Thailand Television Channel 3 | |
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Launched | 26 March 1970 25 April 2014 (Digital by 3HD) |
Owned by |
BEC and MCOT (Analog TV Owner) BEC Multimedia (Digital TV Owner) |
Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 16:9 (3 Original 3 Family and 3SD) 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 (3HD) |
Audience share | 29% (2011, MCOT) |
Slogan |
คุ้มค่าทุกนาที ดูทีวีสีช่อง 3 (Minute-worthy TV, Channel 3) (1 March 1984 – present) |
Country | Thailand |
Language | Thai language |
Broadcast area | Nationwide, receivable in Laos and Malaysia and Vietnam |
Headquarters | Maleenond Towers, Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand |
Sister channel(s) | Channel 3 Family Channel 3 SD Channel 3 HD |
Timeshift service | 3 January 2010 – 30 May 2015 |
Website | [4] |
Availability
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Terrestrial | |
Analogue | Channel 3 (VHF) (SD) (1970 – 2006) Channel 32 (UHF- Bangkok) (2006 – 2020) |
Digital | MUX4-(TPBS) (UHF):Ch44-658Mhz(Bangkok,TH) LCN:Channel 13 (3 Family), Channel 28 (3 SD), Channel 33 (3 HD) |
Satellite | |
TrueVisions | Channel 13 (Family) Channel 28 (SD) Channel 33 (HD) |
GMM Z | Channel 13 (Family) Channel 28 (SD) Channel 33 (HD) |
Cable | |
TrueVisions | Channel 13 (Family) Channel 28 (SD) Channel 33 (HD) |
Streaming media | |
ThaiTV3.com | Watch Live |
STAT | Watch Live |
คุ้มค่าทุกนาที ดูทีวีสีช่อง 3 (Minute-worthy TV, Channel 3) (1 March 1984 – present)
Thailand Colour Television Channel 3 MCOT (Thai: สถานีโทรทัศน์ไทยทีวีสีช่อง 3), now known as Channel 3 Original was incorporated in 1969 and was officially launched it started began broadcasting on 26 March 1970 at 10:00 Bangkok Time as Thailand first commercial television station. It transmits 24-hours a day, 7 days a week since 1 January 2005. Its broadcasting centre is located on Maleenond Towers, Khlong Toei, Bangkok. Channel 3 is the original broadcast channel to many animated series such as Dogga Doop, Shelldon, Four Angies, etc.
Channel 3 is the only channel to not originally broadcast in digital; until the Digital version has launched. Since then, new sister channels has been created, Channel 3 Family, Channel 3 SD and Channel 3 HD which broadcast Channel 3 Original in HD version, which are the same schedule as the old Channel 3, before an Administrative Court ruling prompted the original Channel 3's programming to be simulcast on Digital SD Version and Digital HD Version. On 31 March 2020, the analog Channel 3 will be forced to close, after the digital switchover and also after 50 years of broadcasting.
TV3 was officially launched in a ceremony morning on Thursday, 26 March 1970 at 10:00 Bangkok Time and was officially launched by Prime Minister of Thailand Thanom Kittikachorn as Thailand's first commercial television station, broadcasts from Bangkok. This broadcast area was only limited to the Bangkok Metropolitan Area during its early years.