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Uruguay to adopt Japanese-Brazilian digital TV standard

Calgary Herald | December 27, 2010
MONTEVIDEO – Uruguay will adopt a Japanese and Brazilian digital TV standard known as ISDB-T, instead of European rival DVB-T, Foreign Minister Luis Almagro announced Monday.
Uruguay will joins most of Latin America in signing on to the ISDB-T format, a variant of a Japanese system ISDB that was developed by the Brazilian government.
The abbreviation stands for Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial.
Uruguay said it wanted to be in step with its partners in Mercosur – a South American trade bloc also including Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.
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