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television network that was launched on 26 March 1970 as

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's first commercial

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. Channel 3 is operated by BEC Multimedia Company Limited (“BECM”), a subsidiary of publicly traded company BEC World Public Company Limited. The network is headquartered in the Maleenont Towers of

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History

Channel 3 was launched on 26 March 1970 at 10:00 Bangkok Time by

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Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn. This broadcast area was only limited to the Bangkok Metropolitan Area during its early years. On 1 January 1985, it launched its first teletext service known as Infonet. On 1 January 1987, started to air in stereo and, during the 1990s, its stereo broadcast was introduced into its VHF free-to-air station nationwide. TV3 was also experimenting with bilingual transmission using a second audio track in the 1990s. During its early years, Channel 3's airtime lasted 6-hours, broadcasting from 16:00 to 22:00, and later expanded to the daytime hours. For a short period of time, it started broadcasting all 24 hours in 1997, but was scuttled due to the

1997 Asian financial crisis The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and Southeast Asia beginning in July 1997 and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown due to financial contagion. However, the recovery in 1998– ...

. The network resumed its 24-hour airtime on 1 January 2005. On 1 January 2001, Channel 3 was the first station in Thailand to broadcast a 3D film. The movie, '' Jaws 3-D'', required a pair of 3D glasses bought from certain stores partnered with the network for the event or attained from elsewhere. In September 2018, Channel 3 (owner by BEC and MCOT) was the last broadcaster to broadcast analog television services in Thailand. The network made the move to

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in late 2019 on VHF while analogue television ceased transmission on 26 March 2020 at 12:00am ( UTC+7), exactly 50 years after the channel's launch. In 2021, all entertainment programs produced by Tero Entertainment were removed and transferred to Channel 7.

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