Countries who have already switched to digital:

Luxembourg was the first country to complete the move to digital broadcasting on September 1, 2006.

Netherlands moved to digital on December 11, 2006. The switch to digital was helped by the fact that about 90% of the homes have cable that continues to use analog allocation.

Finland ceased analogue terrestrial transmissions nationwide at 4am, September 1, 2007^.

Andorra completed its digital switch on September 25, 2007.

Sweden: The digital switch of the analogue terrestrial network progressed region–by–region. It started on the island of Gotland on September 15, 2005, and was completed on October 15, 2007, when the last analogue SVT1 transmitters in Scania and Blekinge were shut down. Cable distributors are allowed to continue broadcasting analogue television.

Switzerland began with the digital switch on July 24, 2006 in Ticino and continued with Engadin on November 13, 2006. The digital switch was completed on 26 November, 2007.

Austria began the digital switch on March 5, 2007, progressing from the west to the east and finishing the digital switch on May 5, 2008.

Countries with the digital switch in progress:

Brazil began HD digital transmissions on December 2, 2007^, in São Paulo, expanding in January 2008 to Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte. Digital broadcasts will most likely be phased into the other 23 state capitals by the end of 2009, and to the remaining cities by December 31, 2013.

Belgium: the situation is rather complex, as media regulations are under regional legislation. The Flemish region has announced that it will make the digital switch on December 31, 2008, because coverage is already at 99 percent. The Wallonian Region has not yet announced a date and is expected to follow the European dates because the geographic difficulties to cover the whole region. In Wallonia there is already an 80 percent digital switch coverage.

Czech Republic started the digital switch in September 2007 and should finish by September 2010. A broadcast law amendment which would change this is awaiting approval. The areas of Brno, Domažlice and Ústí nad Labem have already made the digital switch.

Denmark began the digital switch in March 2006, and the analogue network will be closed at the end of October 2009.

Estonia has had full digital signal since August 1, 2008, but analogue broadcasting still continues for the first of two public TV channels, while the second is available digitally.

France will have completed the digital switch in 2011.

Germany started the digital switch in the Berlin area, beginning on November 1, 2002, and completing on August 4, 2003.

Norway: The digital switch started in late 2007 and will finish by 2009.

United Kingdom: The digital switch began March 30, 2005, in the villages of Llansteffan and Ferryside in Wales.

Australia: The Australian government originally planned the digital switch in 2008. This has now been delayed to 2009 for metro areas and to 2013 for the regions

Bulgaria will complete the digital switch in December 2012.

Canada: The main FTA broadcasters (CBC, CTV, and Global) have launched HD streams of their programming in limited markets such as Toronto and Vancouver. As of May 2007 there are fewer than 20 digital television stations in Canada. On May 17, 2007, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, Canada's broadcasting authority) ruled that television stations would be forced to switch to ATSC digital broadcasting by August 31, 2011.

China: The digital switch is scheduled to be in 2015.