Editing Digital Audio Broadcasting (section)

===Countries where FM to DAB(+) radio transition is cancelled/postponed===
Whilst many countries have expected a shift to digital audio broadcasting, a few have moved in the opposite direction following unsuccessful trials.

*[[Canada]] conducted trials of DAB in L-band in major cities. However the success of satellite digital radio and lack of L-band DAB receivers led to the analogue switch-off being abandoned. Canada subsequently adopted [[HD Radio]] as used in the neighbouring United States instead of DAB.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worlddab.org/country-information/canada#current_situation |title=Canada • Country Information • WorldDAB |access-date=10 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110160250/https://www.worlddab.org/country-information/canada#current_situation |archive-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[Finland]] abandoned DAB in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/yle_closes_down_dab_radio_services/5196460 |title=YLE Closes Down DAB Radio Services |date=23 February 2005 |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130122241/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/yle_closes_down_dab_radio_services/5196460 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Hong Kong]] announced the termination of DAB in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201703/28/P2017032800689.htm|title=Government announces discontinuation of digital audio broadcasting services in Hong Kong|website=www.info.gov.hk|access-date=10 November 2018|archive-date=27 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027015239/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201703/28/P2017032800689.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Portugal]] announced the termination of DAB in April 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mundodaradio.info/historia/dab_em_portugal.html|title=Mundo da Rádio - DAB em Portugal: ascensão e queda da tecnologia do futuro|website=www.mundodaradio.info|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=23 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123141512/https://www.mundodaradio.info/historia/dab_em_portugal.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In Korea, the transmission of MBC 11FM was stopped in 2015 and the DAB channel was switched to T-DMB V-Radio.
* [[Digital Radio in the Republic of Ireland|DAB in Ireland]] was confined from 2017 to state broadcaster [[RTÉ Radio]]'s multiplex, which was switched off in March 2021, after a survey showed 77% of adults listen to radio via FM, compared with 8% via digital means, of which 0.5% via DAB.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowley |first1=Sinéad |title=RTÉ to cease radio transmission on DAB network |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0302/1200334-rte-dab-network/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |date=2 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302100227/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0302/1200334-rte-dab-network/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |title=JNLR report: Radio in a Digital World |url=https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2021-02/jnlr_report-radio_in_a_digital_world-v1-03-02-21.pdf#page=15 |publisher=Ipsos MRBI |access-date=2 March 2021 |pages=15–18 |date=February 2021 |archive-date=15 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715063700/https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2021-02/jnlr_report-radio_in_a_digital_world-v1-03-02-21.pdf#page=15 |url-status=live }}</ref> RTÉ's service began in 2006, after trials in 1998 and 2001.<ref name="Mediatique"/> A commercial multiplex was trialled in 2007–8 and licensed, including [[DAB+]], from 2010 to 2017, but the licensee did not renew because of lack of takeup by broadcasters.<ref name="Mediatique">{{cite web |author1=Mediatique |title=A report on market structure, dynamics and developments in Irish media |url=https://www.bai.ie/en/media/sites/2/dlm_uploads/2018/04/180410-Mediatique-Report.pdf#page=77 |publisher=Broadcasting Authority of Ireland |access-date=2 March 2021 |page=77, fig.44 |date=December 2017 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302122455/https://www.bai.ie/en/media/sites/2/dlm_uploads/2018/04/180410-Mediatique-Report.pdf#page=77 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2025, Ireland decided to relauch DAB+ national multiplexes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-17 |title=Plans underway to bring back high powered DAB+ multiplexes to Ireland |url=https://radiotoday.ie/2025/02/plans-underway-to-bring-back-high-powered-dab-multiplexes-to-ireland/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Irish digital radio stations with 'existing & new content offerings' set to be launched in coming weeks {{!}} News {{!}} WorldDAB |url=https://www.worlddab.org/news/15205/new-irish-digital-radio-stations-with-%E2%80%98existing-new-content-offerings%E2%80%99-set-to-be-launched-in-coming-weeks |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=www.worlddab.org}}</ref>
*[[Hungary]] announced the termination of DAB+ on 5 September 2020, 12 years after its start.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frekvencia.hu/t-dab-hng.htm|title=T-DAB+ műsorszóró adóhálózat - Magyarország (HNG)|website=www.frekvencia.hu|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205220602/https://www.frekvencia.hu/t-dab-hng.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ahrt.hu/hu/digitalis-radio-musorszoras|title=Antenna Hungária &#124; Digitális rádió műsorszórás|website=ahrt.hu|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111233206/https://ahrt.hu/hu/digitalis-radio-musorszoras|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Romania]] switched off DAB broadcast in September 2021 due to lack of interest both from broadcasters and listeners, low availability of receivers, low number of listeners and higher acceptance and interest in internet radio and FM. Romania started DAB broadcast in 2004, in the DAB format, did not adopt DAB+, and ever since the interest was low. It was only available in Bucharest, only public stations were available, although some private stations made some trials. DAB listeners were still in lower counts. Availability of DAB radios in stores was (and still is) low, and, despite the fact that some stores were offering DAB receivers, the interest remains limited (both because of lack of interest, higher price than an ordinary FM receiver and people are willing to pay the higher price for an internet device), most preferring internet radios or combined systems (devices with both FM and internet, although many such devices also have DAB capability, which is now rendered useless).{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
*[[Sweden]] The Swedish government postponed the transition to DAB in 2016, following a report from the National Audit Office which criticized the benefits for the listeners compared to continued FM-transmissions paired other digital transmission techniques (4G, Internet) and the strength of FM-radio as a simple and reliable source for emergency/crisis information. Limited transmissions continue in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö and Luleå<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/skrivelse/2015/10/skr.-20151625/ |title=Riksrevisionens rapport om digitalradio |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102192348/https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/skrivelse/2015/10/skr.-20151625/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[New Zealand]] started a DAB+ trial with transmitters broadcasting on Band III in Auckland and Wellington in 2006. Uptake for the service was very low, and the trial ended in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worlddab.org/countries/new-zealand#current_situation|title=New Zealand &#124; Countries &#124; WorldDAB|website=www.worlddab.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/mbie-calls-time-on-dab-radio-trial/|title=MBIE calls time on DAB Radio trial|date=4 June 2018|website=NBR &#124; The Authority since 1970}}</ref>