3/24

Country	Catalonia
Broadcast area	Catalonia, Andorra, Northern Catalonia, Balearic Islands and International
Headquarters	Sant Joan Despí
Programming
Language(s)	Catalan, Aranese (in Vall d'Aran)
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Televisió de Catalunya
Sister channels	TV3, 33/Super3, Esport3, TV3CAT
History
Launched	11 September 2003 (2003-09-11)
Links
Website	www.ccma.cat/324
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Barcelona: Mux 61 Girona: Mux 60 Lleida: Mux 58 Tarragona: Mux 59 Northern Catalonia: Mux 37 Balearic Islands: Mux 26 Andorra: Mux 36 Baix Cinca: Mux 59 Castelló: Mux 47 València: Mux 37 Ribera and Safor: Mux 55

3/24 (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈtɾɛz ˌβintiˈkwatɾə]) is a Catalan free-to-air news and information network operated by Televisió de Catalunya (TVC).

It was launched on 11 September 2003.

History

Logo used from 2003 until 2014

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 11 p.m. till 8:30 a.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. 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 12:05 am.

Programming

See also

• Televisió de Catalunya

External links

• Official Site (in Catalan)
• Televisió de Catalunya