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VTV3

Country	Vietnam
Programming
Language	Vietnamese
Picture format	1080iHDTV
Ownership
Owner	Vietnam Television
Sister channels	VTV6,VTV1,VTV3,VTV2,VTV7,VTV Cần Thơ,VTV9,VTV5 Tây Nam Bộ,VTV5 Tây Nguyên
History
Launched	31 March 1996; 29 years ago (31 March 1996)
Links
Webcast	vtv.vn/truyen-hinh-truc-tuyen/vtv3.htm
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	UHF 25, 26, 27

VTV3 is a state-owned Vietnamese television channel owned by theVietnam Television, launched officially on 31 March 1996. As the country's first ever sports and entertainment dedicated channel, it broadcasts sporting events and entertainment-oriented programs including music, game shows, leisure & lifestyles, nationally produced, as well as American and Asian series.

• VTV3 first broadcast for testing in June 1994 during the1994 World Cup, it aired alongsideVTV1 andVTV2 on channel 9 VHF in Hanoi from 14:00 to 19:30 as a generalSports – Entertainment – Cultural channel.
• From April 1995, the channel broadcast on channel 6 in Hanoi with the contentSports - Culture – Entertainment – Economic Information. That same year, the channel aired its first US series,Charlie's Angels. TV series from Western countries were, at the time, negotiated by Alicom Ltd., a French company.^[1]
• At 10:00 a.m., 31 March 1996, on channel 6 in Hanoi and surrounding areas, VTV3 officially launched as aSports – Entertainment – Economic Information channel. It is also relayed nationwide via satellite in July of the same year. Since the launch of the channel, VTV began to broadcast thePremier League, made this channel becomes the first ever channel to broadcast the tournament in Vietnam, starting from the1996–97 season.^[2]
• From 1 January 1997, VTV3 separated its frequency to channel 22 UHF inHanoi, 21 UHF inDanang and channel 28 UHF inHo Chi Minh City with nighttime programs. This also made VTV3 to become the second channel to air live the current affairs news program alongside VTV1 at 19:00.
• The channel began to be relayed nationwide via satellite with an independent frequency on 31 March 1998.
• December 31, 1999: Together withVTV1,VTV2, andVTV4, it broadcast a special program to welcome the new century with a record of shortest length at that time inVietnam to welcome the year 2000.
• Beginning from 31 December 2001, VTV3 increased the broadcasting times following:
  • From 31 December 2001 to 1 September 2006: 05:30 to 24:00.
  • From 1 September 2006 to 18 March 2020 and from 1 May 2020 to present: 24/7.
• Between 2013 – 2014, the production department of VTV3 was split into two separate departments: the sports-producing crew was split into a separate department alongside theVTV1 sports room. The remaining VTV3 entertainment team was renamedDepartment for Entertainment Productions.
• From 2014, most sports events on VTV3 were transferred to channelVTV2, then to channelVTV6, then to channel VTV5. Currently, a number of sports events taking place during the day are being broadcast on channels VTV2 and VTV5. VTV3 is only live at night time. From September 21, 2015, most of the sports programs on VTV3 were transferred to channelVTV6, leaving only events taking place at night. Morning sports bulletin is the Sports beats. In 2020,Sports 360° – The Beat – the morning sports bulletin – was transferred to VTV6 and then after VTV5, leaving the VTV3 channel to broadcast entertainment-oriented programs, and transmitting sports programs during special occasions only. The bulletin was later relaunched in 2021 asSports Beat, and beginning to broadcast on both VTV3 and VTV6 from 12 April 2021.
• Between 19 March and 30 April 2020, as a safety precaution due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, Vietnam Television temporarily suspended the overnight timeslot on VTV3, along with most VTV channels, and limited the broadcast time to 19/7.
• From February 14, 2022, until now, most sports programs have officially returned to VTV3 in the morning and afternoon time frames, thereby bringing sports content back on VTV3 after about 7 years of stopping broadcasting.
• From October 10, 2022, the bulletinSports Beat is only broadcast at 6 a.m. daily and the sports bulletin is updated at 5 p.m. daily on VTV3.

VTV3 became the first national commercial television channel in Vietnam to have a HD simulcast.VTV3 HD was soft-launched from 31 March 2013 to mark VTV3's 17th anniversary and was officially launched on 1 June 2013. Most programs broadcasting by VTV3 since 2013 are in HDTV with a 16:9 picture format.

On November 1, 2022, VTV3 officially mergedSD andHD streams into a single channel stream.

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VTV3 primarily broadcasts entertainment programs, licensed feature films and television dramas, sports programs, and more.

From 2005, entertainment programs were aired in the 8:00 PM timeslot from Monday til Friday; with gameshows following an hour later since 2006. The foreign TV series slots at 6:00 PM every day since the end of 2005 began to appear.

VTV3 has been known to air several highly-acclaimed acquired gameshows likeDancing with the Stars Vietnam,Vietnam Idol,Perfect Couple, andVietnam's Next Top Model.

Since 2018, while new gameshows, reality shows and domestic scripted programs dominated the primetime slot, the solely produced programs by VTV3 team were moved to daytime and have some signs of setback.

VTV3 is the first VTV channel to broadcasting sporting events, such asPremier League,UEFA Champions League,UEFA Europa League,UEFA Super Cup,FIFA World Cup, theOlympic Games, theAsiad,SEA Games, especially theSEA Games 22 with Vietnam as the host nation. In 2015, most of VTV3 sports programs were moved to youth-oriented channelVTV6, including the main bullettinSport 360°, followed by the morning bulletin 5 years later.

Since 2022, following the relaunch ofSports 360° - The Beat asSports Beat and the premiere ofSports Memories in the previous year, several sports magazines were returned to VTV3 at daytime, which somehow reviving sporting contents on the channel after 7 years hiatus.

Since 10 October 2022, after the closing ofVTV6, most sports events were reported live again on VTV3, there by bringing sports events back after 8 years hiatus.

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