Three (TV channel)
Current Three logo, introduced in 2023. | |
| Country | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | National |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Timeshift service | ThreePlus1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Parent | Sky Free |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 26 November 1989 |
| Former names | TV3 (1989–2017) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DVB 64-QAM on band IV | |
Three (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. It previously broadcast nationally on analogue television until that was switched off on 1 December 2013.
Three is a general entertainment channel formerly owned by Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand, with a news element under the banner of ThreeNews. Three carries a significant amount of local content, most of which airs at prime-time. The channel has been owned by Sky Network Television from 1 August 2025.