Editing Digital television (section)

=== Inaugural launches ===
[[DirecTV]] in the US launched the first commercial digital [[satellite television|satellite]] platform in May 1994, using the [[Digital Satellite System]] (DSS) standard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/u-s-satellite-broadcasting-company-inc-history/|title=History of U.S. Satellite Broadcasting Company, Inc. – FundingUniverse|website=www.fundinguniverse.com|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.indystar.com/story/money/2015/09/04/business-insider-digital-satellite-tv-indy-roots/71611606/|title=Business Insider: Digital satellite TV has Indy roots|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref> [[Digital cable]] broadcasts were tested and launched in the US in 1996 by [[Tele-Communications Inc.|TCI]] and [[Time Warner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/1997/12/17/technology/nextlevel/|title=NextLevel signs cable deal - Dec. 17, 1997|website=money.cnn.com|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/1996/08/15/companies/tci_pkg/|title=TCI faces big challenges - Aug. 15, 1996|website=money.cnn.com|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref> The first [[digital terrestrial]] platform was launched in November 1998 as [[ONdigital]] in the UK, using the [[DVB-T]] standard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onhistory.co.uk/timeline/1998/11/10/canal-technologies-and-worlds-first-digital-terres|title=CANAL+ TECHNOLOGIES and the world's first digital terrestrial television service in the United Kingdom|access-date=9 August 2018}}</ref>