Editing Analog television (section)

==Transition to digital==
{{main|Digital television transition|Digital television}}

In many countries, over-the-air broadcast television of [[analog audio]] and [[analog video]] signals has been discontinued to allow the re-use of the television broadcast [[radio spectrum]] for other services.

The first country to make a wholesale switch to digital over-the-air (terrestrial television) broadcasting was Luxembourg in 2006, followed later in 2006 by the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ivir.nl/publications/sloot/switch-off.pdf |title=How Television went Digital in The Netherlands |access-date=2013-02-04 |work=Open Society Foundations September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420120837/http://www.ivir.nl/publications/sloot/switch-off.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Digital television transition in the United States]] for high-powered transmission was completed on 12 June 2009, the date that the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) set. Almost two million households could no longer watch television because they had not prepared for the transition. The switchover had been delayed by the [[DTV Delay Act]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Stephanie Condon
 |title=Senate OKs delay of digital television transition
 |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10150551-38.html
 |date=26 January 2009 |publisher=[[CNET News]]
 |access-date=14 June 2009 |url-status=live
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025003610/http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10150551-38.html |archive-date=25 October 2012}}</ref> While the majority of the viewers of over-the-air broadcast television in the U.S. watch full-power stations (which number about 1800), there are three other categories of television stations in the U.S.: [[low-power broadcasting]] stations, [[Class A television service|class A stations]], and [[broadcast relay station|television translator stations]]. These were given later deadlines.

In Japan, the switch to digital began in northeastern [[Ishikawa Prefecture]] on 24 July 2010 and ended in 43 of the country's 47 prefectures (including the rest of Ishikawa) on 24 July 2011, but in [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]], [[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]], and [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]] prefectures, the conversion was delayed to 31 March 2012, due to complications from the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]] and [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster|its related nuclear accidents]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/dtv/111207_1.html | script-title =ja:岩手、宮城、福島の3県のアナログ放送は平成24年3月31日に終了しました | date =31 March 2012 | publisher =[[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications]] | location =Tokyo | language =ja | trans-title =Analog broadcast ended in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima on 31 March 2012 (year Heisei 24) | access-date =1 April 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120320184657/http://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/dtv/111207_1.html | archive-date =20 March 2012 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

In Canada, most of the larger cities turned off analog broadcasts on 31 August 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/info_sht/bdt14.htm
 |title=The digital television (DTV) change in Canada happens August 31, 2011 {{pipe}} CRTC
 |access-date=2009-05-05
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411170737/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/ENG/INFO_SHT/BDT14.HTM
 |archive-date=11 April 2009
 }}</ref>

China had scheduled to end analog broadcasting between 2015 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=cnBeta |title=广电总局发文关停地面模拟信号 "模拟电视"时代即将结束 |date=15 July 2020 |url=https://tech.sina.com.cn/roll/2020-07-15/doc-iivhvpwx5572519.shtml |publisher=Sina Corp |access-date=30 August 2020 |language=zh-cn}}</ref>

Brazil switched to digital television on 2 December 2007 in São Paulo and planned to end analog broadcasting nationwide by 30 June 2016. However, the [[Ministry of Communications (Brazil)|Ministry of Communications]] announced in 2012 that the deadline would be delayed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BNamericas - Government's 2016 analog TV switch-off suffe... |url=https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/government-to-partially-postpone-analog-tv-switch-off |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=BNamericas.com |language=en}}</ref> As of 2024, Brazil is in the process of implementing its next-generation digital television system, known as TV 3.0.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Lee |date=2024-07-23 |title=Brazil Adopts ATSC 3.0 for Next-Generation Digital TV |url=https://www.broadcastingalliance.org/brazil-adopts-atsc-3-0-for-next-generation-digital-tv/ |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Broadcasting Alliance |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MainConcept Partners with Videodata to Support Brazil's Transition to SBTVD TV 3.0 Standard |url=https://www.mainconcept.com/mainconcept-partners-with-videodata |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=www.mainconcept.com |language=en}}</ref> In July 2024, ATSC 3.0 standard was officially selected for the country's next-generation digital television system.<ref name=":0" /> The transition to TV 3.0 is expected to begin in 2025, with initial deployments planned for key cities such as São Paulo, [[Rio de Janeiro]], and [[Brasília]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Deborah D. McAdams |date=2024-12-24 |title=Brazil Set to Redefine Broadcasting with TV 3.0 |url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/opinion/brazil-set-to-redefine-broadcasting-with-tv-3-0 |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=TVTechnology |language=en}}</ref>

In Malaysia, the [[Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission]] advertised for tender bids to be submitted in the third quarter of 2009 for the 470 through 742&nbsp;MHz [[UHF]] allocation, to enable Malaysia's broadcast system to move into DTV.  The new [[broadcast band]] allocation would result in Malaysia's having to build an infrastructure for all broadcasters, using a single [[digital terrestrial television]] broadcast channel.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} Large portions of Malaysia are covered by television broadcasts from Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and Indonesia (from Borneo and Batam). Starting from 1 November 2019, all regions in Malaysia were no longer using the analog system after the states of Sabah and Sarawak finally turned it off on 31 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.soyacincau.com/2019/09/25/malaysia-complete-digital-tv-switchover/|title=Malaysia to turn off analogue TV completely on 31 Oct|date=25 September 2019}}</ref>

In Singapore, digital television under [[DVB-T2]] began on 16 December 2013. The switchover was delayed many times until analog TV was switched off at midnight on 2 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2019010854679/singapore-pulls-the-plug-on-analogue-tv-transmission.html#axzz6mFnWAhye|title = Singapore pulls the plug on analogue TV transmission {{pipe}} Broadcast {{pipe}} News {{pipe}} Rapid TV News}}</ref>

In the Philippines, the [[National Telecommunications Commission]] required all broadcasting companies to end analog broadcasting on 31 December 2015 at 11:59&nbsp;p.m. Due to delay of the release of the implementing rules and regulations for digital television broadcast, the target date was moved to 2020. Full digital broadcast was expected in 2021 and all of the analog TV services were to be shut down by the end of 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cabuenas|first=Jon Viktor D.|title=Gov't wants analog TV switched off by 2023|date=14 February 2017 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/599484/gov-t-wants-analog-tv-switched-off-by-2023/story/|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref> However, in February 2023, the NTC postponed the ASO/DTV transition to 2025 due to many provincial television stations not being ready to start their digital TV transmissions.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In the Russian Federation, the [[Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network]] (RTRS) disabled analog broadcasting of federal channels in five stages, shutting down broadcasting in multiple [[federal subjects]] at each stage. The first region to have analog broadcasting disabled was [[Tver Oblast]] on 3 December 2018, and the switchover was completed on 14 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=When analog TV channels will be turned off |url=https://rtrs.ru/tv/countdown/ |website=Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=7 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307230418/https://rtrs.ru/tv/countdown/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>  During the transition, DVB-T2 receivers and monetary compensations for purchasing of terrestrial or satellite digital TV reception equipment were provided to disabled people, World War II veterans, certain categories of retirees and households with income per member below [[living wage]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Plotnikova |first1=Elena |title=Compensation for digital TV. How to get 2000 rubles for buying a digital TV receiver |url=https://aif.ru/techno/technology/kompensaciya_za_cifru_kak_poluchit_2_tysyachi_za_pokupku_cifrovoy_pristavki |access-date=14 October 2019 |publisher=[[Argumenty i Fakty]] |date=17 February 2019}}</ref>