Country

Official launch

Start of closedown

Analog Switch-Off

System used

Albania

August 2005

DVB-T

Australia

January 1, 2001

Planned 2010

DVB-T

Austria

October 26, 2006

March 2007

DVB-T with MHP

Belgium

2002/2003

DVB-T

Brazil

December 3, 2007

—

June 29, 2016

ISDTV (based on ISDB)

Canada

August 31, 2011

ATSC

China

2007-2008

DMB-T/H

Croatia

2001

2010

DVB-T

Czech Republic

2004

August 2007

October 2010

DVB-T with MHP

Denmark

March 31, 2006

November 1, 2009

DVB-T

Estonia

December 15, 2006

DVB-T (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC coded)

Faroe Islands

2002/2003

December 2002

DVB-T

Finland

August 27, 2001

31 August 2007

DVB-T

France

March 31, 2005

March 2008

November 30, 2011

DVB-T

Germany

November 2002

August 2003

Planned 2008

DVB-T

Hong Kong

2007

2012

Testing with DVB-T and DMB-T/H

Ireland

August 2006 (trial)

N/A

Planned 2012

DVB-T

Italy

1 January 2004

TBC by government

DVB-T with mhp

Japan

December 1 2003

Planned 24 July 2011

ISDB-T

Luxembourg

April 2006

1st September 2006

2008/2009

DVB-T

Malaysia

September 2006 (trials)

2015

Testing with DVB-T

Mexico

ATSC

Netherlands

2003

11 December 2006

DVB-T

New Zealand

2 May 2007

2013 to 2017

DVB-T

Norway

Autumn 2007

2008?

End of 2009

DVB-T (H.264/MPEG-4 AVC coded)

Philippines

October 2006 (trials)/ 2007

planned 2010

planned 2015

Testing with DVB-T

Portugal

September 2006 (technical trials)

2010?

2012?

DVB-T

Romania

16 January 2005

DVB-T

South Africa

March, 2006

1 November 2008

1 November 2011

DVB-T

South Korea

2001

Planned 2011

ATSC

Spain

May 2000

2008 (Local channels)

3 April 2010

DVB-T with MHP

Sweden

April, 1999

19 September 2005

15 October 2007

DVB-T

Switzerland

Began 2001

March 2002

October 2009

DVB-T

Taiwan

July, 2006

2008

2010

DVB-T

Turkey

February 2006 (trial services)

DVB-T

United Kingdom

15 November 1998

Planned 2008

Planned 2012

DVB-T

United States

February 17, 2009

ATSC