Three is a Euro Republics commercial television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3, it was the Euro Republics's first privately owned television channel, since The Third was publicly owned, but closed due to cuts. The channel currently broadcasts nationally (with regional advertising targeting four markets) for free on all platforms.
Three is a general entertainment channel owned by EuroMedia, with a significant news and current affairs element under the banner of Newshub, carried over from the New Zealand company MediaWorks, which owns 25% of EuroMedia, who owns Three.
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. It introduced a seperate schedule in 1995. In the same year, it launched on digital television as 3Digital, offering a similar lineup, although local news was replaced with a joint program for all of the Euro Republics, called ER Today. In 2001, TV3 announced also launch on that same day. At first, TV3 only broadcast few programmes, with the 2001-02 UEFA Champions League on TV3. In 2005, TV3 began airing all of their Euro Republican programming, along with their sister channels launching in the HD. 95% of their schedule in HD by 2012.
Programming
Show contracts
- Universal Television
- 20th Century Fox Television
- FXP
- MGM Television
- Warner Bros. Television
Movie contracts
- Universal Pictures
- Focus Features
- 20th Century Studios
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (shared with ETV)
- StudioCanal (shared with ETV)
- Warner Bros.
Current programming
News
- National Three News branded programming
- National Three News (1989-present)
- National Three News at 11:30 (1995-present)
- National Three Nightline (1991-present)
- National Three Firstline (2003-present)
- 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)
- Love Island Euro Republics (2019-present)
- Challenge The ER (1995-present)
- Stars In Their Eyes Euro Republics (1995-present)
- Britain’s Got Talent (2007-present)
- Euro Republican Idol (2003-present)
- The X Factor Euro Republics (2005-present)
Comedy
- The Simpsons (1990-present)
- Family Guy (1999; 2018-present)
- American Dad! (2005-present)
- Hayden Harris’ TV Burp (2004-present; shared with GO)
- North Springs (1996-present)
- Mintered (1996-1999; 2005-present)
- Mr Bean (1990-present)
Drama
- Line Of Duty (2012-present)
- Bodyguard (2018-present)
Soap opera
- Coronation Street (UK) (1989-present; previously on ETV1)
- Neighbours (AU) (1989-present; previously on ETV2)
- Neighbours El Kadsre (1989-present; previously on ETV1 and ETV2)
- EastEnders (2020-present; previously on ETV1)
Former programming
Entertainment and reality
- The Masked Singer Euro Republics (2019)
Soap opera
- Emmerdale (1989-2020; moved from and back to ETV1)
Children’s
- The Disney Afternoon (1990-1997)
British breakfast shows (usually aired between 4am and 6am)
- ITN Evening News (1989-1997)
- The Channel Four Daily (1989-1992)
- TV-am (1992)
- ITN Morning News (1989-1997)
- GMTV (1992-1997) (see TV-am) (moved to Channel 4)
Availability
In El Kadsre, Three is available on Punto+ channel 505.
