcast using a digital DVB-T system. First testDVB-T emission was carried inWarsaw at 9 November 2001. In April 2004, firstDVB-T transmitter nearRzeszów started operation, and localTVP division started to marketset-top boxes allowing to receive it. The shutdown of analogue broadcasts took place in 7 steps from 7 November 2012 to 23 July 2013 when analogue terrestrial transmissions were completely terminated. Analogue broadcasts on satellite ended whenTVN stopped its analogue transmission on theHot Bird 13°E satellite in 2008. Later, in early 2022, most of TV markets (Polsat, TVN,TV Puls, etc.) switched into theDVB-T2HEVC, while TVP, due toinvasion of Ukraine, did it on 15 December (west) and 19 December (east), 2023.

• 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 analogue broadcasting ended. This switchover began on Thursday 12 January 2012. Analogue cable remained available from all pay-TV providers (including fiber), for homes with multiple televisions. 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.^[281] 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. Starting on February 2021, analogue cable was entierly discontinued on NOWO.^[282] In October 2022, plans have been made to close analogue cable signals on NOS.^[283] In late April 2023, viewers would see a message announcing the end of this kind of analogue broadcasting on 3 May 2023, unless they bought a set-top box and/or scanned digital signals. As of November 2025, analogue cable does remain available on Meo and Vodafone, albeit with a reduced number of channels from previous years.
• San Marino: Analogue switch-off completed on Thursday, 2 December 2010.
• Serbia: Launched its first DTT transmissions in 2005. The first DTT-only channel was made available in 2008. As of 2013, theDVB-T2 network coversBelgrade and much ofVojvodina, several cities inŠumadija and Western Serbia and the southern city ofNiš.^[284] 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.^[285] Last switch-off took place on 7 June 2015.
• Slovakia: Analogue transmission finished broadcasts on Monday, 31 December 2012.
• Slovenia: The switch-off of main transmitters was completed on Wednesday, 1 December 2010. The last local analogue transmitters were switched off on Thursday, 30 June 2011.

• Spain: The switch-off of the analogue 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.^[286]
• Sweden: The switch-off of the analogue terrestrial network progressed region–by–region. It started on the island ofGotland on Monday, 19 September 2005, and was completed on Monday 15 October 2007, when the last analogueSVT1 transmitters inBlekinge and westernScania were shut down.^[287] Cable broadcasters continued to broadcast in analogue until 2020. Analogue broadcasts from theSirius andThor satellites were ended by April 2004.^[288]
•  Switzerland (includingLiechtenstein): Switch-off began on Monday 24 July 2006 inTicino and continued withEngadin on Monday, 13 November 2006. The switch-off was completed on Monday, 25 February 2008. A very high percentage of Swiss viewers receive their signals via cable distributors. By 2012, 40% of cable viewers had switched to digital. Analogue cable was switched off on 1 January 2017.^[289] The country switched off its terrestrial network entirely in 2019 due to low penetration.^[290]
• United Kingdom (includingEngland): Digital terrestrial broadcasting began in the UK on Sunday, 15 November 1998 with the launch of ONdigital, later renamedITV Digital, which was replaced byFreeview afterits collapse. The transition from analogue and digital to digital-only terrestrial signals started on Wednesday, 17 October 2007 with theWhitehaven transmitter inCumbria,^[291] and followed atransmitter switchover timetable, implemented by region. The firstconstituent country to switch off all its analogue signals wasWales on 31 March 2010^[292] and the last region to switch off its analogue signals wasNorthern Ireland on 24 October 2012.^[293] Analogue cable broadcasts eventually ended and fully ceased on 28 November 2013, whenMilton Keynes finally saw their service terminate, after a settling of a cable ownership dispute betweenBT Group andVirgin Media. Analogue satellite from the Astra 19.2E satellite was discontinued on Thursday, 27 September 2001. Sales of analogue TV sets stopped on 6 July 2010.^[294]
  • Gibraltar: Analogue transmissions ceased in December 2012 (replaced by DVB-TGibraltar Freeview)^[295]
  • Isle of Man: All analogue services switched off on Thursday, 16 July 2009^[296]
  • Guernsey andJersey: Analogue signals switched off on Wednesday, 17 November 2010.^[297]
  • Northern Ireland: Analogue switch-off completed on 24 October 2012.^[298]
  • Scotland: Scotland ended its analogue broadcasts on 22 June 2011.

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• • Wales: The vast majority of transmitters stopped broadcasting just after midnight on 1 April 2010.^[300] However analogue transmissions were still broadcast from the New Radnor and Garth Hill transmitters in Wales, until 20 April 2011.^[301]

• Uzbekistan: The launch of digital broadcasting began on 15 January 2018. The first regions to turn off their analogue broadcasts wereAndijan,Fergana,Namangam andTashkent Region. On 15 July 2018, the switch-off was completed on the city ofTashkent, and on 5 December 2018, the shutdown of analogue television in Uzbekistan was completed.
• Vatican City: Digital transition completed in 2012.^[302]

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• Bahrain: The analogue terrestrial transmissions were terminated on 13 February 2012 and was replaced by a multiplex for Nilesat.^[vague] The government was planned to turn off analogue 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. Analogue satellite transmission were switched off on 1 March 2004.
• Israel: Started digital transmissions in MPEG-4 on 2 August 2009 and analogue transmissions ended on 31 March 2011. A second MUX in DVB-T2 was launched in August 2015.
• Qatar: The analogue terrestrial transmissions were terminated on 13 February 2012 and was replaced by a multiplex for Nilesat.^[vague] The government was planned to turn off analogue 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. Analogue satellite transmission were switched off on 1 March 2004. Digital television launched terrestrially throughout the Arab world on 11 June 2006 (known as Nilesat).^{[dubious –discuss]}
• Saudi Arabia: The analogue terrestrial transmissions were terminated on 13 February 2012 and was replaced by a multiplex for Nilesat.^[vague] The government was planned to turn off analogue 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. Analogue satellite transmission were switched off on 1 March 2004.
• United Arab Emirates: The analogue terrestrial transmissions were terminated on 13 February 2012 and was replaced by a multiplex for Nilesat.^[vague] The government was planned to turn off analogue 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. Analogue satellite transmission were switched off on 1 March 2004. Digital television launched terrestrially throughout Arab world on 11 June 2006 (known as Nilesat).^{[dubious –discuss]}

• Bermuda: TheBermuda Broadcasting Company terminated terrestrialNTSC-M broadcasts in March 2016.ZFB-TV (analogue channel 7) andZBM-TV (analogue channel 9), the two television stations in Bermuda, switched to digital channels 20.1 and 20.2, respectively.^[303] Like its parent nation (the United Kingdom) and unlike the United States, Canada, and theBahamas (which have been transitioning toATSC), Bermuda switched over toDVB-T.
• Canada: Canada's DTV transition was completed in 28 mandatory markets on Wednesday, 31 August 2011. SomeCBC analogue 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 analogue. TheCBC decided to shut down all (more than 600) of its remaining analogue transmitters on Tuesday, 31 July 2012, without replacing them.^[304] Also on 31 August 2011, all full-power TV transmitters had to vacate channels 52 to 69. There does however remain a very small number of community-based transmitters broadcasting in analogue.^{[305][timeframe?]} SeeDigital television in Canada.

• 

  Chile: The transition to digital started in 2012.^[306][307] ASO was initially delayed to 15 April 2024, but was later pushed back to various dates depending on the region.^[308] The transition started on 13 March 2024 in theArica y Parinacota,Tarapacá,Aysén andMagallanes regions, finishing on 19 March 2024. TheAtacama,Los Rios,Coquimbo andLos Lagos regions started the transition on 20 March 2024, and finished during midnight on 26 March 2024. It continued on 27 March 2024 in theÑuble,O'Higgins,Maule andAntofagasta, concluding on 2 April 2024. The last phase of the analogue shutdown started on 3 April 2024 in theAraucanía,Biobío,Valparaíso andMetropolitan regions, and concluding on 9 April 2024, ending analogue broadcasts in the entire country. Before that, some independent regional stations shut down their analogue broadcasts prior to the official deadline.^[309]
  • Easter Island: Tenders started in July 2019. Analogue shutdown started on 3 April 2024, and ended on 9 April 2024, due to it being in the Valparaíso region.^[307][308]
• Costa Rica: The transition is complete. The country was scheduled to shut down analogue signals permanently in December 2018 but this was changed to 15 August 2019.
• Falkland Islands: Digital TV now exclusively broadcast throughKTV andBritish Forces Broadcasting Service since the early 2010s.^[310]
• Greenland: Launched digital services inNuuk in August 2002.^[311] The last settlement that upgraded to digital wasSiorapaluk in 2012, with analogue switched off in October.^[312]
• Honduras: First phase began on 31 December 2016, second phase was completed on 31 December 2019.^[313] The whole country is now entirely covered by DTV.
• Mexico: Digital broadcasts started in 2000, with the first beingTijuana'sXETV – an English-language television station that primarily served San Diego, California between the 1960s and the early 2010s. Analogue shutdown was originally scheduled to occur in 2012, but on Thursday, 2 September 2010, Mexican government advanced the analogue shutdown from 2012 to 2015.^[314] From 2013, areas began to be switched over regionally depending on the presence of digital terrestrial stations and a campaign headed by theSCT 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 2013Baja California state elections.^[315] The switchover was completed nationwide on 31 December 2015, when all remaining analogue television stations left the air.^[316] Mexico then instituted a nationwide remapping of network stations in late 2015 requiring most of them to map to the channel number in eitherMexico City, or for regional networks, the main metro area served by the network's flagship station.
• Suriname: Adopted theATSC standard for DTT and completed the analogue switch off in 2015.^[317]

External videos
The DTV "nightlight" video that was produced by theNational Association of Broadcasters for broadcast by its participating members.[318]

• 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 includedlow-power stations, and"nightlight" stations which broadcastPSAs 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-upcoming600 MHz spectrum auction could "potentially displace a significant number of LPTV and TV translator stations", and would "require" analogue stations to incur the costs of transitioning to digital before completion of the auction and repacking process".^[319] After the auction's completion in 2017, the FCC announced 13 July 2021 as the new analogue low-power shutoff date.^[320] 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 analogue shutoff date of 10 January 2022.^[27]
  • Puerto Rico: Complied with the FCC transition toATSC digital on12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.^[321][322]
  • U.S. Virgin Islands: Complied with the FCC transition toATSC digital on12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.

• British Indian Ocean Territory: Military broadcasterBFBS operates fully on digital.^[323]
• Brunei: The country selected the standard ofDVB-T2 with first launch in 2014. Full transition to digital terrestrial television broadcasting were completed on 31 December 2017.^[11]
• China: Started its transition to digital television in 2003, with cable and satellite television using DVB and terrestrial television using DTMB. Analogue satellite television ended on 31 March 2006, after the last satellite television channels on Apstar-1A includingZhejiang Television,^[324] 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 analogue satellite television service provided to the masses. Analogue 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 analogue broadcasting television station officially turn off on 30 August 2020 at 23:59:59CST (UTC+8) for allHunan Province onHunan Television only and all analogue broadcastings officially full-time completely turn off onNew Year's Eve (31 December) 2020 at 03:59:59CST (UTC+8) for all nationwide (includingShanghai andSuzhou) so all analogue broadcastings officially full-time completely turn off on 31 March 2021 at 23:59:59CST (UTC+8) for allShaanxi Province. OnNew Year's Eve (31 December) 2020 at 04:00:00CST (UTC+8), the digital terrestrial television of the People's Republic of China fully turned, shifted and switched to all fullhigh definition for all nationwide (includingShanghai andSuzhou). On 1 April 2021, the digital terrestrial television of the People's Republic of China fully turned, shifted and switched to all fullhigh definition for allShaanxi Province.^[325]
• 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.
• 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.
• Hong Kong: The original digital switchover plan from PAL to DTMB was supposed to take place in 2012.^[326] After being postponed multiple times, analogue broadcasting officially ended from 30 November 2020 at 23:59HKT, when all analogue transmissions turned off.^[327] 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.^[328]

• Indonesia: Digital terrestrial television was launched on 21 December 2010 (by DVB-T) and 20 November 2013 (by DVB-T2). Following legalization ofAct No. 11 of 2020 on Job Creation on 2 December 2020, theMinistry of Communication and Information Technology (Kemenkominfo) through its ministerJohnny G. Plate announced that 2 November 2022 would be the last analogue switchover date for the migration to digital television under DVB-T2 system.^[329][330] 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.^[25] The first analogue shutdown occurred in few areas on 30 April 2022, followed by another areas on 24 September 2022.^[331] Analogue broadcasting station inJakarta along with 173 regencies/cities non-terrestrial services was officially turned off on 2 November 2022 at 11:59:59pm (exceptANTV,RCTI,MNCTV,GTV andiNews on 3 November 2022).^{[332][331][333]}Batam,Bandung,Semarang,Surakarta andYogyakarta followed on 2 December 2022;Surabaya on 20 December 2022;Banjarmasin on 20 March 2023;Bali andPalembang on 31 March 2023;Makassar on 20 June 2023 andMedan on 30 July 2023.^[334] On 15 July 2023 at stroke of midnight,Trans Media (Trans TV andTrans7) andEmtek/SCM (SCTV andIndosiar) officially completed the shutdown. On 31 July 2023 at stroke of midnight,Viva Group,RTV andNET TV officially completed the shutdown^[335] of analogue broadcast nationwide followed byMNC Group on 1 August 2023 at stroke of midnight.^[336][337] On 12 August 2023, the digital terrestrial television of Indonesia fully turned, shifted and switched to allhigh definition on all thirteen local free-to-air terrestrial television station.^[338][339] Previously, on 2 November 2022,LPP TVRI had turned off its analogue broadcasts or analogue 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 analogue broadcasts.^[340]

• Japan: The analogue shutdown began on 24 July 2010 inSuzu, Ishikawa as a pilot experiment.^[341] Analogue terrestrial television transmissions in the remainder ofIshikawa Prefecture and 43 other prefectures, as well as analogueBroadcast Satellite andWowow services, ended at noon on Sunday, 24 July 2011, along with theanalogue satellite services; three remaining prefectures (Fukushima,Iwate, andMiyagi) that suffered heavy damage in the11 March 2011 9.0 magnitude Tohoku earthquake and itsrelated nuclear accidents stopped analogue broadcasting at noon on Saturday, 31 March 2012.^[342] In both of those cases, the analogue transmitters themselves were switched off at midnight on the same day.Analog high-definition television broadcasting ended on Sunday, 30 September 2007.^[343] Like Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, an analogue 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 analogue to digital services. Most analogue cable services were terminated between 24 July 2011 and April 2015.^[344] All television stations across the country now broadcast only in digital, ending an analogue-digital simulcast period that began on Monday, 1 December 2003 in theKantō region (which expanded to all other prefectures over the next four years) and ended between 24 July 2011 and 31 March 2012 (when all analogue transmissions were shut down).
• Macau: Adopted the DTMB standard as mainland China and Hong Kong in 2008.^[345] Analogue terrestrial television broadcasts were ended on 30 June 2023.^[346] There is no deadline yet for converting analogue cable television broadcasts to digital.^[347][348]
• 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.^[349][350] The official launch of digital broadcasts was on 6 June 2017 by thePrime Minister with an estimation of 4.2 million digital television decoders were to be given free to citizens, including recipients of the government aid of1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M).^[351] TheMalaysian Communications and Multimedia Ministry (MCMM) further stated that analogue broadcastingthroughout Malaysia would be turned off completely in September 2019 with full digital television broadcasting available by October.^[16][17][18]Langkawi was the first area to commence the digital switchover on 21 July 2019 at 02:30 am (UTC+8).^[352] Later, on 6 August 2019, MCMM released the complete list of transition date on the remaining areas.^[353] TheMalaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) announced in late September that the full digital transition was to be completed on 31 October 2019.^[354] The switchover was scheduled with central and southernWest Malaysia on 30 September, northern and eastern coasts of West Malaysia on 14 October and entireEast Malaysia on 31 October.^[355] 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.^{[356][357][358][359][360]}

• Mongolia: The country adopted DVB-T2 in 2014, with digital switchover completed in 2015.^[10]

• Singapore: The country adopted the DVB-T2 standard in 2012. Digital switchover was completed shortly after midnight on 2 January 2019, when state-owned broadcasterMediacorp—who holds a monopoly on terrestrial television in the country—shut down the analogue signals of its channels.^[361][362]
• South Korea: Digital switchover progressed region–by–region, with the first analogue transmitters inUljin, North Gyeongsang Province ending transmissions on Wednesday, 1 September 2010.^[363] All analogue broadcastings officially full-time completely turn off on(31 December) 2012 at 03:59:59KST (UTC+9) for allnationwide (includingSeoul Capital Area such asSeoul,Gyeonggi Province andIncheon) so all analogue broadcastings officially full-time completely turn off on same time. OnNew Year's Eve (31 December) 2012 at 04:00:00KST (UTC+9), the digital terrestrial television of theSouth Korea fully turned, shifted and switched to all fullultra high definition for allnationwide (includingSeoul Capital Area such asSeoul,Gyeonggi Province andIncheon).^[364]
• Taiwan: Digital television launched terrestrially throughout Taiwan on 2 July 2004 with the implementation of theDVB-T2 standard. Analogue terrestrial television ended transmission on 30 June 2012 while the shut down of analogue cable television was underway.^{[365][366][367]}
• Thailand: The Thai National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and broadcasters conducted a field trial for digital terrestrial transmission of DVB-T2 inBangkok area in 2013.^[368] The following year, digital terrestrial television began to be launched.^[369] 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.^[370] By September 2018,Channel 3 (owned by BEC andMCOT) 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).^[19][371]

• Vietnam: The country launchedDVB-T tests in 2002 and it was rolled out nationwide in 2005.^[372] On 27 December 2011, Prime MinisterNguyễn 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 63Vietnam provinces and cities would be switched to digital terrestrial television under theDVB-T2 system.^[373] 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.^{[372][374][375][376]} 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 theMinistry 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.^[376] 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.^[20][21]

• American Samoa: Complied with the FCC transition toATSC digital on12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.
• Australia: Digital television commenced in Australia's five most populous cities on Monday, 1 January 2001. TheMildura region was the first to terminate its analogue 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.^[377] Until the switch-off in the respective areas, free-to-air stations weresimulcast, along with digital-only channels likeABC TV Plus. Cable television networks began simulcasting in 2004 and analogue 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.
• Guam: Complied with the FCC transition to digital on 12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.^[378]
• 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.
• Nauru: After 20 years of analogue, they switched Analogue systems to digital.^{[date missing][379]}
• Northern Mariana Islands: Complied with the FCC transition toATSC digital on12 June 2009 on all full-power stations.
• New Zealand: Digital terrestrial television broadcasts began officially in April 2008. Analogue PAL switch-off started on 30 September 2012 with the North Island'sHawke's Bay region and the South Island'sWest Coast region and finished with the Upper North Island which was switched off 1 December 2013.^[380]

• 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.^[381] The transition was completed on 10 December 2013.^[382] Today, digital television is broadcast on 7 MHZ channels over VHF and UHF similar to the rest of Australia.^[383]

• 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.^[384] However, this was reviewed once again, and in 2019, Angola picked ISDB-T to be the standard for its future DTT network.^[385] The process began in 2020 with the aim of being complete by 2025–28.^[386]
• Botswana: Began digital broadcasts in 2008, usingISDB-T. Analogue signals were to be terminated in 2024. However, Botswana changed the date to 28 February 2022.^[387]
• Benin: In transition to digital as of 2018. No completion date yet.^[201]
• Burkina Faso: In transition to digital as of 2018. No completion date yet.^[201]
• Burundi: DTT broadcasts launched on 30 April 2014 and it was expected to shut analogue down at the end of that year.^[388] However the transition was not easy and analogue remained on air, still as of 2019. No completion date yet.^[389]
• Cameroon: Transition is ongoing as of 2015. No completion date yet.^[390]
• Central African Republic
• Comoros: Introduced digital broadcasts using theDTMB standard. No completion date yet.^[391]
• Republic of the Congo: DTT started trials in December 2016.^[392] It was announced in June 2018 that DTT should start in 2019. No completion date yet.^[393]
• 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.^[394]
• Djibouti: Transition is ongoing as of 2020.^[395]
• Egypt: Has DVB-T transmissions for several years as of 2019, with plans to roll out DVB-T2 that year. There is no analogue switch-off date yet.^[396]
• Ethiopia: In 2016, the country begun its digital switch-over toDVB-T2 with help from American digital transmitter manufacturerGatesAir and funded byJPMorgan Chase andExport Development Canada. According to the government, this might finish between 2021 and 2026.^[397]
• Lesotho: Introduced DVB-T2. Analogue shutdown was to occur on 17 June 2015, but it did not occur. No analogue switchover date yet.^[218]
• The Gambia: In transition to digital, aimed to complete analogue switch off by 2020.^{[needs update][398]}
• Madagascar: Introduced DTT based on DVB-T in 2014. No completion date yet.^[399]
• Mali: The country's regulator authorized TNTSAT Africa to start the transition to digital in 2018. No completion date yet.^[400]
• Mauritania
• Mozambique: Began transitioning toDVB-T2 in 2013. The futureDVB-T2 and digital television. According to the government this might finish between 2025 and reterminated in 2030.^[401] Official launch on 8 December 2015. No completion date yet.^[402]
• Niger: DTT was deployed on 21 September 2018 after three years of testing.^[403][404] No ASO date yet.
• Nigeria: Switchover to DVB-T2 is ongoing, stewarded byGatesAir. The aim is to complete the switchover by December 2026.^[405][406]
• Saint Helena: Introduced DTT in 2012. No completion date yet.^[407]
• Senegal: Excaf Telecom won the public tender in 2014 to broadcast the country's DVB-T2 DTT network. The analogue switch began in September 2019 and continued until 2020.^[408]
• South Africa: TheNorthern Cape became the first province to switch fully to digital in December 2018.^{[409][410][411][412]} It was planned that analogue would have been switched off in March 2022.^[28] However, in December 2022, Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced that the analogue television broadcast signal would be switched off on 31 March 2023.^[413] The transition was further delayed until 31 March 2025, although it did not occur.^{[citation needed]}
• Togo: In transition to digital as of 2018.^[201] Broadcasting equipment manufacturerHarris Corporation helped to transition Togo toDVB-T2. No completion date yet.^[414]
• Zimbabwe: The DTT project started in 2015. However digital transmission has still not been rolled out as of 2019, mainly because of budgetary issues. The government has still committed to make the switchover.^[415][218]

• Bosnia and Herzegovina: There was a DVB-T service launched in 2015 but it was not available on all parts of the country. The switchover began on 1 July 2025 and it will be completed on 3 December 2025.^[416]
• 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 withDVB-T2 digital terrestrial television signal. Analogue broadcasts were first set to shutdown in 2012,^[417] but it was delayed multiple times, until they were finally switched off on 1 May 2018.^[418] However, as of June 2024, analogue television is still offered by cable operators.
• 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, analogue transmissions were switched off in theTver Region including the city ofTver. Analogue transmissions inRyazan,Tula,Yaroslavl,Ulyanovsk,Penza,Magadan, andChechnya ended on 11 February 2019, while those in 20 other regions which includes Moscow and theMoscow Region were switched off on 15 April 2019. On 3 June 2019, analogue transmissions in 36 regions were discontinued which include the oblasts ofVladimir,Samara,Nizhny Novgorod,Krasnoyarsk andOryol. Switchover in the last 21 regions was completed on 14 October 2019. The regions includeSt. Petersburg, theLeningrad Region, theRepublic of Crimea andSevastopol. Channels that are not offered as multiplex services (i.e. some federal and regional channels) are still broadcast in analogue.^[31]

• Tajikistan: The country adopted DVB-T2 in 2014. The government planned to start transitioning in 2015,^[419] and as of 2023, about 84% of the population has accessed Digital TV^[420]
• Ukraine: All privately owned networks' analogue broadcasts were switched off on 1 August 2018 in theKyiv region, on 1 September 2018 in most parts of the country. The channels ofUA: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 analogue until 31 December 2020, after which they discontinued analogue broadcasts. However, in some areas, there are commercial channels staying in analogue. The transition to digital television has halted due toRussian invasion of Ukraine. In March 2024, the analogue TV was completely switched off inKharkiv.

• Iraq: DVB-T/T2 DTT is operating, including in theKurdistan Region.^[421] No analogue switchover date yet.^[422]
• Jordan: In transition to digital as of 2019. No completion date yet.^[423]
• Kuwait: In transition to DVB-T2, stewarded byGatesAir. Phase 2 of the DTT rollout was finished by May 2017.^[424] No analogue switch off date yet.
• Oman: The process started in 2012 with the deployment of a DVB-T2 system. No completion date yet.^[391]
• 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.

• Antigua and Barbuda: In Antigua, there is digital television in some territories: Cades Bay,Johnsons Point, Orange Valley,Crabs Hill,Urlings andOld Road. There is no date for completion.
• Argentina: Digital television broadcasts started on Tuesday, 9 September 2008, inBuenos Aires. The analogue network was to be terminated on 1 January 2019, postponed until 2021, delayed until 2024, and delayed until 2026.^[425]
• Bahamas: The public broadcaster BCB transitioned to digital in September 2016. No completion date yet.^[426]
• Barbados: In March 2025,CBC started the transition from an analogue system to a digital system, it may take up to December 2025.^[427]
• Bolivia: Adopted theISDB-Tb standard on 5 July 2010,^[428] and began digital broadcasts ofBolivia TV in May 2010.^[429] The current analogue broadcast shutdown is planned to take place in three stages, beginning with theLa Paz,Cochabamba,Santa Cruz areas in May 2026, followed byCobija,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.^[430]

• 

  Brazil: Began free-to-air HD digital transmissions, after a period of test broadcasts, on Sunday, 2 December 2007 inSão Paulo,^[431] expanding in 2008 toBrasília, Rio de Janeiro, andBelo Horizonte. Digital broadcasts were phased into the other 23 state capitals in the following years, and to the remaining cities by 31 December 2013.^[432] The country started on 1 March 2016 inRio Verde, Goiás as a pilot experiment, followed by theFederal District and main cities and metropolitan regions from 17 November 2016 to 2020.^[433] The transition was completed in most of the country on 9 January 2019; analogue 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 30 December 2025.^[434]
• Cayman Islands: Broadcaster Cayman 27 announced that it started broadcasting digitally on ATSC in 2012. No completion date yet.^[435]
• Colombia: Digital television broadcasts started on Monday, 20 September 2010. The government declared the process officially began on 31 December 2022.^[436] No date for the completion of the process has been given yet.^[437]
• Cuba: Began to propose DVB-T in May 2009. However, Cuba opted for the ChineseDTMB standard and began tests in 2013, with new digital transmitters being rolled out and a shutoff date in 2021.^[438]
• Curacao: Started DTT broadcasts based on DVB-T in 2009.^[439] No date yet when to switch off the older NTSC analogue broadcasts.^[440]
• Dominican Republic: The Dominican Government once set a final analogue shut down date of all analogue transmissions on 24 September 2015.^[441] However, INDOTEL, a telecommunications department of the Dominican Government, postponed it to 9 August 2021.^[442] The transition was further delayed until 30 November 2024.^[443]
• Dominica
• Ecuador: The analogue switch off was delayed several times. In September 2018, the telecom ministry said that the first phase would start in May 2020 starting inQuito where it finished and it continues until December 2023.^[444]
• El Salvador: Began on 21 December 2018, and it will be completed on 1 December 2024.^[75]
• Guyana: Made a roadmap to a transition between 2014 and 2017.^[445] The DTT network has rolled out and by 2025, it is 80% complete.^[446]
• Jamaica: Began in 2022, and it will be completed by 2023. Jamaica converts toATSC 3.0.^[447]Television Jamaica launched ATSC 3.0 broadcasts on 31 January 2022, at 6:30 PM local time.^[448]
• Panama: Analogue 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 analogue 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.^{[449][450][451][452][453]} In July 2021, the switchover was delayed indefinitely until at least 90% of users have digital TV access, as 41% have access.^[454] On 16 January 2023 at 7:18 PM, analogue TV signals were switched off in the provinces of Panama, Panama Oeste, and Colón, in a ceremony that was broadcast.^{[455][456][457][458]}
• 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 analogue television system switch-off was taking place in 2020, however, on 22 January 2019La Nación reported the country pushed it back to 2021.^[459] Later, the shutdown occurred inAsunción, theCentral,Presidente Hayes, and parts of theCordillera andParaguarí departments on 31 December 2024.^[460]
• Peru: Digital television broadcasts started inLima andCallao (Territory 1) in March 2010, and analogue broadcasts were terminated on 31 December 2024;Arequipa,Cusco,Trujillo,Piura andHuancayo (territory 2) started digital transition somewhere between April and June 2018 and analogue broadcasts were terminated on 31 December 2024 or 1 January 2025.
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Sint Maarten: DVB-T adopted since 2011,^[461] and introduced by 2013. No completion date yet.^[462]
• Trinidad and Tobago: Estimated to be completed by 2020 however this has not happened because even by 2022 no terrestrial TV station has switched to digital broadcasting yet. ATSC has still been considered.^[463]
• Turks and Caicos Islands: People's Television Network (PTV) launched a digital service in 2010.^[464] It uses the UHF band. No completion date yet.^[465]
• 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.^[466]
• Venezuela: Digital television transmission began in 2007 for the broadcasting of2007 Copa América. Later on 20 February 2013 transmissions began nationalwide. Analogue was set to be terminated in 2020.^[467]

• 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.
• Bangladesh: Has adopted DVB-T and tested broadcasts as of 2014.^[468] Public broadcaster BTV aimed to make the country digital by 2021, its 50th anniversary of independence.^[469]
• Bhutan: Adopted DVB-T. The original analogue switch off date was set to be 2017, although it did not occur.^[468]
• Cambodia:DVB-T2 was launched on Tuesday, 9 November 2010,^[470] 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.^[22] Full digital transition was estimated by the government to have fully commenced by 2023.^[471]
• 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.

• 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.^{[472][473][474]} There is no deadline yet for converting analogue signals to digital.
• Maldives: In 2015, the country picked the ISDB-T standard for its DTT network. The service has rolled out in 2022.^[475]
• Myanmar: Digital broadcasts launched in 2013. The switchover date was set to be December 2020.^[476]
•   Nepal: Digital terrestrial broadcasts launched in 2018.^[477] That same year, analogue cable television was shut in the capitalKathmandu.^[478]
• Pakistan: In 2015, Pakistan inaugurated the adoption of the DTMB standard for the country digital television broadcasts in an event jointly officiated byChinese Communist Party general secretaryXi Jinping andPakistani Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif.^[479] The first DTMB services were then tested with the signing of amemorandum of understanding (MoU) betweenPakistani Ministry of Information and Broadcasting andChina's National Development and Reform Commission.^[23] 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.^[480][481]
• Philippines: In June 2010, theNational Telecommunications Commission set a deadline of 11:59 p.m. on 31 December 2015 for the discontinuation of analogue television. However, since the last quarter of 2014, the digitization deadline was postponed to 2019^[482] (and later to 2023)^[161] and should be expected that all remaining analogue broadcasts will shut off by 2025 or by 2026.^{[483][484][485][486]}ABS-CBN was the first channel to transition to digital test broadcasts through its digital TV boxABS-CBN TV Plus. However their digital broadcasts were ceased on 30 June 2020 due tocease and desist order released by National Telecommunications Commission due to their expired broadcasting franchise on 4 May 2020.ZOE Broadcasting Network'sDZOZ-TV became the first TV station in the country to permanently cease analogue terrestrial operations on 28 February 2017,^[160] signaling the start of the country's transition to digital-only broadcasting. Digital television in the Philippines uses the JapaneseISDB standards for its terrestrial digital broadcast. By 31 December 2025, all Metro Manila TV stations will shut-off their analogue broadcasts according to theNational Telecommunications Commission as start of its first phase transition.^[487]

• Turkmenistan

• 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.^[488]
• Kiribati: DTT in DVB-T2 form was introduced with help from Papua New Guinea in 2018, first rolling out in the main islandTarawa. No completion date yet.^[489][490]
• Marshall Islands
• Papua New Guinea: Introduced DVB-T2. No switchover date yet.^[491]
• Samoa: Introduced DTT publicly in 2019. No completion date yet.^[492][493]
• Solomon Islands: Currently in transition. TTV broadcasts digital TV in DVB-T and T2.^[494] However, satellite is dominant in most of the country. No completion date yet.
• Tonga: Started transition in 2015. No completion date yet.^[495]
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu: The main public channel made the switch to digital in October 2016. No completion date yet.^[496]

• Chad: Deployment of DTT has been planned as of 2017 together withStarTimes.^[497] Government announced that year to accelerate the process.^[498]
• Equatorial Guinea: The transition has still been planned as of 2018.^[499]
• 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.
• Guinea: A June 2018 meeting confirmed that a digital migration would start.^[500]
• Guinea-Bissau: The government partnered withStarTimes to create a DTT network.^[501]
• Liberia: As of 2017, the country has been "optimistic" to start DTT broadcasts with help from the Chinese state'sStarTimes.^[502]
• São Tomé and Príncipe: The country planned in 2014 to make a transition to digital.^[503]StarTimes has taken over the DTT process.^[504][505]
• Sierra Leone: In June 2013, the country signed a deal with the ChineseStarTimes to manage a migration to digital TV.^[506] However, the process has been slow and there is still no DTT operating as of 2017.^[507]
• Somaliland: A switchover to digital TV was part of the government's 2012–2016 National Development Plan.^[508] However, it missed the international 2015 deadline to launch its DTT network.
• South Sudan: The state broadcaster SSBC has expressed interest in DVB-T2, but no budget has been allocated for the project.

• 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 analogue switch off in Russia proved to cause problems for Abkhazians who have watched Russian relay terrestrial broadcasts in analogue.^[509]
• Kosovo: The government published a plan for a switchover in 2015.^[510] As of 2019 however, there is no DTT network in operation yet.
• South Ossetia: DTT has not yet rolled out in the territory. Its creation has been postponed due to lack of funds.^[511]
• Turkey: With the final analogue satellite broadcasts fromTRT ended in February 2006, TRT launched trial digital transmissions in 2006 and originally planned to gradually handle the switchover, with a completion date of March 2015. In 2013 the broadcasting regulator awarded a license to a firm; the award was voided in 2014 after the country'sconstitutional court upheld a complaint against the process.^[512] Although new licenses have been proposed in 2018 there was still no DTT network.^[513][514] However, with the construction of a new "digital" transmitter inKüçük Çamlıca TV Radio Tower andÇanakkale TV Tower, digital broadcasts finally began testing in 2020.^[515][516] As of 2020 there are 30+ FTA HD broadcasts with all popular and 5 TRT channels are available by satellite and digital cable. There are plans building up to 40 more transmitters around the country, including the retrofit ofEndem TV Tower.^[517]

• Lebanon: In January 2015, a pilot project on DTT was launched fromTélé Liban broadcasting sites.^[518] The service has not yet publicly rolled out.
• Palestine: A digital switchover has been planned by thePalestinian Authority as of 2013, although its rollout has been delayed.^[519]

• 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.^[520]
• Grenada: Digital switchover still being planned as of 2014.^[521]
• Guatemala: Started testing ISDB-T broadcasts in December 2017, with the aim of rolling out the services soon and an analogue switch off date of 2022.^[522][523]
• Haiti: DTT made its experimental launch in December 2016, using the ATSC standard.^[524][525]
• Nicaragua: The country chose the ISDB-T standard in 2015. The first DTT trials began in March 2018.^[526]
• Saint Lucia: No DTT has currently been planned in Saint Lucia.^[527] Analogue cable transmissions were shut during 2013.^[528]

• Laos:Lao National Television joined China'sYunnan Digital TV Company to establish Lao Digital TV with DTMB system in 2007.^[529] 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.^[22]
• North Korea: It was reported in 2013 that North Korea had tested digital broadcasting trials in 2012.^[530] DVB-T2 was adopted as digital terrestrial television broadcast standard^[531] 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.^[532][533]
• 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.^[534] A 2014 television digitisation deal between Sri Lankan previous government and Japan are delayed up until 2025. 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.^[534] In 2025, Sri Lanka signs an agreement for digital TV broadcasting and is aimed to start the digital television transition.^[535]
• 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.^[536] 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.^[537] The work subsequently began on 21 June.^[538]

• Niue: Plans were made in 2016 by the BCN to make a future switch to digital broadcasting.^[539]
• Palau: The country has digital cable broadcasts.^[540]

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