HRT 3
{{Infobox television channel
| name = HRT 3
| logo = HRT3 Logo aktuell.png
| logo_size = 150
| launch_date = {{Start date|1991|3|1|df=y}}
{{Start date|2012|9|13|df=y}}
| closed_date = {{Start date|2004|3|28|df=y}}
| network = Hrvatska radiotelevizija
| owner = Croatian Government
| country = Croatia
| language = Croatian
| area = Croatia
| headquarters = Zagreb
| former_names = {{plainlist|
- Z3 (1989–1990)
- HTV Z3 (1990–1991)
}}
| sister_channels = {{plainlist|
}}
| replaced_by = HRT Plus (2004–2012)
| website = {{URL|hrt.hr}}
| terr_serv_1 = OiV
| terr_chan_1 = MUX M1
| online_serv_1 = HRTi
| online_chan_1 = {{URL|https://hrti.hrt.hr/livetv|Watch live}} {{nowrap|(Croatia only)}}
}}
HRT 3 (HTV 3, "Treći program") is a Croatian free-to-air television channel from Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, that was launched on 13 September 2012.
History
HRT 3's original history began in 1989, when this channel was originally known as Z3 and later HTV Z3. It officially came on air on 1 March 1991,{{Cite web|url=https://obljetnica.hrt.hr/leksikon/h/htv3/|title=HTV3 - Leksikon radija i televizije|website=Obljetnica HRT-a|language=en|access-date=2019-03-13|archive-date=2019-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329103247/https://obljetnica.hrt.hr/leksikon/h/htv3/|url-status=dead}} but was taken off air on 16 September 1991, when its main transmitter, the Sljeme TV tower, was damaged in an air raid. On 7 November 1994, the channel came back on air, this time as HRT 3. The channel was shut down on 28 March 2004, but this time with its frequency de-nationalized and out up for lease in a public tender (it has been used by RTL Televizija ever since). It was replaced by satellite channel HRT Plus until its relaunch in 2012.
HRT started considering the return of HRT 3 in November 2005, replacing HRT Plus but maintaning its sports and entertainment formula.{{Cite web|url=https://satkurier.pl/news/28129/hrt3-zamiast-hrt-plus.html|title=HRT3 zamiast HRT Plus|website=saturier.pl|access-date=May 13, 2025}} In July 2007, it announced plans for two new channels aiming for digital terrestrial television, HRT 3 and HRT News.{{Cite web|url=https://satkurier.pl/news/37101/hrt-planuje-htv-3-i-htv-news.html|title=HRT planuje HTV 3 i HTV News|website=saturier.pl|access-date=May 13, 2025}} Later plans suggested HRT 3 becoming exclusively a sports channel. In August 2008, a planned relaunch of HRT 3 as HRT 3 Sport for 1 January 2009 was announced, with a planned partnership with the Croatian Olympic Committee, airing less popular sports, such as volleyball and women's handball.{{Cite web|url=https://satkurier.pl/news/42223/hrt-3-sport-od-1-stycznia-2009.html|title=HRT 3 Sport od 1 stycznia 2009|website=saturier.pl|access-date=May 13, 2025}} The sports channel plan was faced with opposition from RTL Televizija and Nova TV, who jointly blocked HRT's plans for a sports channel, under the grounds that it would harm the development of the Croatian television market.{{Cite web|url=https://satkurier.pl/news/44123/chorwacja-rtl-tv-i-nova-tv-przeciw-htv3.html|title=Chorwacja: RTL TV i Nova TV przeciw HTV3|website=saturier.pl|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
In November 2010, it was announced that HRT 3 and HRT 4 would begin their operations after 1 January 2011, due to changes in the Croatian legislation after the shutdown of analog terrestrial signals.{{Cite web|url=https://satkurier.pl/news/60471/hrt-3-i-hrt-4-od-1-stycznia-2011.html|title=HRT 3 i HRT 4 od 1 stycznia 2011|website=saturier.pl|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
On 10 February 2012, HRT 3 was officially announced thanks to a preliminary agreement between HRT and seven national institutions and associations related to educational, cultural, scientific and cultural affairs. It was speculated that the channel would broadcast films and entertainment content.{{Cite web|url=https://satkurier.pl/news/72603/chorwacka-hrt-uruchomi-htv-3.html|title=Chorwacka HRT uruchomi HTV 3|website=saturier.pl|access-date=May 13, 2025}} The channel was finally relaunched for the second time on 13 September 2012, but with a new emphasis on educational and documentary material, as well as showing classic films and series, with occasional art and independent films.{{Cite web |url=https://obljetnica.hrt.hr/leksikon/h/hrt3/ |title=Leksikon radija i televizije - HRT3 |author=HRT |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329085502/https://obljetnica.hrt.hr/leksikon/h/hrt3/ |url-status=dead }} The channel is broadcast in MUX B on Croatian territory, via satellite Eutelsat 16A at frequency 10,721 GHz H 27,500th.
From 7 to 12 December 2020, the channel aired Polish movies as part of a protocol signed with Telewizja Polska and the Polish embassy in Zagreb.{{Cite web|url=https://satkurier.pl/news/198270/tydzien-polskiego-filmu-w-hrt3-we-wspolpracy-z-tvp.html|title=„Tydzień polskiego filmu” w HRT3 we współpracy z TVP|website=saturier.pl|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
Programming
=Series=
=Documentaries=
=Emissions=
- Croatian academics
- The woman dragon
- Portreti
- Trikultura
- Special Music
- Time for Jazz
- Kulturna baština
- U dobrom društvu
- Summer archive
- File contents
- Third round
- Interview of the Week
- Third history
- Stand up 3
- Book or life
- Good morning, cultures
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.hrt.hr/ Official website] {{in lang|hr}}
- [https://obljetnica.hrt.hr/leksikon/h/htv3/ HTV3 - TV and radio lexicon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329103247/https://obljetnica.hrt.hr/leksikon/h/htv3/ |date=2019-03-29 }} (in Croatian)
{{Hrvatska Radiotelevizija}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hrt3}}
Category:Television channels in Croatia
Category:Television channels in North Macedonia
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1989