TV-3 (Russian TV channel)

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{{Infobox television channel

|name = TV-3
ТВ-3

|logo = ТV3 logo 2023.svg

|launch_date = {{start date and age|1994|6|6}}

|picture_format = SDTV 576i

|owner = Gazprom Media

|country = Russia

|language = Russian

|area = Nationwide

|headquarters = Moscow, Russia

|website = http://tv3russia.ru

(Russia only)

|terr_serv_1 = Digital

|terr_chan_1 = 15

}}

TV-3 (also known as TV-3 Russia) is a Russian television channel focused on entertainment. It mainly broadcasts TV series in mystery, science fiction and fantasy genres. It was purchased in 2006 by Vladimir Potanin's ProfMedia (ПрофМедиа),{{cite magazine|last=Holdsworth|first=Nick|date=18 October 2007|title=Prof-Media restructures operations: Move follows series of acquisitions|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2007/tv/news/prof-media-restructures-operations-1117974270/}} which in turn was purchased by the Russian natural gas giant Gazprom and placed in its Gazprom Media division in December 2013.{{cite journal|first=Alexei|last=Bessudnov|year=2008|title=Media Map|journal=Index on Censorship|volume=37|issue=1|page=185|doi=10.1080/03064220701882780|doi-access=free}}{{cite news|last=Kozlov|first=Vladimir|date=26 November 2013|title=Russia's Gazprom Media Acquires ProfMedia Group|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/russia-s-gazprom-media-acquires-660070}}

TV-3 has been accused of propaganda of superstition and esoterism, including showing of films made of statements of scientists taken out of context that made it look like the scientists were talking to the TV-3 presenter.А. М. Черепащук [http://www.ras.ru/FStorage/Download.aspx?id=ba273ae0-27cd-433d-82fe-1e2e7866b2f3 «Бесстыдство некоторых российских СМИ поражает воображение»] // Бюллетень «В защиту науки», № 9, 2011 год, стр.17-18, [http://moi-vzn.narod.ru/VZN_09.PDF копия] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501120506/http://moi-vzn.narod.ru/VZN_09.PDF |date=1 May 2013 }} In 2015, it was nominated for "the most harmful pseudoscientific project (for spreading of myths, delusions and superstitions)" antiprize of a state prize of the Ministry of Education and Science; the prize was, however, awarded to REN TV's conspirological documentaries.{{cite web|accessdate=23 May 2022|title= » Телеканал РЕН ТВ получил антипремию за лженауку Комиссия по борьбе с лженаукой и фальсификацией научных исследований|url=http://klnran.ru/2015/02/antipremiya/#more-530|publisher=klnran.ru}}{{cite web|script-title=ru:Представителей СМИ и популяризаторов науки наградили премией «За верность науке»|trans-title=Representatives of the media and popularizers of science were awarded the prize "For fidelity to science"|lang=ru|date=11 February 2015|publisher=Ministry of Education and Science of Russia|url=http://xn--80abucjiibhv9a.xn--p1ai/новости/5138|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501110304/http://xn--80abucjiibhv9a.xn--p1ai/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8/5138|archivedate=1 May 2015}}

March 2015 - the channel becomes part of the sub-holding "Gazprom-Media Entertainment Television" (GPM RTV), its office began to be located in the building of the business center "Diamond Hall", together with the headquarters of the TV channels "TNT", "2x2" and "Friday !”.{{cite web|date=31 March 2015|title="Газпром-медиа" развлекается|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2698099|accessdate=23 May 2022|website=Kommersant|lang=ru}}{{cite web|title=Как маркетинг в регионах помог ТВ-3 достичь рекордной доли телесмотрения|url=https://adindex.ru/case/2019/03/20/270740.phtml|accessdate=23 May 2022|website=AdIndex|lang=ru}}

On 26 January 2016, TV-3 hosted the Russian premiere of the tenth, and on 4 January 2018, the eleventh season of the cult American television series The X-Files.{{Cite web |title=ТВ3 готовит российскую премьеру новых «Секретных материалов» - Газета.Ru {{!}} Новости|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/news/2015/12/21/n_8039117.shtml |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Газета.Ru |language=ru}}

In 2023, the network purchased distribution rights to Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, which were previously owned by Disney in Russia but were sold off due to the company's pause in the market and the shut down of Disney Channel Russia.

The founders of the TV channel "TV-3" included the St. Petersburg City Administration (registered on October 14, 1993), VGTRK, GTRK "Petersburg — Pyaty Kanal",{{cite journal|title=COMPETITORS OF "OSTANKINO"|journal=Rossiyskaya Gazeta|date=1994-11-18}} the Radiotelevision Transmission Center, and the British company Independent Network Television Holding Ltd (INTH). The channel's original legal entity (also its on-air name during its first year) — CJSC "Telekanal 27" — was named after the channel's frequency number in St. Petersburg.{{cite journal|title="THE FIFTH WHEEL" WILL REACH MOSCOW AND SMOLENSK|journal=Rossiyskaya Gazeta|date=1994-11-11}} In some sources and printed TV listings until the late 2000s, the channel was referred to as "TV-3 Russia".{{cite web|url =http://pp.userapi.com/c853420/v853420395/82e64/1gbyT4sew2Q.jpg|title =TV Schedule for the Week of January 24–30, 2000|publisher =7 Dney|access-date =2022-01-29|archive-date =2022-01-29|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20220129190701/https://pp.userapi.com/c853420/v853420395/82e64/1gbyT4sew2Q.jpg|url-status =live}}{{cite web |url=http://89.223.124.215/tvps/jsmsvynnrzeb.pdf|title =TV Schedule for the Week of July 10–16, 2000|publisher =Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti}}

1994 — In June, the channel began operations in St. Petersburg. By June of the same year, it started broadcasting original content. Initially, the channel aired films, documentaries, the analytical program Dom Sovetov ("House of Soviets"), and the documentary series Iskusstvo Risovat ("The Art of Drawing").{{cite web|url=http://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/23/article/18.html|title=Three Years of TV-3 RUSSIA: A Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow|last=Miroshnikov|first=Maksim|date=1997-09-01|publisher=Journal «Tele-Sputnik», No. 9 (23)|pages=18|access-date=2016-07-11|archive-date=2017-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315203052/http://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/23/article/18.html|url-status=live}} The name "TV-3" first appeared on air in summer 1995.{{cite journal|title=Channel 27 Changes Its Name|journal=Smena (St. Petersburg)|date=1995-06-01}}

1996 — During the Olympic Games in Atlanta, TV-3 broadcast programs from the specialized sports channel "Meteor-Sport," produced by "RTR-Teleset" (in Moscow, it aired on channel 35, later replaced by TNT).{{cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/236831|title=VGTRK's New Project|publisher=Kommersant|date=1996-07-20|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301224931/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/236831|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|title=OLYMPICS CAN BE WATCHED ROUND THE CLOCK|journal=Izvestia|date=1996-07-16}} In autumn 1996, TV-3 was relayed in Tula by the local cable operator SKTV "Orbita." The original format of TV-3 ceased broadcasting in August 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dp.ru/a/1997/11/19/Na_TV-3_Rossija_vozvrashha2|title=TV-6 Returns to "TV-3 Russia"|publisher=Delovoy Peterburg|date=1997-11-19|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-date=2018-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812021949/https://www.dp.ru/a/1997/11/19/Na_TV-3_Rossija_vozvrashha2|url-status=live}}

1997 — American Timothy McDonald became the channel's director. From November 1997 to July 1998, TV-3 rebroadcast programs from TV-6 in St. Petersburg.{{cite web|url=http://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/37/article/24.html|title=The Third All-Russian Channel on Air|publisher=Tele-Sputnik|date=1998-11-01|access-date=2018-12-30|archive-date=2018-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233519/http://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/37/article/24.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dp.ru/a/1998/06/08/TV-6_obzavedetsja_sobstv2|title=TV-6 to Acquire Its Own TV Channel|date=1998-06-08|publisher=Delovoy Peterburg|access-date=2018-07-16|archive-date=2018-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013144/https://www.dp.ru/a/1998/06/08/TV-6_obzavedetsja_sobstv2|url-status=live}}

1998 — On August 1, the channel relaunched with a new format centered on film screenings.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nettv.ru/tv/book/t.shtml?%d2%c23|title=TV-3|publisher=Teleobektiv|access-date=2019-07-31|archive-date=2003-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030801015643/http://www.nettv.ru/tv/book/t.shtml?%d2%c23|url-status=unfit}}{{cite web|url=http://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/127/article/24.html|title=Film Channels|publisher=Tele-Sputnik|date=2006-06-01|access-date=2018-11-16|archive-date=2018-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131727/http://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/127/article/24.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/562514/|title=American Films Diluted with Russian News|publisher=Kommersant-Saint Petersburg|date=2001-04-20|access-date=2013-10-03|archive-date=2013-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235614/http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/562514/|url-status=live}} The channel adhered to a concept of entertainment TV without "dark" content,{{cite journal|title=Only Entertainment Programs|journal=Rossiyskaya Gazeta|date=1999-10-01}} airing Soviet, Russian, and foreign films{{cite web|url=https://lgz.ru/article/N25--6125---20-06-2007--/V%D0%AB--NAM--PRISLALI607/|title=You Sent Us...|publisher=Literaturnaya Gazeta|date=2007-06-20|access-date=2020-07-13|archive-date=2013-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013183908/http://lgz.ru/article/N25--6125---20-06-2007--/V%D0%AB--NAM--PRISLALI607/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://lgz.ru/article/N27--6127---04-07-2007-/Pyaty-t%D1%8Bsyach-shtuk784/|title=Five Thousand Units|publisher=Literaturnaya Gazeta|date=2007-07-04|access-date=2020-07-13|archive-date=2020-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811141759/https://lgz.ru/article/N27--6127---04-07-2007-/Pyaty-t%D1%8Bsyach-shtuk784/|url-status=live}} (including low-budget productions),{{cite web|url=https://lgz.ru/article/N-21--6121----23-05-2007--/Tihiy-uzhas343/|title=Quiet Horror|publisher=Literaturnaya Gazeta|date=2007-05-23|access-date=2020-07-13|archive-date=2020-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713143301/https://lgz.ru/article/N-21--6121----23-05-2007--/Tihiy-uzhas343/|url-status=live}} interspersed with commercial programs.{{cite web|url=http://www.sreda-mag.ru/mag/38/6.phtml|title=Special People of Average Level: St. Petersburg TV Journalists Are Young, Inexpensive, and Not Always Literate|publisher=Sreda|date=2002-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027075145/http://www.sreda-mag.ru/mag/38/6.phtml|archive-date=2007-10-27}} From 2000 to 2007, the religious program Pobedonosny Golos Veruyushchego ("Victorious Voice of the Believer") aired weekday mornings,{{cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2294114|title=September 13–19: WEEKLY CALENDAR|publisher=Ogonyok|date=2004-09-19}}{{cite web|url=https://vm.ru/news/380862-s-dobrym-utrom-rossiya|title=Good Morning, Russia! A "VM" Reporter Woke Up Early to Watch Morning TV|publisher=Vechernyaya Moskva|date=2005-07-07|access-date=2020-09-24|archive-date=2021-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121172209/https://vm.ru/news/380862-s-dobrym-utrom-rossiya|url-status=live}} while weekends featured similar shows like Blagaya Vest ("Good News") and Zhizn v Slove ("Life in the Word"). Broadcasting utilized the technical infrastructure of the defunct "51 Telekanal" (St. Petersburg). By October, the relaunched TV-3 reached Moscow audiences. At the time, the channel held licenses for eight major Russian cities, with expansion into key advertising markets as a priority.

2000 — Stations were acquired in Saratov ("Channel 9") and Voronezh ("Voronezhskaya Televizionnaya Zvezda"), while INTH owned a regional company in Chelyabinsk ("Dashe"). Broadcasting began via the Yamal 100 satellite.

2001 — The company's central office opened in Moscow at 4 Akademika Koroleva St., Building 4.{{cite web|url=http://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/72/article/22.html|title=TV-3 "Weaves" a Network|publisher=Tele-Sputnik|date=2001-10-01|access-date=2018-11-16|archive-date=2018-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116131554/http://old.telesputnik.ru/archive/72/article/22.html|url-status=live}} Full-scale broadcasting began in Tula. A station was acquired in Omsk ("Agava").{{Cite web|url=http://omsknews.ru/?p=7223|title=IT'S OVER WITH "TV-6" IN OMSK. The Agava TV Company Terminated Its Contract with the Scandalous Channel|publisher=Omskaya Gazeta|date=2001-12-28|access-date=2019-04-07|archive-date=2021-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193549/http://omsknews.ru/?p=7223|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://omsknews.ru/?p=7126|title=TV-6 TAKES A HARD HIT. The Popular Channel Ceases Broadcasting in Omsk|publisher=Omskaya Gazeta|date=2001-12-28|quote=In Omsk, the retransmission of TV-6 programs is handled by the Agava TV company. "Starting January 1, 2002, we will change our network partner and will broadcast TV-3 programs," said Anatoly Smirnov, director of Agava.|access-date=2019-04-07|archive-date=2021-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120194033/http://omsknews.ru/?p=7126|url-status=live}}

2002 — Stations were acquired in Vladivostok, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, and Nizhny Novgorod ("Nika-TV"), along with partnerships established with regional TV channels in major cities across Russia. Nationwide network broadcasting began this year. Starting in April 2002, major advertisers began appearing in the channel's commercial blocks.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv3russia.ru/advertisement.aspx?start=7|title=Advertising Placement: Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=TV-3|date=2007-12-29|access-date=2021-09-13|archive-date=2007-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229000924/http://www.tv3russia.ru/advertisement.aspx?start=7|url-status=unfit}}

From 2002 to 2007, there were three versions of the channel (national, St. Petersburg, and Moscow), with slight differences in their schedules, including both advertising blocks and programs.{{cite web|url=http://tvp.netcollect.ru/prog.php?id=112033|title=TV Schedule for June 29, 2003 (Novosibirsk)|publisher=Archive of TV and Radio Broadcast Schedules}}{{cite web|url=http://tvp.netcollect.ru/prog.php?id=58314|title=TV Schedule for August 6, 2005 (Krasnodar)|publisher=Archive of TV and Radio Broadcast Schedules|access-date=2021-08-29|archive-date=2021-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829084814/http://tvp.netcollect.ru/prog.php?id=58314|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2006/02/09/186200-kak-zakryili-sinie-stranitsyi.html|title=How the "Blue Pages" Were Closed|publisher=Moskovsky Komsomolets|date=2006-02-09|access-date=2018-01-13|archive-date=2011-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215193149/http://www.mk.ru/editions/daily/article/2006/02/09/186200-kak-zakryili-sinie-stranitsyi.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/16145/172546448.45/0_184ee2_8fe357af_orig|title=TV Schedule for March 18, 2006 (Khakassia)|publisher=Gazeta "Vzglyad" (Abakan)|access-date=2021-01-18|archive-date=2021-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127194938/https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/16145/172546448.45/0_184ee2_8fe357af_orig|url-status=live}} These versions displayed logos that differed from the national version in size and font.

2003 — Major channels in the following cities joined the broadcasting network: Krasnoyarsk, Izhevsk, Ryazan, Orenburg, Lipetsk, Vladimir, Tambov, Oryol, Abakan, Armavir, Kursk, and Anapa.

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2004 — On September 25, the channel updated its graphics and logo, introducing a vertical oval with three circles and an orange color scheme.

2005 — The channel began time-shifted broadcasting: starting in April for the MSK+3 time zone and in November for the MSK+7 time zone.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv3russia.ru/about.aspx|title=About the Channel - TV-3 Network - TV-3 Channel|publisher=TV-3|date=2007-12-24|access-date=2021-09-03|archive-date=2007-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224165840/http://www.tv3russia.ru/about.aspx|url-status=unfit}}

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TV-3 (also known as TV-3 Russia) is a Russian television channel focused on entertainment. It mainly broadcasts TV series in mystery, science fiction and fantasy genres.