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 for digital television (DTV) and digital radio.
ISDB supersedes both the NTSC-J analog television system and the previously used MUSE Hi-vision analog HDTV system in Japan. An improved version of ISDB-T (ISDB-T International) will soon replace the NTSC, PAL-M, and PAL-N broadcast standards in South America and the Philippines. 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 the VVC codec, including HDR and HFR) is currently under development.
ISDB-T International
(officially adopted ISDB-T, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T)
(officially adopted ISDB-T HD)
(currently assessing digital platform)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started pre-implementation stage)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, started pre-implementation stage, briefly experimented with ATSC)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International, briefly experimented with ATSC, started broadcasting in digital)
(officially adopted ISDB-T international, started pre-implementation stage)
(currently assessing digital platform)
(officially adopted ISDB-T International (SBTVD), started pre-implementation stage)
(In 2013, decided on European digital terrestrial TV.