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
[[File:Terrestrial_HD_World_Map.svg|thumb|right|350px|World map of countries that have terrestrial high-definition television.

{{legend|#9E0508|Countries with terrestrial HDTV using ATSC}} {{legend|#008080|Countries with terrestrial HDTV using DVB-T and/or DVB-T2}} {{legend|#fc0|Countries with terrestrial HDTV using ISDB-T}} {{legend|#0c0|Countries without any form of terrestrial HDTV}} {{legend|#b9b9b9|No information available}}]]

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.