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&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Three_(New_Zealand)_logo.svg){kind=logo} Current Three logo, introduced in 2017. | |
| Country | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Timeshift service | ThreePlus1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific |
| Parent | Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 26 November 1989 |
| Former names | TV3 (1989–2017) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DVB 64-QAM on band IV | |
Three (Māori: Toru), stylised as +HR=E, is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3, it was New Zealand's first privately owned television channel. The channel currently broadcasts nationally (with regional advertising targeting four markets) in digital free-to-air form via the state-owned Kordia on terrestrial and satellite. Vodafone also carries the channel for their cable subscribers in Wellington and Christchurch. It previously broadcast nationally on analogue television until that was switched off on 1 December 2013.
Three is a general entertainment channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand, with a significant news and current affairs element under the banner of ThreeNews. Three carries a significant amount of local content, most of which airs at prime-time.