This article describes the progress made in the ITU-R during the 1980s and 90s to prepare international standards for digital terrestrial television systems.
In 1996 a set of Recommendations was agreed, laying the foundations for the global roll-out of DTV and HDTV.
Translations
The following translations of this document are available. These translations are courtesy of the translaters and hosted by the EBU 'as is'. The official and definitive version is the EBU English version.
Russian version of this Technical Review article [2006] - Special thanks to EBU Member RTR.
