Four channels from the ProSiebenSat.1 group will remain on digital terrestrial in Bavaria.
Sat.1, ProSieben, Kabel eins and N24 will remain broadcasting in the cities of Munich and Nuremberg until at least May 31, 2014, according to a press statement from the Bavarian media authority BLM.
Meanwhile the four channels from the RTL group, RTL, RTL2, Super RTL and Vox, will broadcast till July 31, after which they will be taken off the air.
The authority has also prolonged the licence of home-shopping channel HSE24 until May 31, 2014 and has issued a new licence to another home-shopping channel, 1-2-3.tv.