Terrestrial high-definition television

Terrestrial high-definition television is a form of broadcast high-definition television that is received via the terrestrial airwaves using either a VHF television aerial or a UHF television aerial. Depending on the country, the high definition television channels are broadcasts using either ATSC, ISDB-T, DVB-T or DVB-T2.

Countries that have terrestrial high-definition television

America

using ATSC
using ATSC
using ISDB-T

Europe

using DVB-T2 under the name Freeview HD
using DVB-T MPEG-4 under the name Saorview
using DVB-T MPEG-4 under the name Télévision Numérique Terrestre
using DVB-T MPEG-4
using DVB-T2
using DVB-T2
using DVB-T MPEG-4
using DVB-T2 under the name Europa 7 HD
using DVB-T MPEG-4
using DVB-T MPEG-4
using DVB-T2 under the name simpliTV
using DVB-T2 under the name evotv
using DVB-T MPEG-4
using DVB-T MPEG-4 under the name Towercom

Africa

using DVB-T MPEG-4

Asia

using ISDB-T
using ATSC
using DVB-T MPEG-4 under the name IDAN Plus

Oceania

using DVB-T MPEG-2 under the name Freeview
using DVB-T MPEG-4 under the name Freeview

Countries without terrestrial high-definition television

Some countries such as Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium may only broadcasts their channels in standard definition via the terrestrial airwaves. This is largely because the uptake of cable television may be higher than that of terrestrial television, thus giving broadcasters very little incentive to provide their high-definition services via the terrestrial airwaves.