It has four nation-wide daily newspapers, is also the central location of the publicly-funded radio ( SR ) and television ( SVT ); in addition, all other major television channels have their base in Stockholm ( TV4 TV3, TV6 and Kanal 5 ).

VHF for TV transmission is slowly being phased out in Ireland – only RTÉ One and RTÉ Two are on VHF band III in some areas, and the more recently established stations ( TV3 and TG4 ) have only been broadcast on UHF.

TV3 also sought a Radio licence from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland ( BAI ) for a Multicity service, known as More FM the service was aimed at an over 45 age group, the licence was won by 4FM, TV3 have not sought to enter the radio market since.

Availability of TV3 in some rural areas has been limited as TV3 have failed to invest in relay stations for most notably in County Donegal, County Kerry and County Cork.

Both TV3 and its sister channel 3e have been available on test trials of Saorview since 29 October 2010.

No launch dates have been confirmed, but it is expected that TV3 Group will launch three further channels along with a HD channel as reported to the BAI in 2011.

As of July 2012, the TV3 Group have confirmed a restructuring programme.

Under their contract with the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland ( BCI ), TV3 are required since 2008 to have 30 % of their programming coming from Ireland though TV3 now produces 40 % Irish produced content ( Most of this content comes from in studio productions such as Ireland AM and Xposé ).

The owners of TV3, Doherty Hanson & Co., have loans of € 140million with the bank.

Since 2004 Independent Productions for TV3 have been able to avail of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland's ( BCI ) Sound and Vision Fund, a fund provided to the BCI from RTÉ.

TV3 produces a number of series and TV movies each year and these have won a number of international prizes, including the Los Angeles Critics Equus Stercoris Award.

TV3 of Malaysia introduced DOGs to Malaysian television in 1995, and 1997 for RTM ( although DOGs have been partially used starting in 1991 ).

According to the Medford Transcript, TV3 Medford and the Medford City Council have been at " war " for years where the interpretation of the first amendment has been debated more than once since the formation of the organization in 1984.

We have a very good working relationship with TV3.

TV3 and RTÉ Two both have rights to various European soccer competitions, such as the Champions League and the English Premier League.

* Series 1-3 have been shown on TV3 in Catalonia, Spain.

While occasional media reports have wondered whether the show should return, notably when the independent TV3 was launched and was seeking to capture the audience, something it might have done had it had The Riordans in its schedule, there is in reality little chance of its return, given the death of some of its leading actors, including John Cowley ( Tom Riordan ), Chris O ' Neill ( Michael Riordan ), Anne Dalton ( Minnie Brennan ), Tony Doyle ( Fr.

Other shows that were on C4 have moved to FOUR or TV3.

With the take over of the channel by TV3 and its relaunch to 3e they have been able to add some of TV3's imports to their service including the ITV package of shows used by TV3 and other late night shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!

In 1999, TV3, the first Swiss private television station, was founded in Zürich, and Hunziker presented a show called Cinderella, where a hair and make-up artist as well as a styling adviser helped both a prominent person and a viewer of the program to get a new look.

The proposal was criticised by TV3, which accused the Government of " bailing out " TVNZ and argued that the money would be better spent on new programming Although Sue Kedgely welcomed the decision to make the channels ( including children's programming ) commercial-free, she accused the Government of tight-fistedness.

In 2003, Dunphy was hired again by TV3 to host their new Friday night chat show, entitled The Dunphy Show.

In May 2003, TV3 announced that former soccer player and journalist Eamon Dunphy had signed a contract to present the new show.

The two main competitors for the new channel were Nordisk Television and Kinnevik ( owners of TV3 ).

However, as TV3 were trying to convince Irish cable and MMDS carriers to replace UTV with their channel, the new shareholders pulled out in 1995.

TV3 confirmed its plans to build a new HD studio in 2011, as of August 2012 this has neared completion.

It also confirmed it will revamp the TV3 website ( www. tv3. ie ) in the autumn along with a new schedule and a revamped TV3 News.

On 14 September 2012 TV3 Group confirmed the new HD studios in Ballymount, Dublin will officially open in November 2012.

The new HD studios will be used for current programming with TV3 News and other shows permanently moving to the new studios.

TV3 has also confirmed its plan to build a major new studio in 2011 which will be fully HD capable with audience capacity.

On 15 August 2011 it was confirmed that TV3 would become the first official broadcaster to implement the new broadcasting terms.

TV3 announced a nationwide search for a new presenter of the show, on 4 June they announce that Michael O ' Doherty, Emma Ledden and Gerry Lundberg would judge the applicants on a new TV show called Total Xposure.

TV3 announced a new Irish version of the international reality format Come Dine With Me for their 2010 / 2011 schedule which will be produced by ITV for the channel.

TV3 are planning a new children's TV service called 3Kids, which will time share with 3Classics, both will launch towards the end of 2012.

TV3 announced a new raft of TV documentaries for 2011 including The Irish of 9 / 11, The Hospice, Paul Connolly Investigates, Anatomy of a Car Crash, Challenging God, 24 Hours to Kill, The Day the Germans Bombed Dublin, The Rise and Fall of Fianna Fáil, Sex Lives, Hen Parties, Paddies in Paradise, Strictly Irish Dancing, Ireland's Disco Kids, Dejunk Your Life and Ireland's Top Teens.

One year later, TV3 inaugurated its new headquarters in Sant Joan Despí, near Barcelona.

On 2 October 1996, TV3 announced a reshuffling of its broadcast frequencies to enable it to launch a new network, to be called TV4 Network Limited, on the VHF band.

TV3 launched a new service to Freeview customers from 30 March 2009.

Starting June 1, 2009 Under The Umbrella Tree will be airing on TV3 Medford weekdays and weekends during the new children's block.

Thornton had given her final performance in Leipzig and afterwards taken the ill-fated plane from Berlin to Zürich for radio and TV appearances ( among others, the broadcast " Die Bar " on TV3, which was cancelled ) to promote her new single " Wonderful Dream ( Holidays Are Coming )" ( a Christmas ballad recorded for a German Coca-Cola TV commercial ) and her album Ready To Fly ( New Edition ).

In 2009 Irish television production company Accomplice TV received funding from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and TV3 ( Ireland ) for their contemporary adaptation of the play set in South County Dublin.

* Mastermind ( TV3 ), an Irish television quiz show to air on TV3 as part of its autumn / winter 2011 schedule

In late 2011 an Irish version of the show will air on TV3 Ireland known as Mastermind Ireland.

On 1 May 2009 Fintan Drury, chairman of the OneVision consortium ( made up of the TV3 Group, Arqiva, Eircom and Setanta Sports ), announced that OneVision is to enter negotiations with the BCI, with the view to take over operations of the Irish pay DTT service.

The Dunphy Show an Irish chat show hosted by Eamon Dunphy that aired for one series on TV3 in 2003.

The opening programme received relatively good reviews, with Shane Hegarty of The Irish Times stating that " while there was little of the controversial Dunphy on show, there remained a real edge about the TV3 host.

In July 2008 TV3 bought rival Irish Broadcaster Channel 6 and in January 2009 rebranded the channel as 3e, in line with it main service TV3.

In 2010 TV3 announced a target of 50 % Irish programming by 2012.

TV3 programming has often been criticised for having no " distinctive, clearly Irish identity ".

In general TV3 spend around € 10 million on their Irish productions each year, in 2008 they significantly increased the number of prime time shows produced in Ireland, TV3 are required by law to use 15 % of its total Irish production budget for Independent Productions.

From 2001 TV3 began to produce Irish versions of hit international television shows including The Weakest Link hosted by Eamon Dunphy.

Since 2007, TV3 has increased its Irish entertainment programmes Xposé began airing in April 2007.

In 2010 TV3 launched an Irish version of the hit international dating show Take Me Out for their 2010 / 2011 schedule '.

Give Adele a Bell hosted by Adele King, Deception hosted by Keith Barry, an Irish version of Alan Hughes Family Fortunes and the Irish version of the classic quiz show Mastermind were announced as part of the 2011 schedule, while Adele King returns to TV3 with Give Adele a Bell.

In 2010 TV3 aired the RTL commissioned Irish based Jack Taylor series.