Draft:Timeline of the analog to digital transition in countries

This is a list of when each country in the world started digital television and ended their analog transmissions, including low-power stations.

List in alphabetical order

 * Note: Asterisks (*) after locations below are for "Television in LOCATION" links.

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-datatable sticky-header" ! Country ! Year when first digital channel was started ! Year the last analog TV signals shutdown ! Digital TV system ! class="unsortable"| Description
 * 2001
 * 2010/2013
 * ATSC
 * WIP
 * 2003
 * 2011/2013
 * ATSC
 * WIP
 * 2000/2003
 * 2010/2011/2012
 * ISDB
 * HHK's Broadcasting Satellite services began broadcasting in digital in December 2000, however other channels didn't start television in digital until December 1, 2003, when the first digital stations started in Tokyo. Japan was the first country in East Asia to cease broadcasting in analog. On July 24, 2010, the northeastern part of Ishikawa Prefecture shut down their analog signals. Most of Japan shut down their analog signals on July 24, 2011, but however due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the worst effected provinces of this (Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima) had their digital transition dates moved to March 31, 2012
 * 2005
 * 2012
 * ATSC
 * WIP
 * 1998/2007
 * 2012/2013
 * ATSC
 * WIP
 * 1998
 * 2012
 * PAL
 * British Digital TV began on October 1st, 1998 wich the launch of Sky Digital. Small number of stations started to shutdown their analouge signals in 2005 with the main stations starting them in 2007, and this was eventually completed on October 24, 2012.
 * 1996
 * 2009/2021
 * ATSC
 * The first digital TV channel was WRAL-TV, on July 23, 1996, but digital television sets weren't sold on mass until 1998. more and more stations started their digital signals throughout the 2000's, and the date for the termination of analog signals was initially set for New Year's Eve, 2006, then delayed to 2008. Eventually the date was settled for June 12, 2009, but however, low-power stations were still allowed to broadcast Analog TV until July 13, 2021.
 * ATSC
 * WIP
 * 1998
 * 2012
 * PAL
 * British Digital TV began on October 1st, 1998 wich the launch of Sky Digital. Small number of stations started to shutdown their analouge signals in 2005 with the main stations starting them in 2007, and this was eventually completed on October 24, 2012.
 * 1996
 * 2009/2021
 * ATSC
 * The first digital TV channel was WRAL-TV, on July 23, 1996, but digital television sets weren't sold on mass until 1998. more and more stations started their digital signals throughout the 2000's, and the date for the termination of analog signals was initially set for New Year's Eve, 2006, then delayed to 2008. Eventually the date was settled for June 12, 2009, but however, low-power stations were still allowed to broadcast Analog TV until July 13, 2021.
 * 1996
 * 2009/2021
 * ATSC
 * The first digital TV channel was WRAL-TV, on July 23, 1996, but digital television sets weren't sold on mass until 1998. more and more stations started their digital signals throughout the 2000's, and the date for the termination of analog signals was initially set for New Year's Eve, 2006, then delayed to 2008. Eventually the date was settled for June 12, 2009, but however, low-power stations were still allowed to broadcast Analog TV until July 13, 2021.