BBC Three Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| BBC Three | |
|---|---|
| Replaced | BBC Choice |
| Launched: | 9th February 2003 |
| Audience Share (Aug 2004[1]): | 0.6% |
| Owned By: | BBC |
| Web Address: | www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial Analogue: | not available |
| Terrestrial Digital: | Freeview Channel 7 |
| Satellite: | Sky Digital Channel 115 |
| Cable: | NTL Channel 126 Telewest Channel 106 |
Launched on February 9, 2003 (eleven months after the launch of BBC Four), the channel is described by the BBC as an outlet for "New drama, talent, British comedy, top films and accessible news". The channel is on-air from 19:00 to 04:00 each night, in order to share terrestrial digital bandwidth with the CBBC channel.
The unique '60 second news' format was adopted so that operation of the channel could be completely automated, without the complication of dealing with variable length live news broadcasts.
The channel's idents (developed by Lambie-Nairn) feature a range of cute orange cone shaped creatures ('the blobs') provided by Aardman Animations.
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