for the digital broadcasting of radio and television programs. The conference RRC-06 Final Act
were adopted (Final Acts) which contain a new agreement Geneva 2006 (GE06), which enables
the introduction of complete digital terrestrial television broadcasting in the planning zone.
All European countries have pledged that no later than June 17, 2015, the switch to digital
broadcasting of radio and television signals, and perform analog switch off (ASO). In many
countries, it is already implemented as ASO [20].
European countries have adopted the standard Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DVB-
T) and DVB-T2. The first concepts DVB-T were adopted in 1993, and the first final version in
1997. It involves the transmission of digitized audio and video content via terrestrial broad-
casting technology in the VHF and UHF band using conventional system transmitter and
corresponding receiver [21].
DVB-T2 is an enhanced version of the DVB standard for terrestrial broadcasting. Compared
with DVB-T, DVB-T2 offers a significantly lower sensitivity to noise and interference and
provides 30–50% greater flow of data which is particularly suitable for HDTV [22].
Video compression standards of DVB-T standards used in different countries are shown in
Table 7 [23]. The number of national multiplex (MUX) is given, local and regional non-
represented. When digital terrestrial TV transmission started and year ASO was executed are
presented. Data were collected from the official websites of national regulatory agencies and
providers of digital terrestrial transmission.
