With Argentina now onboard, three of the continent’s four largest countries will now wave the SBTVD banner.

The DTV project was launched in 2001and broadcasts in three major regions began in 2003.

An estimated 3.7 million television sets in hotels, hospitals and rest homes will require replacement.

The stimulus proposal could be taken as a sign the analog shutoff will be delayed, as people wouldn't receive the coupons until after Feb. 17.

The ISDB-T standard was selected because it is easier to send TV signals to cellular phones

ATSC, DVB-T/H and ISDB-T are being tested.

Slightly more than two years ago, Venezuela selected as its digital TV standard the ISDB-Tb terrestrial DTV system based on the Japanese ISDB-T system, with some enhancements developed by Brazil.

Kansai TV, a commercial broadcaster based in Osaka, has used Elemental video processing to encode 4K content in high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) for terrestrial broadcast delivery over ISDB-T to an Ultra HDTV.