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Color television standards worldwide

(The following is from EDMUNDO, Design Engineer Ten-Lab. This and additional information are available at: http://www.tenlab.com/format.htm).

We at Ten-Lab have put together the following chart listing countries and their corresponding color TV standards.

We are trying to be as accurate as possible, but we need your feedback to refine and correct the information. We are doing the best we can in spite of inherent problems such as:

  1. Some of the literature and charts are contradictory; even some books and manuals contradict each other more than they agree.

  2. Many countries have changed their names during the last few years.

  3. Some countries have one broadcast TV system, but also receive programs in a different system from beyond their borders. This creates some confusion about the format(s) used locally.

INTERNATIONAL TV STANDARDS CHART by TEN-LAB  (UPDATED Jan 19, 1996)
COUNTRY			VHF STANDARD	UHF STANDARD

AFGANISTAN PAL/SECAM B ALBANIA PAL B PAL G ALGERIA PAL B PAL G ANGOLA PAL I ARGENTINA PAL N PAL N AUSTRALIA PAL B PAL G AUSTRIA PAL B PAL G AZORES PAL B BAHAMAS NTSC M BAHRAIN PAL B PAL G BANGLADESH PAL B BARBADOS NTSC M BELGIUM PAL B PAL H BERMUDA NTSC M BOLIVIA NTSC M BOTSWANA PAL I BOURKINA FASO SECAM K1 BRAZIL PAL M PAL M BRUNEI PAL B BULGARIA SECAM D SECAM K BURMA NTSC M BURUNDI SECAM K1 CAMBODIA NTSC M CAMEROON PAL B PAL G CANADA NTSC M NTSC M CANARY ISLANDS PAL B CHAD SECAM K1 CHILE NTSC M NTSC M CHINA PAL D COLOMBIA NTSC M NTSC M COSTA RICA NTSC M NTSC M CUBA NTSC M NTSC M CYPRUS PAL G PAL G CZECHOSLOVAKIA: now CZECH REPUBLIC PAL PAL SLOVAK REPUBLIC PAL PAL DAHOMEY SECAM K1 DENMARK PAL B PAL G DJIBHOUTI SECAM B SECAM G DOMINICAN REP NTSC M NTSC M ECUADOR NTSC M NTSC M EGYPT SECAM B SECAM G EL SALVADOR NTSC M NTSC M EQUATORIAL GUINEA PAL B ETHIOPIA PAL B PAL G FIJI PAL B FINLAND PAL B PAL G FRANCE SECAM L SECAM L FRENCH POLYNESIA K1 GABON SECAM K1 GAMBIA PAL I GERMANY PAL B PAL G GHANA PAL B PAL G GIBRALTAR PAL B PAL H GREECE SECAM/PAL B SECAM/PAL G GREENLAND NTSC M/PAL B GUADELOUPE SECAM K1 GUAM NTSC M GUATEMALA NTSC M NTSC M GUANA (FRENCH) SECAM K1 GUINEA PAL K HONDURAS NTSC M NTSC M HONG KONG PAL I HUNGARY SECAM D/PAL SECAM K/PAL ICELAND PAL B PAL G INDIA PAL B INDONESIA PAL B PAL G IRAN SECAM B SECAM G IRAQ SECAM B IRELAND PAL I PAL I ISRAEL PAL B PAL G ITALY PAL B PAL G IVORY COAST SECAM K1 JAMAICA NTSC M JAPAN NTSC M NTSC M JORDAN PAL B PAL G KENYA PAL B PAL G KOREA NORTH SECAM D KOREA SOUTH NTSC M NTSC M KUWAIT PAL B LEBANON SECAM B SECAM G LIBERIA PAL B PAL H LIBYA SECAM B SECAM G LUXEMBOURG PAL B PAL G/SECAM L MADAGASCAR SECAM K1 MADEIRA PAL B MALAGASY SECAM K1 MALAWI PAL B PAL G MALAYSIA PAL B MALI SECAM K1 MALTA PAL B PAL H MARTINIQUE SECAM K1 MAURITANIA SECAM B MAURITIUS SECAM B MEXICO NTSC M NTSC M MONACO SECAM L MONGOLIA SECAM D MOROCCO SECAM B MOZAMBIQUE PAL B NAMIBIA PAL I NEPAL PAL B NETHERLANDS PAL B PAL G NETH. ANTILLES NTSC M NTSC M NEW CALEDONIA SECAM K1 NEW GUINEA PAL B PAL G NEW ZEALAND PAL B PAL G NICARAGUA NTSC M NTSC M NIGER SECAM K1 NIGERIA PAL B PAL G NORWAY PAL B PAL G OMAN PAL B PAL G PAKISTAN PAL B PANAMA NTSC M NTSC M PARAGUAY PAL N PERU NTSC M NTSC M PHILIPPINES NTSC M NTSC M POLAND SECAM D/PAL SECAM K/PAL PORTUGAL PAL B PAL G PUERTO RICO NTSC M NTSC M QATAR PAL B REUNION SECAM K1 RUMANIA PAL D PAL K RUSSIA SECAM D SECAM K RWANDA SECAM K1 SABAH/SARAWAK PAL B ST. KITTS NTSC M NTSC M SAMOA NTSC M SAUDI ARABIA SECAM B/PAL B SECAM G SENEGAL SECAM K1 SEYCHELLES PAL B PAL G SIERRA LEONE PAL B PAL G SINGAPORE PAL B PAL G SOMALIA PAL B PAL G SOUTH AFRICA PAL I PAL I SPAIN PAL B PAL G SRI LANkA PAL B SUDAN PAL B PAL G SURINAM NTSC M NTSC M SWAZILAND PAL B PAL G SWEDEN PAL B PAL G SWITZERLAND PAL B PAL G SYRIA SECAM B TAHITI SECAM K1 TAIWAN NTSC M NTSC M TANZANIA PAL B PAL B THAILAND PAL B TOGO SECAM K TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO NTSC M NTSC M TUNISIA SECAM B TURKEY PAL B PAL G UGANDA PAL B PAL G UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PAL B PAL G UNITED KINGDOM PAL I UPPER VOLTA SECAM K1 URUGUAY PAL N PAL N USA NTSC M NTSC M VENEZUELA NTSC M NTSC M VIETNAM PAL B PAL G YEMEN PAL B YUGOSLAVIA PAL B PAL G ZAIRE SECAM K1 ZAMBIA PAL B PAL G ZIMBABWE PAL B PAL G


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