EBC III

ETV III is a Euroish free-to-air publicly-owned broadcast television channel. Owned by ETV, the channel was launched on 1 March 1996 as a digital satellite and cable channel. It mainly broadcasts a range of intellectual arts, cultural, factual, specialist and innovative programmes, including documentaries, music, world cinema, performance, British and European drama, religious and ethical programmes, lifestyle and wellbeing, intelligent comedy, sports, weather, adult education, archive comedy, drama and factual, current affairs and news.

The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, having previously been an evening (20:00-06:00) service from it's 1996 launch until 2005. The channel's schedule usually includes five hours of worldwide news coverage from 5am to 10am. The mid morning and afternoon schedules usually include classic British drama and comedy as well as documentaries. The primetime schedule begins with the ETV News at Eight.

History
ERTV announced the launch of ERTV III in October 1995, although the channel's planning progress had began in May 1994 as ERTV Explore, which would have been intended as a satellite service on ET1. As technology advanced and digital television became a viable option within a few years, it was later decided to hold back the launch of the new channel until 1996 when digital satellite and cable services would become available. ERTV would then use the new channel as a major selling point for the launch of digital television in the Euro Republics.

The channel was launched at 7.55pm CET on 1 March 1996, with the channel's first five minutes also simultaneously broadcast on parent channels ERTV One and Network Two.

News and information

 * ETV News at Eight (1996-present)
 * ETV World News (1998-present)
 * ER Tonight (1996-present; replays)
 * ER This Week (1996-present)

Quiz shows

 * Countdown (2019-present)

News and information

 * (US) (2005-present)
 * (UK) (2005-present)
 * (CA) (2005-present)
 * (AUS) (2005-present)
 * (UK) (1996-present)

Drama

 * (UK) (1996-present)
 * (US) (1996-present)
 * (UK) (1996-present)
 * (UK) (1996-present)
 * (UK) (1996-present)
 * (UK) (1997-present)
 * (UK) (1998-present)
 * (UK) (2005-present)
 * (FR) (2006-present)
 * (UK) (2005-present)
 * (US/UK/CA/ER/IRE) (2007-present)
 * (UK) (2008-present)
 * (DK) (2009-present)
 * (FR) (2010-present)
 * (DK) (2011-present)
 * (UK) (2011-present)
 * (2012-present)
 * (UK) (2013-present)
 * (UK) (2018-present)
 * (UK) (2018-present)
 * (UK) (2023-present)

Comedy

 * (UK) (2004-present)
 * (UK) (2015-present)

Quiz shows

 * (UK) (1996-present)
 * (UK) (2011-present)

Arts and culture

 * (UK) (1996-present)

Science

 * (UK) (1996-present)

Music

 * (UK) (1996-present)

Religion & ethics

 * (US) (1996-present)
 * (UK) (1996-present)

Special events

 * (UK) (1996-present)
 * (ITA) (2008-present)

News and information

 * The World (2002-2007)
 * (2007-2020)

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