Three (TV channel)

Three
*Toru*
	Current Three logo, introduced in 2017.
Country	New Zealand
Broadcast area	National
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV; (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Timeshift service	ThreePlus1
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific
Parent	Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand
Sister channels	Animal Planet; Bravo; Cartoon Network; CNN; Discovery; Discovery Turbo; Eden; HGTV; ID; Living; Rush; TLC;
History
Launched	26 November 1989
Former names	TV3 (1989–2017)
Links
Website	www.threenow.co.nz
Availability
Terrestrial
	DVB 64-QAM on band IV

Three (Māori: Toru), stylized as +HR=E, is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3, it was New Zealand's first privately owned television channel. The channel currently broadcasts nationally (with regional advertising targeting four markets) in digital free-to-air form via the state-owned Kordia on terrestrial and satellite. Vodafone also carries the channel for their cable subscribers in Wellington and Christchurch. It previously broadcast nationally on analogue television until that was switched off on 1 December 2013.

Three is a general entertainment channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand, with a significant news and current affairs element under the banner of Newshub. Three carries a significant amount of local content, most of which airs at prime-time.