Germany's Premiere wants a FTA channel, called Premiere Vitrine, to promote its pay TV services, and has applied to the Bavarian media authority for a licence. Premiere has struggled to make premium pay-TV a success in a country with over 30 FTA channels.

Premiere closed Giga TV, a previous attempt at a stand-alone FTA channel.

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