TV3 (Euro Republics)

TV3 is a Euro Republics commercial television channel, launched on 15 April, 1989 at 8:00 p.m.

TV3 is a general entertainment channel owned by EuroMedia, with a significant news and current affairs element under the banner of National Three News.

About 40% of Three's programming is local, most of which airs at daytime and later at night, with British and American shows taking up most of the evening schedule.

TV3 used in-vision continuity from 1989-2002, and was reintroduced full-time in 2011, It was still being used however on Friday and Saturday nights between 2002 and 2011.

History
TV3 launched in 1989 broadcasting an English simulcast of what was broadcasting on the Scandinavian version, although by 1990 it was broadcasting it's own lineup.

In 2001, a HD version of the channel launched.

At first, TV3 only broadcast few HD programmes, with the 2001-02 UEFA Champions League on TV3. In 2005, TV3 began airing all of their Euro Republican programming in HD, along with their sister channels launching in HD. 95% of their schedule was in HD by 2012.

In 2020, TV3 introduced local news, for the first time since ETV dropped the practise in 2007.

News

 * National Three News branded programming
 * Three News (7:30pm) (1989-present)
 * Three News at 11:30 (11:30am) 1995-present)
 * Nightline (midnight) (1991-present)
 * National Three Firstline (4am) (2003-present)
 * Local Three News (2020-present)
 * Euro City
 * Telga
 * Fashman
 * Eiréls
 * Belton
 * Plúth
 * Zappelville
 * Sunrise (1990-present)
 * Early Sunrise (1997-present)
 * Sunrise Extra (2006-present)

Entertainment and reality

 * Big Brother Euro Republics (2001-present)
 * Euro Republics’ Got Talent (2008-present)
 * Challenge The ER (1995-present)
 * Euro Republican Idol (2003-present)
 * The X Factor ER (2005-present)

Comedy

 * The Simpsons (1990-present)
 * Family Guy (1999; 2018-present)
 * American Dad! (2005-present)
 * Hayden Harris’ TV Burp (2003-present)
 * North Springs (1996-present)
 * Mintered (1996-1999; 2005-present)
 * Mr. Bean (1990-present)
 * South Park (1998-present)

Music

 * Music Hits (1989-present)

Game show

 * Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (1999-present)

Drama

 * Line Of Duty (2012-present)
 * Bodyguard (2018-present)

Soap opera

 * Coronation Street (UK) (1989-present; previously on ETV1)
 * Neighbours (AU) (1994-1995; 2003-present; previously on ETV2)
 * Hollyoaks (UK) (1996-present)
 * General Hospital (US) (1991-present)
 * The Young & The Restless (US) (1991-present)

Programming blocks

 * 3C (2011-present)
 * Super Saturday (1997-2009; 2020-present)

Entertainment and reality

 * The Masked Singer Euro Republics (2019)
 * Love Island (2018-2019; now on TMF)
 * Stars In Their Eyes ER (1995-2019; now on TMF)

Soap opera & drama

 * Emmerdale (1989-2020; moved from and back to ETV1)
 * Chances (1992, PIN protected, moved to Premiere & Spark)
 * Heartbeat (1992-2010; repeats currently on Channel 9)
 * Home and Away (1989-1999; moved to Network 2)
 * Neighbours (1989-2020; moved to Network Two)

Programming blocks

 * The Fix (1989-2011)

Availability
In El Kadsre, Three is available on Punto+ channel 505.

Comedy

 * Spitting Image (revived series) (4th October, 2020)