Canal 300 () was a Spanish
free-to-air
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television channel
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operated by
Televisió de Catalunya
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It is part of the Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, a public corporation cre ...
, launched on 28 November 2005 only in
DTT as part of TVC's five channel
multiplex
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.
300 only broadcast series and movies previously seen on
TV3 and
33/
K3, both of their own production (20% of the schedule) or foreign. Included in its schedule were ''
Dallas
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'', ''
Bewitched
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'', ''
Bonanza
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'', ''
Star Trek
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'', ''
The Brittas Empire
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'', ''
Married... with Children'', ''
Diagnosis: Murder'', ''
The Twilight Zone
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'' and ''
Strong Medicine
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'', as well as TVC's produced series such as ''Secrets de Família'', ''Oh! Europa'', ''Jet Lag'', ''Majoria Absoluta'', ''L'un per l'altre'', ''
Plats Bruts'' and ''Quico''.
The channel was launched in experimental format on November 21, 2005 as the first Televisió de Catalunya channel launched exclusively for digital terrestrial television. On November 28, 2005, the channel started its official broadcasts.
From December 3, 2006, 300 timeshared with K3 from 21:30 to 7:00.
On May 14, 2010, TV3 announced the closure of the channel, scheduled for September 19, and was going to be replaced with a new channel,
3XL
3XL () was one of the television channels operated by the Catalan public television network Televisió de Catalunya. It was founded and started broadcasting in September 2010 replacing the former Canal 300, until September 2012, when it was close ...
.
See also
*
TV3
References
External links
Official Site
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Television channels and stations established in 2005
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2010