| File:ITV3 logo 2022.svg.png Logo used since 2022 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Timeshift service | ITV3 +1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ITV plc |
| Parent | ITV Digital Channels |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 2004 |
| Replaced | Plus |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 10 (SD) Channel 59 (+1) |
| Streaming media | |
| ITVX | Watch live (UK only) |
| TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK & Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Go | Watch live (UK only) Watch live (Ireland only) |
ITV3 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (Granada). ITV3 is the sixth-largest UK television channel by audience share and the largest after the five main terrestrial services, the position which was previously held by its sister station ITV2.[1] The channel is known for repeats of ITV dramas, and including sequential reruns of Agatha Christie's Poirot, Classic Coronation Street, Classic Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Inspector Morse and A Touch of Frost, amongst others.
Subsidiary channels[]
ITV3 +1[]
Third +1 logo used since 15 November 2022
ITV launched a one-hour timeshift channel of ITV3 on Monday 30 October 2006, it was allocated channel number 213. The channel number was moved a few years later.[2] ITV2 +1 was launched on the same day.[3]
This channel is often unable to broadcast certain programmes "for legal reasons", but the programme in question might still be listed on the EPG. The channel launched on Freeview on 15 October 2013 using downtime from ITV-owned shopping channel The Store. Initially on Freeview, ITV3 +1 broadcast from 01:00 till 06:00 – these hours were extended and brought forward in February 2014, now airing from 18:00 till 00:00 in the higher EPG slot of channel 34. On 25 August 2015, ITV3 +1 extended its hours on Freeview to 18:00 till 06:00 and then in March 2016 it went back to closing at midnight. On 26 September 2018. To coincide with CITV broadcasting until 9pm on Freeview. ITV 3 + 1 started to broadcast on Freeview from 9pm-12am. In 2020. To coincide the launch of new channel Merit, ITV3 +1 moved to channel 58 on Freeview swapping with ITVBe +1 which moved to channel 97. Since 2022, ITV 3 + 1's Freeview hours have been 9pm-4am.
ITV3 HD[]
Third HD logo used since 15 November 2022
A high-definition simulcast of ITV3, ITV3 HD, was launched on 15 November 2010 alongside the sister channel, ITV4 HD on Sky.[4][5] The channel was initially available through Sky's pay subscription service in a non-exclusive deal,[6][7] before being added to Virgin Media's service on 14 March 2013.[8] ITV3 HD offers most of the ITV3 catalogue of recent drama in high definition, including Lewis and Agatha Christie's Marple and factual series such as Joanna Lumley's Nile and Martin Clunes' Islands of Britain.
On 1 November 2022, in the lead up to the launch of ITVX and as part of the 18th anniversary of ITV3 and 17th anniversary of ITV4, the encryption was dropped on ITV3 HD at around 11 am that day and so became free to air.[9] Later that day, Freesat data had been added to ITV3 HD, indicating that the channel will be made available on Freesat soon. On 8 November 2022 the HD version replaced the SD version on Freesat channel 115.
Branding[]
2013 rebranding[]
In line with the corporate rebranding of ITV, ITV3 received a new look on 14 January 2013. The channel was described as the "keeper of ITV's treasured and timeless drama", with a new "midnight blue" logo and idents that feature stories told in shadow-puppet style animation inside glass bell jars.[10]
2022 rebranding[]
In line with the launch of the streaming service ITVX, ITV3 received another new look on 15 November 2022. The logo is now coloured purple and uses idents that are cross-used across ITV1, ITV2, ITV4, and ITVBe with different views which reflect the channel's image and programming output.
Viewership and programming[]
The channel is mainly aimed at the over-35 audience, and its output consists of reruns of older ITV drama series, soap operas and sitcoms.
During the 2007 Rugby World Cup, ITV3 broadcast some of the matches while ITV1 and ITV4 were showing live European football matches which were being played at the same time and in the days when ITV4 was an evenings-only service, ITV3 broadcast live weekend coverage of the Tour de France, and more recently, the ITV Racing.[11]
Current programming[]
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- Agatha Christie's Marple
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
- An Audience with...
- Bless This House
- The Bay
- Beecham House
- Blue Murder
- Classic Coronation Street
- Classic Emmerdale
- Cracker
- The Darling Buds of May
- DCI Banks
- Doc Martin
- Downton Abbey
- The Durrells
- Emmerdale Omnibus
- Endeavour
- Foyle's War
- George and Mildred
- The Good Karma Hospital
- Grantchester
- Heartbeat
- Inspector Morse
- Inspector Wexford
- ITV Racing
- Kate & Koji
- Ladies of Letters
- The Larkins
- Law & Order UK
- Lewis
- Little Boy Blue
- The Loch
- Long Lost Family
- Love Your Garden
- Man About the House
- Maigret
- Marcella
- Midsomer Murders
- Never the Twain
- On the Buses (Series 3–7 only)
- Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans
- Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
- Rising Damp
- Road to Avonlea
- Rosemary & Thyme
- The Royal
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
- Scott & Bailey
- That's My Boy
- Sunday Night at the London Palladium
- Tonight at the London Palladium
- A Touch of Frost
- Unforgotten
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- Vera
- Victoria
- Where the Heart Is
- Wild at Heart
- Wire in the Blood
- Wycliffe
Former programming[]
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- Anna Lee
- The Bill (now on Drama)
- Born and Bred
- Cadfael (now on ITV4)
- Clocking Off (now on Drama)
- Crossing Jordan
- Columbo (now on 5USA)
- The Commander
- Daily Cooks Challenge
- Dempsey and Makepeace (now on ITV4)
- Dickinson's Real Deal (now on ITV1)
- Dragnet
- Due South (now on Great! TV)
- Duty Free
- French Fields
- Fresh Fields
- Goodnight Sweetheart
- Grandma Jane's Garden Adventures (now on ITV4)
- Home to Roost
- Hornblower (now on ITV4)
- The House of Eliott (now on Drama)
- In Loving Memory
- Ironside (now on ITV4)
- Kojak (now on ITV4)
- The Knock
- The Lakes
- Liverpool 1
- Lovejoy (now on Drama)
- May the Best House Win
- Monarch of the Glen (now on Drama)
- Mr. Bean (now on ITV4)
- Murder in Suburbia
- Murder, She Wrote (now on Great! TV)
- My Wife and Kids
- Only When I Laugh (now on ITV4)
- Peak Practice (now on Drama)
- Pie in the Sky (now on Drama)
- The Practice
- Prime Suspect
- Quantum Leap
- Rebus (now on Drama and Alibi)
- Robin of Sherwood (now on ITV4)
- Rumpole of the Bailey (now on Drama)
- Second Thoughts
- Sherlock Holmes (now on ITV4)
- Space Precinct
- Taggart (now on Drama)
- Tales of the Unexpected (now on Sky Arts)
- The South Bank Show
- The Two Ronnies
- Trial and Retribution (now on Drama)
- The Vice
- Whitechapel (now on Drama)
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (now on Challenge)
Most watched programmes[]
The following is a list of the ten most watched broadcasts on ITV3 since launch, based on Live +7 data supplied by BARB.[12]
| Rank | Programme | Number of Viewers | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foyle's War | 1,710,000 | 23 March 2013 |
| 2 | Lewis | 1,504,000 | 14 July 2012 |
| 3 | 1,486,000 | 16 July 2012 | |
| 4 | Foyle's War | 1,473,000 | 14 January 2012 |
| 5 | 1,467,000 | 21 January 2012 | |
| 6 | Lewis | 1,429,000 | 1 July 2012 |
| 7 | Midsomer Murders | 1,425,000 | 4 July 2014 |
| 8 | 1,414,000 | 8 January 2011 | |
| 9 | Foyle's War | 1,405,000 | 4 February 2012 |
| 10 | 1,346,000 | 13 February 2011 |
Former logos[]
References[]
- ↑ "Monthly Total Viewing Summary". BARB. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Shelley, Darren (10 October 2006). "Timeshifts planned for ITV2, ITV3". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Oatts, Joanne (25 October 2006). "Updated: ITV launches +1 channels". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "ITV plc 2010 Interim Results & Sky deal". ITV plc. 3 August 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD go live on Sky". Digital Spy. 15 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Sweney, Mark (2 March 2011). "ITV earmarks £12m to hire new talent to break international hit drought". The Guardian (London). https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/mar/02/itv-programme-making-talent.
- ↑ Sweney, Mark (3 August 2010). "ITV unveils pay-TV push". The Guardian (London). https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/aug/03/itv-unveils-pay-tv-push.
- ↑ "Virgin Media introduces HDelightful ITV channels". Virgin Media. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "ITV2, 3 and 4 HD go free-to-air". 1 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Laughlin, Andrew (16 November 2012). "ITV1 to become 'ITV' in major corporate rebrand". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "ITV3". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Barb.co.uk. 23 October 2017.
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External links[]
- ITV3 at itv.com
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