RTP3

RTP3 is a Portuguese 24-hour public-service news channel owned-and-operated by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). The channel is available on basic cable and satellite, as well as a free-to-air channel on terrestrial television.

RTP3

Country	Portugal
Broadcast area	Portugal Angola Mozambique Cape Verde
Slogan	Informação. Informação. Informação. (Journalism. Journalism. Journalism.)
Headquarters	Lisbon (main) Porto (secondary)
Programming
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Sister channels	RTP1 RTP2 RTP Desporto RTP Memória RTP Açores RTP Madeira RTP África RTP Internacional
History
Launched	15 October 2001 (2001-10-15)
Former names	NTV (15 October 2001 – 31 May 2004) RTPN (31 May 2004 – 19 September 2011) RTP Informação (19 September 2011 – 5 October 2015)
Links
Website	www.rtp.pt/rtp3/
Availability
Terrestrial
TDT	Channel 6
Cable
NOS	Channel 6
Nowo	Channel 6
TVCabo ao	Channel 15
TVCabo mz	Channel 15
Satellite
NOS	Channel 6
MEO	Channel 6
ZAP ao mz	Channel 15
IPTV
MEO	Channel 6
Vodafone	Channel 6
ZAP CPV	Channel 5
Streaming media
RTP Play	http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp3

The channel was launched on 15 October 2001 as NTV, a cable news channel headquartered in Porto. It was originally a joint-venture between PT Multimédia, Lusomundo and the television broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (the old RTP). In 2003 it was completely acquired by the old RTP, and with the merger between the old RTP and radio broadcaster Radiodifusão Portuguesa (RDP), forming the new RTP, it became RTPN on 31 May 2004.

RTPN debuted a 24-hour schedule on 29 September 2008. Up till then, RTPN had simulcasted with Euronews during the early morning. Since mid-2009, RTPN has been available outside Portugal, through cable TV providers in Angola and Mozambique. On 19 September 2011, RTPN was renamed RTP Informação, beginning with a simulcast of Bom Dia Portugal which refreshed its graphics.

On 22 July 2015 it was announced that RTP Informação would rebrand once again.[1] On 15 September 2015, the date of rebrand was confirmed to be 5 October, RTP's director of programmes Daniel Deusdado told the media. At midnight between 4 and 5 October 2015 Portuguese time, the channel became RTP3, during the coverage of the legislative election 2015.

Despite being a news-based channel, occasionally RTP3 also airs some sports programming, such as the Olympics and the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Unlike the other national RTP channels, RTP3's continuity and playout is handled at the Monte da Virgem studios, near Porto.

Since 1 December 2016, the channel is available on the Portuguese digital terrestrial television.