3/24 () is a Spanish
Catalan-language free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...
news and information network operated by
Televisió de Catalunya (TVC).
It was launched on 11 September 2003.
History
3/24 was born on 11 September 2003 as an initiative of the Catalan
public television to develop digital terrestrial television in Catalonia. However, a general lack of DVB-T set top boxes combined with slight public interest towards digital terrestrial television prompted TVC to simulcast in analogue.
From its launch on 11 September 2003 until 12 June 2004, 3/24 was on air daily from 11p.m. till 8:30a.m.. The channel now operates as a regular full-time channel.
Contents
3/24 devotes exclusively to live news and information, including news, traffic (morning), sports and stock markets from
Bolsa de Barcelona. Originally, 3/24 was to become the first 24-hour news service in Catalonia. Later, this plan was dropped, and it was remade into a continuous information service. In consequence, this channel now also features special blocks dedicated to science, society, history, etc.
Most of the day, under the title ''Notícies 3/24'', the channel features a 30-minute informational wheel, including 2 minutes of headlines, 18 minutes of news, 8 minutes of sports and 2 minutes of regional weather. Along with other
Televisió de Catalunya's channels, no live programming is featured between 01:00 and 07:00 unless news breaks.
3/24 also shares programs with sister channel
TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to:
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. It simulcasts TV3's daily news programs, ''Telenotícies'' every day at 14:30-16:00 and 21-22:00; and its morning news program ''Els Matins'' every weekday 08:00-10:15. Also, in the early morning, TV3 also simulcasts 3/24 from 07:00 to 08:00 on weekdays, 08:15 on Saturday and 10:15 on Sunday. During the summer break and public holidays, TV3 simulcasts 3/24 in its entirety, in place of Els Matins, but it ends at 10:00. Plus, the nightly world news programme ''Món 3/24'', running from 22 to 23:30, was then rebroadcast on TV3 twice at 23:30 and 00:00 every Tuesday and Wednesday.
3/24 also broadcasts sports-related programmes such as "3/24 Esports" and its sister channel
Esport 3 also simulcast this programme. This show can be watched nightly at 12:05am.
Programming
News
* ''Noticies 3/24''
* ''Telenotícies''
* ''3/24 Esports''
Information
* ''L'entrevista del Diumenge''
* ''Més 3/24''
* ''3/24 en Áranes''
* ''Món 3/24''
* ''3/24 Comarques''
See also
*
Televisió de Catalunya
External links
Official SiteTelevisió de Catalunya
24-hour television news channels in Spain
Catalan-language television stations
Televisió de Catalunya
Television channels and stations established in 2003
Television stations in Catalonia
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