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Name | SABC 3 |
Logofile | SABC 3 (2007 logo).JPG |
Logoalt | SABC 3 |
Picture format | (576i, SDTV) |
Network | SABC |
Owner | South African Broadcasting Corporation |
Slogan | Stay with SABC 3 |
Country | South Africa |
Language | English, Afrikaans |
Broadcast area | South Africa |
Headquarters | SABC Television Park, Uitsaaisentrum, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Former names | National Network Television (NNTV) |
Replaced names | TopSport Surplus (TSS) |
Sister names | SABC 1SABC 2 |
Web | http://www.sabc3.com |
Terr serv 1 | Sentech |
Terr chan 1 | Channel depends on nearest Sentech repeater |
Sat serv 1 | DSTV |
Sat chan 1 | Channel 133 |
It was created in 1996, after the SABC restructured its television channels. It inherited many of its programs from TV1, South Africa's apartheid-era "white" channel. SABC3 is targeted at South Africa's affluent English-speaking community; the channel's primary target market is viewers aged 18 to 49. It screens a combination of international programming from the United States and United Kingdom, as well as locally produced soap operas, talk shows and drama series. SABC3 ranks fourth out of South Africa's five analogue channels in audience ratings.
SABC3 flights several highly rated South African-produced shows, the most popular being the soap opera . SABC3 also licenses and produces local versions of international shows like NBC's The Apprentice and the BBC's The Weakest Link.
As of April 2009, SABC 3 also features some Afrikaans programming, like the new Afrikaans lifestyle programme Roer and the Dutch produced mini-series Stellenbosch. Surprisingly, June 2009 saw even more Afrikaans language programmes added, and as of Thursday evenings, the prime-time schedule features a variety of Afrikaans programmes.
Category:Television stations in South Africa
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