ISDB-T International,
ISDB-Tb or
SBTVD, short for
Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital , is a technical standard for
digital television broadcast used in
Brazil,
Peru,
Argentina,
Chile,
Honduras,
Venezuela,
Ecuador,
Costa Rica,
Paraguay,
Philippines,
Bolivia,
Nicaragua and
Uruguay, based on the Japanese
ISDB-T standard. ISDB-T International launched into commercial operation on December 2, 2007, in
São Paulo, Brazil, as SBTVD.