3C

3C is a brand used as the name for a Euro Republican children’s television channel, radio station, online service and programming block on TV3 & FOX. It broadcasts shows aimed at children and teenagers, from the ages of 0-16.

3C launched on Saturday 1st January 2011, replacing The Fix, which had been the previous name for TV3 and TV4's children's programming, TV channel and radio station.

History
Rumours began to circulate in 2009 that TV3 were looking to completely revamp their children’s programme schedule and branding, then currently known as The Fix, by bringing it closer in line with the TV3 brand like it had been when it was known as Club3 and C3.

EuroMedia formally announced in June 2010 that 3C would be launched as a new brand, to replace The Fix from 1st January 2011. There were to be 4 new shows premiering with the new brand:

In addition, 3C would team up with Nickelodeon and Lime Pictures to produce a new mystery horror series, House of Anubis.
 * Somewhat Spooky: A comedy-drama series parodying the horror movie genre in a light hearted and kid friendly manner, aimed at the 8-12 audience.
 * All is Okay: A teen drama series about a 14 year old brother and sister, whose worlds are destroyed by a school tragedy, and their increased ties with their friends and family on their road to recovery.
 * The Week on The Rundown: A weekly highlights programme of the children's news programme.
 * Funny Business: A fast moving kids' sketch show with parodies, comedic characters and practical jokes.

Alongside these were a new series of the school drama Davidson Park, the return of popular kids sitcom Listen Up Class and a 4.30pm Rundown update. A third series of Saturday morning show Welcome To The Weekend was also commissioned, after a successful first series and commissioned weeks before the second series began. New acquired shows to tie in with the rebrand included Total Drama Island, Adventure Time, Transformers Prime, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Almost Naked Animals.

The scheduling for the 3C channel would also be designed to compliment TV3, by breaking away from some slots in the schedule to show alternative programming (e.g. SpongeBob SquarePants could be on 3C at the same time as Davidson Park on TV3) and showing more preschool programmes, when Welcome to The Weekend was over on TV3.

Promotions began to run on The Fix in November 2010 promoting the relaunch, with the tagline "See 3 this January." Presenters started to advertise the new look and programming too. By December, promos for the new programmes were becoming regular on The Fix, and a half hour preview for 3C was shown on 25th December 2010 before the Christmas special of Welcome to The Weekend.

The final afternoon of The Fix ended on 31st December 2010 with a half hour tribute at the end, which also included Club3 and C3. The final scene featured the logo of The Fix with the words "IT'S NOT ALL OVER, YET". The channel continued until midnight with the "FixGold" strand. The channel then abruptly shuttered until 9:30am, and thefix.tv website went offline. On the channel for The Fix, the first nine and a half hours of 2011 were spent with a clock counting down until the time hit 9:30.

3C launched on 1st January 2011 at 9.30am with a special episode of Welcome to The Weekend.

Channels
The 3C brand operates under various ways, including a family of television channels.

Programming
See also: List of programmes broadcast by 3C

3C is a multi-genre service targeted towards children and includes drama, comedy, animation, preschool content, quizzes, game shows, movies, music, sports, news, documentaries, lifestyle magazines and entertainment magazine shows.