Is the TV signal in Qatar Digital?

Qatar TV. Lots of Bahraini and Saudi channels, too. But, you can get them all via satellite except the English version of QTV.

Looks like I am misinformed. Personally I had never come across anyone using terrestrial, and also do not see aerials on peoples roofs, just dishes (our villa came with 3 dishes all cabbled together, but no aerial. Do you know what channels are broadcast terrestrialy?

"A major new survey by Arab Advisors Group reveals that terrestrial TV still has a solid audience base in Qatar with 45.1 per cent of households stating that they tune into it."

http://www.ameinfo.com/126396.html

Either you are misinformed, MWA1, or the Internet is.

As far as I know there is no terrestrial broadcast in Qatar, everyone uses satellite pointed at Arab Sat and Nile Sat etc. So a digital terrestrial receiver attached to an aerial will not work. You can by a cheap satellite decoder from supermarkets etc to receive free channels; otherwise you need to subscribe with QTel for a package, like OSN etc. Find details on QTel website.

Any digital set top box will work in Qatar. The satellites don't care in which country they are received. They follow a standard called DVB.

you can buy here an HD digital satellite receiver for about 400 QR.

you can also receive HotBird satellites.

So no need to bring anything with you.

I have a spare one in the UK and wondered if it was worth bringing to Qatar with me.

Yes it is digital and it requires a set up box but it is supplied by the company here called Qtel. Your set up box would not work here.