RTP3

RTP3 is a Portuguese 24-hour public-service news channel owned-and-operated by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). The channel is available on basic cable and satellite, as well as a free-to-air channel on terrestrial television.

RTP3
Launched15 October 2001 (2001-10-15)
Owned byRádio e Televisão de Portugal
Picture format16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Audience share1.6% (March 2017 (2017-03), CAEM)
SloganInformação. Informação. Informação.
(Journalism. Journalism. Journalism.)
CountryPortugal
Broadcast areaPortugal
Angola
Mozambique
Cape Verde
HeadquartersLisbon (main)
Porto (secondary)
Formerly calledNTV (15 October 2001 – 31 May 2004)
RTPN (31 May 2004 – 19 September 2011)
RTP Informação (19 September 2011 – 5 October 2015)
Sister channel(s)RTP1
RTP2
RTP Desporto
RTP Memória
RTP Açores
RTP Madeira
RTP África
RTP Internacional
Websitewww.rtp.pt/rtp3/
Availability
Terrestrial
TDTChannel 6
Satellite
NOSChannel 6
MEOChannel 6
ZAP ao mzChannel 15
Cable
NOSChannel 6
NowoChannel 6
TVCabo aoChannel 15
TVCabo mzChannel 15
IPTV
MEOChannel 6
VodafoneChannel 6
ZAP CPVChannel 5
Streaming media
RTP Playhttp://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp3

The channel was launched on 15 October 2001 as NTV, a cable news channel headquartered in Porto. It was originally a joint-venture between PT Multimédia, Lusomundo and the television broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (the old RTP). In 2003 it was completely acquired by the old RTP, and with the merger between the old RTP and radio broadcaster Radiodifusão Portuguesa (RDP), forming the new RTP, it became RTPN on 31 May 2004.

RTPN debuted a 24-hour schedule on 29 September 2008. Up till then, RTPN had simulcasted with Euronews during the early morning. Since mid-2009, RTPN has been available outside Portugal, through cable TV providers in Angola and Mozambique. On 19 September 2011, RTPN was renamed RTP Informação, beginning with a simulcast of Bom Dia Portugal which refreshed its graphics.

On 22 July 2015 it was announced that RTP Informação would rebrand once again.[1] On 15 September 2015, the date of rebrand was confirmed to be 5 October, RTP's director of programmes Daniel Deusdado told the media. At midnight between 4 and 5 October 2015 Portuguese time, the channel became RTP3, during the coverage of the legislative election 2015.

Despite being a news-based channel, occasionally RTP3 also airs some sports programming, such as the Olympics and the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Unlike the other national RTP channels, RTP3's continuity and playout is handled at the Monte da Virgem studios, near Porto.

Since 1 December 2016, the channel is available on the Portuguese digital terrestrial television.

Logos and identities

2001-2004
  • RTP3's first, original and old logo used from 15 October 2001 to 30 May 2004.

2004-2011
  • RTP3's second and former logo used from 31 May 2004 to 18 September 2011.

2011-2015
  • RTP3's third and previous logo used from 19 September 2011 to 4 October 2015.

2015-present
  • RTP3's fourth and current logo since 5 October 2015.

Programming

News programmes
  • Bom Dia Portugal (6:30am-10am, simulcast with RTP1)
  • 3 às 10
  • 3 às 11
  • Jornal das 12
  • 3 às 14
  • Zoom África
  • Eixo Norte Sul
  • 3 às 16
  • 3 às 17
  • 18/20
  • Manchete 3
  • Online 3
  • 360 (9pm)
  • 24 Horas (12am, title previously used as a late bulletin on RTP1)
  • Fareed Zakaria GPS

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References
  1. Madeira, Tânia (22 July 2015). "RTP Informação vai mudar de nome". Diário Económico. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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