TV3 (Algerian TV channel)

TV3 (in Arabic: الجزائرية الثالثة), also known as El Ikhbariya (in Arabic: الجزائرية الإخبارية) and formerly Algeria 3 (or simply A3), is the third Algerian public national television news channel. It is part of the state-owned EPTV group, along with TV1, TV2, TV4, TV5, TV6, TV7, TV8 and TV9. It is an Arab language channel dedicated for news.

TV3

Country	Algeria
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Programming
Language(s)	Arabic
Picture format	720p/1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	EPTV
Sister channels	TV1 TV2 TV4 TV5 TV6 TV7 TV8 TV9
History
Launched	5 July 2001; 24 years ago (2001-07-05)
Replaced by	TV6 (entertainment programs only)
Former names	Algeria 3 (2001–2020)
Links
Website	www.entv.dz
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television (Algeria)	Channel 3 (SD)
Streaming media
EPTV Live	Watch live

History

Former logo (2007-2019)

TV3 was launched on 5 July 2001. On 28 October 2015, the channel has started broadcasting its programs in HD.^[1]

On 26 March 2020, TV3 became a news channel.^[2] All of its non-news output moved to TV6.^[3]

Programming

Lifestyle and variety shows

• ALG DZ Comedy Show (ديزاد كوميدي شو; 2017)
• ALG Our Family (فاملتنا; 2016)
• ALG Medical Advices (إرشادات طبية)

Soap operas

• ALG An Accused Love [ar] (حب في قفص الاتهام; 2015)
• JOR Al Mergāb [ar] (المرقاب; 2017)
• TUR Beni Affet [tr] (سامحيني; 2014–2015)
• ALG Cold Winter (شتاء بارد)
• ALG Hearts Under Ash [ar] (قلوب تحت الرماد; 2016)
• PRC The Legend of Bruce Lee (أسطورة بروس لي; 2016)
• ALG Switchers (سويتشرز)

Others

• ALG A Book on A3 (كتاب على الثالثة; 2016)

Sports competitions

• Algerian Cup
• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2