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Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB;Japanese:統合デジタル放送サービス,Tōgō dejitaru hōsō sābisu) is a Japanese broadcasting standard fordigital television (DTV) anddigital radio.

ISDB supersedes both theNTSC-J analog television system and the previously usedMUSE Hi-vision analog HDTV system in Japan. An improved version of ISDB-T (ISDB-T International) will soon replace theNTSC,PAL-M, andPAL-N broadcast standards inSouth America and thePhilippines.Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) services using ISDB-T started in Japan in December 2003, and since then, many countries have adopted ISDB over other digital broadcasting standards.

A newer and "advanced" version of the ISDB standard (that will eventually allow up to 8K terrestrial broadcasts and 1080p mobile broadcasts via theVVC codec, includingHDR andHFR) is currently under development.^[1][2][3]

•  Japan
•  Philippines (officially adopted ISDB-T, started broadcasting in digital)^[4][5]
•  Maldives (officially adopted ISDB-T)^[6][7]
•  Sri Lanka (officially adopted ISDB-T HD)^[8][9]

•  Brazil (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
•  Argentina (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
•  Uruguay (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)^[10][11]
•  Peru (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
•  Chile (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
•  Venezuela (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
•  Ecuador (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
•  Costa Rica (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)^[12]
•  Paraguay (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)^[13]
•  Bolivia (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)^[14][15]
•  Nicaragua (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started pre-implementation stage)^[16]
•  Guatemala (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started pre-implementation stage, briefly experimented withATSC)
•  Honduras (officially adopted ISDB-T International, briefly experimented withATSC, started broadcasting in digital)
•  El Salvador (officially adopted ISDB-T international, started pre-implementation stage)
•  Belize (currently assessing digital platform)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (officially adopted ISDB-T international, started pre-implementation stage)

•  Botswana (officially adoptedISDB-T International (SBTVD), started pre-implementation stage)^[17][18][19]

•  Angola (In 2013, decided on European digital terrestrial TV. However, Angola reviewed the adoption to ISDB-T International system in March 2019.)^[20]

ISDB is maintained by the Japanese organizationARIB. Thestandards can be obtained for free at the Japanese organizationDiBEG website and at ARIB.

The core standards of ISDB areISDB-S (satellite television),ISDB-T (terrestrial),ISDB-C (cable) and2.6 GHz band mobile broadcasting which are all based onMPEG-2,MPEG-4, orHEVC standard for multiplexing with transport stream structure and video and audio coding (MPEG-2, H.264, or HEVC) and are capable ofUHD, high-definition television (HDTV) and standard-definition television.ISDB-T andISDB-Tsb are for mobile reception in TV bands.1seg is the name of an ISDB-T component that allows viewers to watch TV channels viacell phones,laptop computers, andvehicles.

The concept was named for its similarity toISDN as both allow multiple channels of data to be transmitted together (a process called multiplexing). This broadcast standard is also much like anotherdigital radio system,Eureka 147, which calls each group of stations on a transmitter anensemble; this is very much like the multi-channel digital TV standardDVB-T. ISDB-T operates on unused TV channels, an approach that was taken by other countries for TV but never before for radio.

The various flavors of ISDB differ mainly in the modulations used, due to the requirements of different frequency bands. The 12 GHz band ISDB-S usesPSK modulation, 2.6 GHz band digital sound broadcasting usesCDM, and ISDB-T (inVHF and/orUHF band) usesCOFDM withPSK/QAM.

Besides audio and video transmission, ISDB also defines data connections (Data broadcasting) with the internet as a return channel over several media (10/100 Ethernet, telephone line modem, mobile phone, wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11), etc.) and with different protocols. This component is used, for example, for interactive interfaces like data broadcasting (ARIB STD-B24) and electronic program guides (EPG).

The ISDB specification describes a lot of (network) interfaces, but most importantly, the Common Interface for Conditional Access System (CAS). While ISDB has examples of implementing various kinds of CAS systems, in Japan, a CAS system called "B-CAS" is used. ARIB STD-B25 defines theCommon Scrambling Algorithm (CSA) system calledMULTI2 required for (de-)scrambling television.

The ISDB CAS system in Japan is operated by a company namedB-CAS; the CAS card is calledB-CAS card. The Japanese ISDB signal is always encrypted by the B-CAS system even if it is a free television program. That is why it is commonly called "Pay per view system without charge".^{[citation needed]} An interface for mobile reception is under consideration.^{[citation needed]}

ISDB supports RMP (Rights management and protection). Since all digital television (DTV) systems carry digital data content, aDVD or high-definition (HD) recorder could easily copy content losslessly.US major film studios requested copy protection; this was the main reason for RMP being mandated. The content has three modes: "copy once", "copy free" and "copy never". In "copy once" mode, a program can be stored on a hard disk recorder, but cannot be further copied; only moved to another copy-protected media—and this move operation will mark the content "copy one generation", which is mandated to prevent further copying permanently. "Copy never" programs may only betimeshifted and cannot be permanently stored. In 2006,^[21] the Japanese government is evaluating using theDigital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) "Encryption plus Non-Assertion" mechanism to allow making multiple copies of digital content between compliant devices.^[21]

There are two types of ISDB receiver:Television andset-top box. The aspect ratio of an ISDB-receiving television set is 16:9; televisions fulfilling these specs are calledHi-Vision TV. There are four TV types:Cathode-ray tube (CRT),plasma display panel (PDP),organic light-emitting diode (OLED) andliquid crystal display (LCD), with LCD being the most popularHi-Vision TV on the Japanese market nowadays.

The LCD share, as measured byJEITA in November 2004, was about 60%. While PDP sets occupy the high-end market with units that are over 50 inches (1270 mm), PDP and CRT set shares are about 20% each. CRT sets are considered low end for Hi-Vision. An STB is sometimes referred to as a digital tuner.^{[citation needed]}

Typical middle to high-end ISDB receivers marketed in Japan have several interfaces:

• F connectors for RF input.
• HDMI orD4 connector for anHDTV monitor in ahome cinema.
• Optical digital audio interface for an audio amplifier and speakers for5.1 surround audio in a home cinema.
• IEEE 1394 (aka FireWire) interface for digital data recorders (likeDVD recorders) in a home cinema.
• RCA video jack providesSDTV signal that is sampled down from the HDTV signal for analog CRT television sets orVCRs.
• RCA audio jacks providestereo audio for analog CRT television sets orVCRs.
• S video is forVCRs or analog CRT television sets.
• 10/100 and modular jack telephone linemodem interfaces are for an internet connection.
• B-CAS card interface to de-scramble.
• IR interface jack for controlling a VHS or DVD player.

A typical Japanese broadcast service consists as follows:

1. One HDTV or up to three SDTV services within one channel.
2. Providesinteractive television throughdatacasting.
3. Interactive services such as games or shopping, via telephone line or broadband internet.
4. Equipped with anelectronic program guide.
5. Ability to send firmware patches for the TV/tuner over the air.
6. During emergencies, the service utilizesEmergency Warning Broadcast system to quickly inform the public of various threats for the areas at risk.

There are examples providing more than 10 SDTV services with H.264 coding in some countries.

Japan started digital broadcasting using the DVB-S standard by PerfecTV in October/1996, and DirecTV in December/1997, with communication satellites. Still, DVB-S did not satisfy the requirements of Japanese broadcasters, such asNHK, key commercial broadcasting stations likeNippon Television,TBS,Fuji Television,TV Asahi,TV Tokyo, andWOWOW (Movie-only Pay-TV broadcasting). Consequently,ARIB developed a new broadcast standard called ISDB-S. The requirements were HDTV capability, interactive services, network access and effective frequency utilization, and other technical requirements. The DVB-S standard allows the transmission of a bitstream of roughly 34 Mbit/s with a satellite transponder, which means the transponder can send one HDTV channel. Unfortunately, the NHK broadcasting satellite had only four vacant transponders, which led ARIB and NHK to work on ISDB-S: the new standard could transmit at 51 Mbit/s with a single transponder, which means that ISDB-S is 1.5 times more efficient than DVB-S and that one transponder can transmit two HDTV channels, along with other independent audio and data. Digital satellite broadcasting (BS digital) was started by NHK and followed commercial broadcasting stations on 1 December 2000. Today,SKY PerfecTV! (the successor of Skyport TV and Sky D), CS burn, Platone, EP, DirecTV, J Sky B, and PerfecTV!, adopted the ISDB-S system for use on the 110-degree (east longitude) wide-band communication satellite.

This table shows the summary of ISDB-S (satellite digital broadcasting).

Frequency and channel specification of Japanese Satellites using ISDB-S

ISDB-S3 is a satellite digital broadcasting specification supporting 4K, 8K, HDR, HFR, and 22.2 audio.^[22]

ISDB-C is a cable digital broadcasting specification. The technical specification J.83/C is developed byJCTEA. ISDB-C is identical to DVB-C but has a different channel bandwidth of 6 MHz (instead of 8 MHz) and roll-off factor.^[23]

HDTV was invented atNHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories (Japan Broadcasting Corporation's Science & Technical Research Laboratories). The research for HDTV started as early as the 1960s, though a standard was proposed to the ITU-R (CCIR) only in 1973.^[24]

By the 1980s, a high definition television camera, cathode-ray tube, videotape recorder, and editing equipment, among others, had been developed. In 1982 NHK developed MUSE (Multiple sub-Nyquist sampling encoding), the first HDTV video compression and transmission system.MUSE used digital video compression, but for transmissionfrequency modulation was used after a digital-to-analog converter converted the digital signal.

In 1987, NHK demonstrated MUSE in Washington D.C. as well as NAB. The demonstration made a great impression in the U.S., leading to the development of theATSC terrestrial DTV system. Europe also developed a DTV system calledDVB. Japan began R&D of a completely digital system in the 1980s that led to ISDB. Japan began terrestrial digital broadcasting, using ISDB-T standard by NHK and commercial broadcasting stations, on 1 December 2003.

ISDB-T is characterized by the following features:

• ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial) in Japan useUHF 470 MHz-710 MHz, bandwidth of 240 MHz, allocate 40 channels namely channels 13 to 52 (previously used also 710 MHz-770 MHz, 53 to 62, but this range was re-assigned to cell phones), each channel is 6 MHz width (actually 5.572 MHz effective bandwidth and 430 kHz guard band between channels). These channels are called "physical channel(物理チャンネル)". For other countries, US channel table or European channel table are used.
• For channel tables with 6 MHz width, ISDB-T single channel bandwidths 5.572 MHz has number of carriers 5,617 with interval of 0.99206 kHz. For 7 MHz channel, channel bandwidth is 6.50 MHz; for 8 MHz 7.42 MHz.
• ISDB-T allows to accommodate any combination of HDTV (roughly 8 Mbit/s in H.264) and SDTV (roughly 2 Mbit/s in H.264) within the given bitrate determined by the transmission parameters such as bandwidth, code-rate, guard interval, etc. Typically, among the 13 segments, the center segment is used for1seg with QPSK modulation and the remaining 12 segments for the HDTV or SDTV payloads for 64QAM modulation. The bitstream of the 12 segments are combined into one transport stream, within which any combination of programs can be carried based on theMPEG-2 transport stream definition.
• ISDB-T transmits anHDTV channel and a mobile TV channel1seg within one channel. 1seg is a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video broadcasting service in Japan. Although 1seg is designed for mobile usage, reception is sometimes problematic in moving vehicles. Because of reception on high speed vehicle,UHF transmission is shaded by buildings and hills frequently, but reported well receiving inShinkansen as far as run in flat or rural area.
• ISDB-T provides interactive services with data broadcasting. Such asElectronic Program Guides. ISDB-T supports internet access as areturn channel that works to support the data broadcasting. Internet access is also provided on mobile phones.
• ISDB-T providesSingle-Frequency Network (SFN) andon-channel repeater technology. SFN makes efficient utilization of the frequency resource (spectrum). For example, the Kanto area (greater Tokyo area including most part of Tokyo prefecture and some part of Chiba, Ibaragi, Tochigi, Saitama and Kanagawa prefecture) are covered with SFN with roughly 10 million population coverage.
• ISDB-T can be received indoors with a simpleindoor antenna.
• ISDB-T provides robustness tomultipath interference ("ghosting"),co-channel analog television interference, andelectromagnetic interferences that come from motor vehicles and power lines in urban environments.
• ISDB-T is claimed to allow HDTV to be received on moving vehicles at over 100 km/h;DVB-T can only receiveSDTV on moving vehicles, and it is claimed thatATSC can not be received on moving vehicles at all (however, in early 2007 there were reports of successful reception of ATSC on laptops using USB tuners in moving vehicles).

ISDB-T was adopted for commercial transmissions in Japan in December 2003. It currently comprises a market of about 100 million television sets. ISDB-T had 10 million subscribers by the end of April 2005. Along with the wide use of ISDB-T, the price of receivers is getting low. The price of ISDB-T STB in the lower end of the market is ¥19800 as of 19 April 2006.^[25] By November 2007 only a few older, low-end STB models could be found in the Japanese market (average price U$180), showing a tendency towards replacement by mid to high-end equipment like PVRs and TV sets with inbuilt tuners. In November 2009, a retail chainAEON introduced STB in 40 USD,^[26] followed by variety of low-cost tuners. The Dibeg web page confirms this tendency by showing low significance of the digital tuner STB market in Japan.^[27]

Brazil, which used ananalogue TV system (PAL-M) that slightly differed from any other countries, has chosen ISDB-T as a base for itsDTV format, calling itISDB-Tb orinternallySBTVD (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital-Terrestre). The Japanese DiBEG group incorporated the advancements made by Brazil -MPEG4 video codec instead of ISDB-T's MPEG2 and a powerful interaction middleware calledGinga- and has renamed the standard to "ISDB-T International".^[28] Other than Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile and Ecuador^[29] which have selected ISDB-Tb, there are other South American countries, mainly fromMercosur, such as Venezuela,^[30] that chose ISDB-Tb, which providing economies of scale and common market benefits from the regional South American manufacturing instead of importing ready-made STBs as is the case with the other standards. Also, it has been confirmed with extensive tests realized by Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (ABERT), Brazilian Television Engineering Society (SET) andUniversidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie the insufficient quality for indoor reception presented by ATSC and, between DVB-T and ISDB-T, the latter presented superior performance in indoor reception and flexibility to access digital services and TV programs through non-mobile, mobile or portable receivers with impressive quality.^[31]

The ABERT–SET group in Brazil did system comparison tests of DTV under the supervision of theCPqD foundation. The comparison tests were done under the direction of a work group of SET andABERT. The ABERT/SET group selected ISDB-T as the best choice in digital broadcasting modulation systems among ATSC, DVB-T and ISDB-T.^{[citation needed]} Another study found that ISDB-T and DVB-T performed similarly, and that both were outperformed byDVB-T2.^[32]

ISDB-T was singled out as the most flexible of all for meeting the needs of mobility and portability. It is most efficient for mobile and portable reception. On June 29, 2006, Brazil announced ISDB-T-based SBTVD as the chosen standard for digital TV transmissions, to be fully implemented by 2016. By November 2007 (one month prior DTTV launch), a few suppliers started to announce zapper STBs of the new Nippon-Brazilian SBTVD-T standard, at that time without interactivity.

As in 2019, the implementation rollout in Brazil proceeded successfully, with terrestrial analog services (PAL-M) phased out in most of the country (for some less populated regions, analog signal shutdown was postponed to 2023).

This lists the other countries who adopted the ISDB-T standard, chronologically arranged.

• On June 30, 2006, Brazil announced its decision to adopt ISDB-T as the digital terrestrial television standard, by means of presidential decree 5820/2006.^[33]
• On April 23, 2009, Peru announced its decision to adopt ISDB-T as the digital terrestrial television standard. This decision was taken on the basis of the recommendations by the Multi-sectional Commission to assess the most appropriate standard for the country.
• On August 28, 2009, Argentina officially adopted the ISDB-T system^[34] calling it internally SATVD-T (Sistema Argentino de Televisión – Terrestre).^[35]
• On September 14, 2009, Chile announced it was adopting the ISDB-T standard because it adapts better to the geographical makeup of the country, while allowing signal reception in cell phones, high-definition content delivery and a wider variety of channels.^[29]
• On October 6, 2009, Venezuela officially adopted the ISDB-T standard.^[36][37]
• On March 26, 2010, Ecuador announced its decision to adopt ISDB-T standard. This decision was taken on the basis of the recommendations by the Superintendent of Telecommunications.^[38]
• On April 29, 2010, Costa Rica officially announced the adoption of ISDB-Tb standard based upon a commission in charge of analyzing which protocol to accept.^[39]
• On June 1, 2010, Paraguay officially adopted ISDB-T International, via a presidential decree #4483.^[40]
• On June 11, 2010, the Philippines (NTC) officially adopted the ISDB-T standard.^[41]
• On July 6, 2010, Bolivia announced its decision to adopt ISDB-T standard as well.
• On December 27, 2010, the Uruguayan Government adopts the ISDB-T standard.,^[42] voiding a previous 2007 decree which adopted the European DVB system.
• On November 15, 2011, the Maldivian Government adopts the ISDB-T standard.^[7] As the first country in the region that use European channel table and 1 channel bandwidth is 8 MHz.
• On February 26, 2013, theBotswana government adopts the ISDB-T standard; as the first country within theSADC region and even the first country within the continent ofAfrica as a whole.
• On September 12, 2013, Honduras adopted the ISDB-T standard.
• On May 20, 2014,Government of Sri Lanka officially announced its decision to adopt ISDB-T standard,^[43] and on September 7, 2014 Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe signed an agreement with Sri Lankan PresidentMahinda Rajapakse for constructing infrastructure such as ISDB-T networks with a view to smooth conversion to ISDB-T, and cooperating in the field of content and developing human resources.
• On January 23, 2017, El Salvador adopted the ISDB-T standard.
• On March 20, 2019, Angola adopted the ISDB-T standard.

Segment structure

ARIB has developed a segment structure calledBST-OFDM (see figure).ISDB-T divides the frequency band of one channel into thirteen segments. The broadcaster can select which combination of segments to use; this choice of segment structure allows for service flexibility. For example, ISDB-T can transmit bothLDTV and HDTV using one TV channel or change to 3 SDTV, a switch that can be performed at any time. ISDB-T can also change the modulation scheme at the same time.

The above figure shows the spectrum of 13 segments structure of ISDB-T.
(s0 is generally used for1seg,s1-s12 are used for oneHDTV or threeSDTVs)

• H.264 Baseline profile is used in one segment (1seg) broadcasting for portables and Mobile phone.
• H.264 High-profile is used in ISDB-Tb to high definition broadcasts.

Specification of Japanese terrestrial digital broadcasting using ISDB-T.

ISDB-Tsb is theterrestrial digitalsoundbroadcasting specification. The technical specification is the same as ISDB-T. ISDB-Tsb supports thecoded transmission of OFDM signals.

ISDB-Tmm (Terrestrialmobilemulti-media) utilised suitable number of segments by station with video coding MPEG-4 AVC/H.264. With multiple channels, ISDB-Tmm served dedicated channels such as sport, movie, music channels and others withCD quality sound, allowing for better broadcast quality as compared to1seg. This service used theVHF band, 207.5–222 MHz which began to be utilised after Japan'sswitchover to digital television in July 2011.

Japan'sMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications licensed toNTT Docomo subsidiarymmbi, Inc. for ISDB-Tmm method on September 9, 2010.^[44][45][46] TheMediaFLO method offered withKDDI was not licensed.^[47]

The ISDB-Tmm broadcasting service bymmbi, Inc. is named モバキャス (pronouncedmobakyasu), literally short form of mobile casting on July 14, 2011, and had been branded asNOTTV since October 4, 2011. TheMinister of Internal Affairs and Communications approved the start of operations ofNOTTV on October 13, 2011.^[48] Planning the service with monthly subscription fee of 420yen for southKanto Plain,Aichi,Osaka,Kyoto and some other prefectures from April 1, 2012. The deployment plan was to cover approximately 73% ofhouseholds by the end of 2012, approximately 91% by the end of 2014, and 125 stations orrepeaters to be installed in 2016 to covercities nationwide.^[49][50]Androidsmartphones andtablets with ISDB-Tmm receiving capability were also sold mainly byNTT DoCoMo, although a separate tuner (TV BoX manufactured byHuawei; or StationTV manufactured byPixela) could be purchased foriPhones andiPads as well as Android smartphones and tablets sold byau by KDDI andSoftBank Mobile to receive ISDB-Tmm broadcasts.

Due to the continued unprofitability of NOTTV,mmbi, Inc. shut down the service on June 30, 2016.^[51]

MobaHo! is the name of the services that uses the Mobile satellite digital audio broadcasting specifications.MobaHo! started its service on 20 October 2004. Ended on 31 March 2009

ARIB andJCTEA developed the following standards. Some part of standards are located on the pages ofITU-R andITU-T.

General category

• DiBEG – The Digital Broadcasting Experts Group
• Digital television
• Digital terrestrial television
• Digital radio
• Digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB)
• 1seg
• B-CAS
• Datacasting
• SDTV,EDTV,HDTV
• ISDB-T International (SBTVD) – Brazilian Digital Television System based on ISDB-T
• Tokyo Skytree – ISDB-T broadcasting forKanto Plain

Transmission technology

• ATSC Standards – Advanced Television Systems Committee Standard
• DMB-T – Digital Multimedia Broadcast-Terrestrial
• DVB-T – Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial
• MPEG
• Single-frequency network (SFN),multi-frequency network (MFN)

• Welcome to ISDB-T Official Web Site! Digital Broadcasting Experts Group (DiBEG)
• ISDB-T International Web Site!
• Outline of the Specification for ISDBNHK
• The ISDB-T SystemITU (link is down, 2012/10/28)
• Comparison Test Results in Brazil, Clear Superiority of the ISDB-T systemNHK
• Digital Television Laboratory and Field Test Results - BrazilITU
• ISDB-T: Japanese Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB), (PDF)Asian Institute of Technology
• Final report of the Digital Terrestrial Television Peruvian Commission (In Spanish)
• Digital Broadcasting, the Launching by Country Digital Broadcasting Experts Group (DiBEG)
• ISDB-C – Cable Television Transmission for Digital Broadcasting in JapanNHK
• ISDB-S – Satellite Transmission System for Advanced Multimedia Services Provided by Integrated Services Digital BroadcastingNHK
• The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (Dpa)
• ISDB-T – Digital Terrestrial Television/Sound/Data Broadcasting in JapanNHK
• Switching On to ISDB-T Digital Highlighting Japan September 2010 (Public Relations Office Government of Japan)
• ISDB-Tmm
  • Introducing ISDB-Tmm mobile multimedia broadcasting system –ITU (May 2010)
  • Deployment of Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting based on ISDB-Tmm technology in Japan –ITU(May 23, 2011)

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