DiBEG News

This is a reprint of an article in the "New Breeze Vol. 25 No. 4 Autumn (October, 2013)" published by the ITU Association of Japan. Yasuji Sakaguchi, Tomofumi Yoshimi, and Yoshiki Maruyama. "Standardization of Emergency Warning Broadcast System in Central and South America." ITU Association of Japa...

The Republic of Honduras in Central America decided to adopt the Japanese-Brazilian system (also known as Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting - Terrestrial (ISDB-T) international system, hereinafter referred to as "the ISDB-T international system") on September 26, local time. This decision mad...

The Japanese delegation, comprising of the representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, ARIB and several private companies, visited Botswana to hold the 1st Joint Taskforce on ISDB-T broadcasting, in order to extend its support for the works on the implementation of ISDB...

In Botswana, where the government decided ISDB-T adoption in February, 2013, the Botswana Television (BTV) officially started digital TV broadcasting on 29th July. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Dr. Ponatshego H. Kedikilwe, Vice President of Botswana, Mr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, Minister of Pr...

On May 30 (local time), the Republic of Guatemala decided the adoption of the Japanese-Brazilian system (ISDB-T) as a standard for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. This is the fourteenth adopter of the system besides Japan. ... Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Website...

On May 28, 2013, the ISDB-T International Forum approved the technical harmonization document on EWBS (Emergency Warning Broadcast System) among the member countries. The document is available on our web site. This document summarizes the common rules of the emergency warning broadcast system (E...

On February 26 (local time), the Republic of Botswana officially announced its decision of the adoption of the Japanese-Brazilian system (ISDB-T) as a standard for digital terrestrial television broadcasting. This is the first adoption of ISDB-T in Africa and the Republic of Botswana is the thirtee...

On March 15, 2012, ISDB-T International Forum approved the first technical harmonization document for common ISDB-T receivers among member countries. The document is available in our web site. This document summarizes specifications of digital terrestrial television receivers among the participan...

The Government of the Republic of Maldives has decided to adopt the Japanese system (8MHz ISDB-T) as its standard terrestrial digital television broadcasting system for MNBC(Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation), the state-owned broadcaster. This was officially announced on the afternoon of Oc...

On September 20, 2011, the document "Data Coding and transmission specification for digital broadcasting" has been revised in the series of harmonization documents in this web site. This document addresses the standard for the data coding and transmission specification for digital terrestrial tel...

In Japan, the government, broadcasters, manufacturers, and many stakeholders have taken dedicated efforts to achieve the complete digitalization of terrestrial television broadcasting. ... Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Website

On December 27, 2010, local time, Oriental Republic of Uruguay decided to adopt ISDB-T as the national standard of the terrestrial digital TV. Oriental Republic of Uruguay is the 11th country outside Japan to select ISDB-T, following Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica,...