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Greek public television channel based in Thessaloniki

For the regional broadcasting center in Thessaloniki that originates this channel, see ERT3 (studio).

Television channel

ERT3
Country Greece
Broadcast area National
Headquarters ERT3 Studios, Thessaloniki, Greece
Programming
Language(s) Greek
Picture format 1080i HDTV(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner ERT
Sister channels ERT1ERT2ERT NewsERT World
History
Launched 14 December 1988 (ET3) 29 June 2015 (ERT3)
Former names ET3 (1988–2015)
Links
Website ERT3
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB-T (DTT) All over Greece at local frequencies
Streaming media
ERT3 Live Watch Live

ERT3 (Greek: ΕΡΤ3, "ERT Tria") is a Greek free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (Greek: EPT – Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση). It is an entertainment channel, and although it broadcasts nationwide, most of its content is aimed at Northern Greece. It mainly broadcasts from Thessaloniki with regional studios in various north cities, including Florina, Komotini, Alexandroupoli and on the islands of Paros, Lesbos (Mytilene) and Samos.

The headquarters

The channel launched as ET3 (Greek: Ελληνική Τηλεόραση 3, Ellinikí Tileórasi 3) on 14 December 1988, following the merger of state-owned TV and radio services into ERT, as a single entity.

On 11 June 2013, the Greek coalition government (then with Antonis Samaras as Prime Minister) abolished ERT and attempted to close the Thessaloniki studio, but the station's employees continued to unofficially transmit ET3 via the Internet as part of the ERT Open movement, protesting the closure of public television and producing citizen journalism. Exactly two years later, the following coalition government (with Alexis Tsipras as Prime Minister instead) restored ERT as part of the counter-austerity measures: on the same day, ET3 adopted its current name and identity. The channel, under the new name ERT3, returned on all domestic television platforms.

Unlike its national counterparts from Broadcasting House in Athens, it broadcasts from Thessaloniki, due to ERT3 being centered towards Northern Greece, although it still broadcasts nationwide.

Logos and identities

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Shows included: