3/24

3/24
Launched	11 September 2003
Owned by	Televisió de Catalunya
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV)
Audience share	1.1% (September 2011, )
Slogan	"Tot el que vols saber, quan ho vols saber." Everything you want to know, when you want to know.
Country	Spain
Language	Catalan, Aranese (in Vall d'Aran)
Broadcast area	Catalonia, Andorra, Northern Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Worldwide
Headquarters	Sant Joan Despí
Sister channel(s)	TV3, 33/Super3, Esport 3, TV3CAT, TV3 HD
Website	http://www.324.cat/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital	Barcelona: Mux 61 Girona: Mux 60 Lleida: Mux 58 Tarragona: Mux 59 Northern Catalonia: Mux 37 Balearic Islands: Mux 26 Andorra: Mux 36 Baix Cinca: Mux 59 Castelló: Mux 47 València: Mux 37 Ribera and Safor: Mux 55
Cable
ONO	Catalonia: Channel 11 Valencian Country: Channel 11

3/24 (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈtɾɛz ˌβintiˈkwatɾə]) is the first and only 24-hour rolling news and information service in Catalonia, operated by Televisió de Catalunya (TVC). It is part of the five channel DVB-T multiplex of TVC. Currently, it broadcasts in digital terrestrial (DVB-T) and cable (DVB-C) television. Analogue broadcasting (PAL) was shut down on 3 April 2010.

Although satellite (DVB-S) broadcasting was initially considered, it was discarded due to the high cost of uploading the channel stream into satellites.

History

Logo used from 2003 until 2014

3/24 was born on 11 September 2003 as an initiative of the Catalan public television to develop digital terrestrial television in Catalonia. However, a general lack of DVB-T set top boxes combined with slight public interest towards digital terrestrial television prompted TVC to simulcast in analogue.

From its launch on 11 September 2003 until 12 June 2004, 3/24 was on air daily from 11 p.m. till 8:30 a.m.. The channel now operates as a regular full-time channel.

Contents

3/24 devotes exclusively to live news and information, including news, traffic (morning), sports and stock markets from Bolsa de Barcelona. Originally, 3/24 was to become the first 24-hour news service in Catalonia. Later, this plan was dropped, and it was remade into a continuous information service. In consequence, this channel now also features special blocks dedicated to science, society, history, etc.

Most of the day, under the title Notícies 3/24, the channel features a 30-minute informational wheel, including 2 minutes of headlines, 18 minutes of news, 8 minutes of sports and 2 minutes of regional weather. Along with other Televisió de Catalunya's channels, no live programming is featured between 01:00 and 07:00 unless news breaks.

3/24 also shares programs with sister channel TV3. It simulcasts TV3's daily news programs, Telenotícies every day at 14:30-16:00 and 21-22:00; and its morning news program Els Matins every weekday 08:00-10:15. Also, in the early morning, TV3 also simulcasts 3/24 from 07:00 to 08:00 on weekdays, 08:15 on Saturday and 10:15 on Sunday. During the summer break and public holidays, TV3 simulcasts 3/24 in its entirety, in place of Els Matins, but it ends at 10:00. Plus, the nightly world news programme Món 3/24, running from 22-23:30, was then rebroadcast on TV3 twice at 23:30 and 00:00 every Tuesday and Wednesday.

3/24 also broadcasts sports-related programmes such as "3/24 Esports" and its sister channel Esport 3 also simulcast this programme. This show can be watched nightly at 12:05am.

On-air team

Programming

See also

• Televisió de Catalunya

External links

• Official Site (in Catalan)
• Televisió de Catalunya