Islamic Development Bank

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) (Arabic: البنك الإسلامي للتنمية ) is a multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1973 by the Finance Ministers at the first Organisation of the Islamic Conference (now called the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) with the support of the king of Saudi Arabia at the time (Faisal), and began its activities on 20 October 1975. There are 56 shareholding member states.

On the 22 May 2013, IDB tripled its authorized capital to $150 billion to better serve Muslims in member and non-member countries. The Bank has received credit ratings of AAA from Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch. Saudi Arabia holds about one quarter of the bank's paid up capital The IDB is an observer at the United Nations General Assembly.

Membership

The present membership of the Bank consists of 56 countries. The basic condition for membership is that the prospective member country should be a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), pay its contribution to the capital of the Bank and be willing to accept such terms and conditions as may be decided upon by the IDB Board of Governors.

ISDB

The Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (ISDB) (Japanese: 統合デジタル放送サービス, Tōgō dejitaru hōsō sābisu) is a Japanese standard for digital television (DTV) and digital radio used by the country's radio and television networks. ISDB replaced the previously used MUSE Hi-vision analogue HDTV system. Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) services using ISDB-T started in Japan in December 2003 and in Brazil in December 2007 as a trial. Since many countries have adopted ISDB over other digital broadcasting standards.

Countries and territories using ISDB-T

Asia

 Japan

 Philippines (officially adopted ISDB-T, trial broadcast in progress)

 Maldives (officially adopted ISDB-T)

 Sri Lanka (officially adopted ISDB-T HD)

 Thailand (currently assessing to digital platforms the DVB-T2)

Americas

 Brazil (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)

 Uruguay (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)

 Peru (officially adopted ISDB-T International, started broadcasting in digital)

ISDB (disambiguation)

ISDB may refer to: