Editing DVB (section)

===Asia===
====Hong Kong====
In Hong Kong, several cable TV operators such as [[TVB Pay Vision]] and [[Cable TV Hong Kong|Cable TV]] have already started using DVB-S or DVB-C. The government however has adopted the [[DMB-T/H]] standard, developed in [[mainland China]], for its digital terrestrial broadcasting services which has started since 31 December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaltv.gov.hk/general/news_26112007.htm|title=Digital TV|website=www.digitaltv.gov.hk|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721092023/http://www.digitaltv.gov.hk/general/news_26112007.htm|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Iran====
On 17 March 2009, DVB-H and DVB-T H.264/AAC broadcasting started in [[Tehran]] by the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting|IRIB]]. DVB-T broadcasting is now widely available in other cities such as [[Isfahan]], [[Mashhad]], [[Shiraz]], [[Qom]], [[Tabriz]] and [[Rasht]] as well.

====Israel====
DVB-T broadcasts using [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC|H.264]] commenced in Israel on 1 June 2009 with the broadcast trial and the full broadcast began on 2 August 2009. Analog broadcasts were originally planned to end in 18 months after the launch, but analog broadcasts were switched off on 31 March 2011 instead.

During 2010, DVB-T broadcasts have become widely available in most of Israel and an EPG was added to the broadcasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvb.org/about_dvb/dvb_worldwide/israel/index.xml|title=About - DVB|website=www.dvb.org|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>

====Japan====
With the exception of [[SKY PerfecTV!]], Japan uses different formats in all areas ([[Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting|ISDB]]), which are however quite similar to their DVB counterparts. SkyPerfect is a satellite provider using DVB on its 124 and 128 degrees east satellites. Its satellite at 110 degrees east does not use DVB, however.

====Malaysia====
In Malaysia, a new pay television station [[MiTV]] began service in September 2005 using [[DVB-IPTV]] technology while lone satellite programming provider [[Astro (satellite TV)|ASTRO]] has been transmitting in DVB-S since its inception in 1996. Free-to-air DVB-T trials began in late 2006 with a simulcast of both TV1 and TV2 plus a new channel called RTM3/RTMi. In April 2007, RTM announced that the outcome of the test was favourable and that it expected DVB-T to go public by the end of 2007. However, the system did not go public as planned. As of 2008, the trial digital line-up has expanded to include a music television channel called [[Muzik Aktif]], and a sports channel called Arena, with a news channel called Berita Aktif planned for inclusion in the extended trials soon. Also, high definition trials were performed during the Beijing Olympics and the outcome was also favourable. It was announced that the system would go public in 2009.

In 2009, MiTV closed down, changed its name to U-Television and announced that it was changing to scrambled DVB-T upon relaunch instead of the [[DVB-IPTV]] system used prior to shutting down. However, RTM's digital network again did not go public, although around this time TVs that are first-generation DVB-T capable went on sale. The government has since announced that they will be deploying DVB-T2 instead in stages starting in mid-2015 and analog shutoff has been delayed to April 2019.

====Philippines====
In the Philippines, [[DVB-S]] and [[DVB-S2]] are the two broadcast standards currently used by satellite companies, while [[DVB-C]] is also used by some cable companies. The government adopted [[DVB-T]] in November 2006 for digital terrestrial broadcasting but a year later, it considered other standards to replace DVB-T. The country has chosen the [[ISDB-T]] system instead of [[DVB-T]].

====Taiwan====
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In Taiwan, some digital cable television systems use DVB-C, though most customers still use analogue NTSC cable television. The government planned adopting ATSC or the Japanese ISDB-T standard as NTSC's replacement. However, the country has chosen the European DVB-T system instead. Public Television Service (PTS) and Formosan TV provide high definition television. The former has the channel HiHD; the latter uses its HD channel for broadcasting MLB baseball.