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 ).

As the news brand of MediaWorks, 3 News produces bulletins live from Auckland on TV3 and an hour later on 3 + 1, it produces video, audio and article news for 3news. co. nz, and reports news for Radio Live news bulletins.

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.

TV3 snubbed the ceremony due to their concern over the number of RTÉ staff in the Academy.

Due to the high number of Irish viewers with Channel 4 TV3's broadcast of the show soon ended, TV3 were a month behind Channel 4 unlike their ITV soaps which are simultaneously broadcast and unlike Family Affairs as five is not as prevalent in Ireland.

The then Minister of Broadcasting, Richard Prebble, announced in late 1987 that much of the UHF spectrum in New Zealand was to be auctioned to allow for an increased number of television channels, resulting in a reduction in the value of TV3 ’ s warrant due to the increased competition.

RTÉ use the word " replay " during repeats of live programming while TV3 advise viewers " Text & Comment Lines are Closed ", Setanta replace the word " Ireland " with the word " live " to advise viewers that they are watching live events rather than repeats and TG4 places the Irish word " beo " ( live ) below the number ' 4 ' in their logo during live programming.

The magazine offers detailed programme listings for RTÉ channels, as well as TV3, TG4, 3e, BBC, UTV, and Channel 4, as well as less detailed listings for a number of satellite channels.

Originally it arrived in Spain via regional broadcaster TV3 who screened episodes dubbed into Catalan, but the series would go unnoticed until national broadcaster Antena3TV picked up the rights for a national broadcast.

The same year the series began airing on the Sleuth network in United States until 2008, and now episodes air on the Centric network, MBC Action in the Arab World, Iris in Italy, Viasat TV6 in Sweden, Viasat 3 + in Denmark, TV7 in Bulgaria, TV3 in Estonia, ZDF in Germany, and 111 Hits in Australia.

The popular series was continued on the commercial channel TV3, but with much lower ratings.

This series has been broadcast in 36 countries, among them Germany ( Super RTL ), Belgium ( RTL TVI ), Canada ( Télé-Quebec ), Estonia ( ETV ), Spain ( Antena 3, Disney Channel, Toon Disney and TV3 ), Finland ( MTV3 ), Cyprus ( CyBC ), Greece ( Alter Channel ), Ireland ( RTÉ ), Italy ( Italia 1 ), Portugal ( Prisvideo ), Switzerland ( TSR ), Russia ( THT Network ), Hungary ( Minimax ), Slovenia ( RTV ), Morocco ( 2M Soreheads ), Turkey ( Yumurcak TV ), Mexico ( TV Azteca ), Brazil ( Rede Globo ), Venezuela ( RCTV ), Indonesia ( RCTI and B Channel ), Malaysia ( TV3 and TV9 ), the Africa Pansat ( CFI ), and Latin America ( MVS ), the Near East and Middle East ( TV5 ), ( E-Junior ), Vietnam ( HTV7 ), Thailand ( United Broadcasting Corporation ), South Korea ( EBS ) Iceland ( Uppeldi EHF ), and South Africa ( SABC ).

In 2001, Dunphy became the first male host of the quiz show The Weakest Link, which aired on TV3, for just one series.

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

In 2006 reality TV3 produced their second reality TV series.

As part of the second series TV3 also launched their version of The Apprentice: You're Fired!

On Monday, 29 March 2010 Leigh Arnold-who starred in The Clinic-revealed on the Podge and Rodge show on RTÉ Two that TV3 will not be taking on the series.

as of 2011 the series has not aired on TV3 and seems unlikely.

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

Following Granada / ITV's acquisition of a 45 % share in the station in 2000 ( which ended in 2006 ), Granada allowed TV3 to simulcast several of its programmes including soaps like Coronation Street and Emmerdale ( both previously aired on RTÉ One ) as well as drama series such asBad Girls and Footballers ' Wives.

TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies.

Since 1987, TV3 has broadcast a second audio channel on almost all foreign-language series and movies with the original program audio, first using the Zweikanalton system and currently using NICAM.

TV4 continued to be a source of concern for the broadcaster the position of TV3 has been strengthened by alliances with SKY Television for sport and a series of high profile mistakes by TVNZ as it dealt with the dominance of SKY in pay television.

TV3 currently holds the free-to-air rights to the V8 Supercar series.

It was a spin-off from his TV series of the same name, which was shown on TV3 in New Zealand and on SBS in Australia.

* 22 September: Animated series bro ' Town premieres on TV3.

Seribu Tahun ( A Thousand Years ), a song which he co-wrote, swept the Malaysian radio charts after it became the theme song for Malaysia's Channel TV3 hit drama series, Kerana Cintaku Saerah ( Because Of My Love Saerah ).

He conceived and presented ‘ Encounters With Islam ’ for the BBC in 1983, and two years later his 13-half hour interview series ‘ Faces of Islam ’ was broadcast on TV3 ( Malaysia ) and other channels in Asia.

* Nightline ( New Zealand TV series ), a late-night news bulletin on New Zealand's TV3 Network

The series has been shown on ABC1 and UK. TV in Australia, TV3 Ireland in Ireland, TV One and Prime in New Zealand, NRK in Norway, RTV Slovenija in Slovenia, BBC America in the United States, TVB Pearl in Hong Kong, YLE in Finland and Yes Plus in Israel.

The series has been sold to other television channels around the world including Paramount Comedy 1 in the United Kingdom, Channel 7 in Australia, vtm in Belgium, True Series in Thailand, Italia 1 in Italy, TV3 in Norway, CNBC-e in Turkey, Star World in Asia, Comedy Central in Germany, Comedy Central in Poland and F / X Brasil and Global Television Network in Canada.

TV3 is a " commercial supported Public-access television cable TV station " that broadcasts out of Detroit Lakes for the regional Arvig Communication Cable System.

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.

Re-runs of the show are often seen in Australia on Foxtel, in Canada on TVtropolis, in Norway on TV3, in Denmark on TV2 Zulu, in the UK on Sony Entertainment Television, in France on TMC, in Greece on Macedonia TV, in Romania on Digi Film, in India on Zee Café, in Indonesia on TPI and Global TV, in Italy on Italia 1, in Spain on LaOtra, in Lithuania on TV3, in Latin America on Liv, and in the Middle East on MBC4 and on the Orbit-Showtime Network ( OSN ).

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.

* Magnet Networks now offers viewers in Ireland the chance to view RTÉ One, RTÉ Two, TV3, TG4, 3e and Dail & Seanad TV channels via the internet.

The monopoly was gradually dissolved from 1975 onwards, resulting in the introduction of cable TV in 1982, regional TV channels and satellite TV in 1986 ( culminating in the launch of TV3 in 1987 and TVNorge in 1988 ) and the launch of the second free-to-air channel TV 2 in 1992.

In that year, TV3 became the first privately owned TV station in the country, finally ending the state monopoly.

Rival networks TV3 has offered NICAM stereo in all available regions since its launch in 1989 this is also the case with Prime TV.

Kaikoura receives analog service from three free-to-air stations ( TV ONE, TV2 and TV3 ).

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 is not known for vast amount of TV drama.

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.

Along with the UK's X-factor TV3 will broadcast the US version of the TV show The X Factor US starting 8 September 2011.