Fuse (Euro Republics)

TVTropolis is a Euro Republican pay television channel owned by EuroMedia.

It should not be confused with the original version which closed in 2014.

History
The channel was launched as 3Prime on December 17, 2009 by EuroMedia. The Euro Republican Telecommunications Commission (ERTC) licensed 3Prime in 2009 as a specialty television service directed towards men and women 50 years of age and older. However, the channel did not explicitly market itself as a channel for the "baby boomer" generation, preferring instead to position itself as a general entertainment television channel. 3Prime's slogan, on-air and in advertising, was "The Entertainment Network".

3Prime's schedule reflected a mix of general interest television programs, including home improvement and design series, along with classic television series such as The Golden Girls, M*A*S*H, All in the Family, The Cosby Show, and Newhart. It also hosted repeat showings of several TV3 and Viasat 4 (now FOX) series, including The Apprentice, Family Guy, Malcolm In The Middle, Entertainment Tonight ER, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. TV3 and FOX also being 3Prime’s sister channels.

On January 1, 2019, 3Prime was renamed TVtropolis, which airs primarily focused on sitcoms and dramas from the 80s, 90s and early 00’s such as Seinfeld, Friends, Malcolm In The Middle, The Simpsons, South Park and Beverly Hills 90210, with additional television series focused on television pop culture such as Inside the Box & FANatical. Over the course of its existence as TVtropolis, the channel has started airing more shows, focusing on other programs from reality series, game shows, lifestyle series, and others.

On January 13, 2020, a new block, entitled Fuse, debuted on TVtropolis. Airing during the week, between 6pm and midnight, The block’s aim was a multicultural 16-29 demographic and was comprised mainly of 1990‘s and 2000’s American sitcoms, like Friends, Malcolm In The Middle and Moesha. It also contained anti-racism documentaries aimed at the youth audiences and urban/alternative music. EuroMedia also announced if the block was successful, then Fuse would take over TVtropolis fully. The block was well received, with many people calling it “the channel that hates racism more than any other.”

It proved a success and on June 1, 2020, Fuse became a 24-hour channel replacing TVtropolis.