ITV3
British free-to-air television channel
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ITV3 is a free television channel in the United Kingdom. It is owned by ITV Digital Channels, The network is a part of ITV plc. The channel started on 1 November 2004. It is a popular television channel in the UK.[1] The channel broadcasts British programmes such as Agatha Christie's Poirot, Classic Coronation Street, Classic Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Wycliffe, A Family at War, Where the Heart Is, Never the Twain, The Grand and Inspector Morse. Most of these programmes were first broadcast on ITV.
ITV3 | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Slogan | The keeper of ITV's treasured and timeless drama |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | ITV3 +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | ITV Digital Channels (ITV plc) |
Sister channels | ITV ITV2 ITV4 ITVBe CITV |
History | |
Launched | 1 November 2004 |
Replaced | Plus |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 10 Channel 58 (+1) |
Cable | |
Virgin Media (UK) | Channel 117 Channel 174 (+1) Channel 177 (HD) |
Virgin Media (Ireland) | Channel 131 |
UPC (Switzerland) | Channel 207 |
Citycable (Switzerland) | Channel 407 |
WightFibre | Channel 7 |
Satellite | |
Freesat | Channel 115 Channel 116 (+1) |
Sky (UK only) | Channel 119 (SD/HD) Channel 219 (+1) Channel 817 (SD) |
Astra 2E (28.2°E) | 10906 V 22000 5/6 |
Astra 2G (28.2°E) | 11097 V 23000 3/4 (HD) |
IPTV | |
SwisscomTV (Switzerland) | Channel arbitrary |
Streaming media | |
ITVX | Watch live (UK only) |
TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) Watch live (Ireland only) |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK only) |
The one hour timeshift of this channel, ITV3 +1 was launched on 30 October 2006 along with ITV2 +1.
The high definition of the channel was launched on 15 November 2010 along with ITV4 HD on Sky.
References
change- ↑ "Monthly Total Viewing Summary". BARB. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012.