TV3 is a Ghanaian free-to-air television network in Ghana.[1] Launched in 1997 by Malaysian company Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad,[2] TV3 airs and produces a variety of television programmes including news bulletins, dramas and reality television and entertainment shows. It was taken over by a Ghanaian company called Media General Ghana Limited in 2011.
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| Country | Ghana |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Ghana |
| Network | TV3 |
| Headquarters | Accra, Ghana |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Media General Ghana Limited |
| History | |
| Launched | 1997 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.3news.com |
TV3 Ghana established itself as the most watched free-to-air television station in Ghana, having achieved 65% nationwide penetration at end-2006 and aiming to reach 90% by 2008. TV3 is a privately owned TV station in Ghana.[3]
However, TV3 has experienced major competition in the likes of Metro TV which has succeeded not only in broadcasting its network to all the regions in the country but it also struck a deal with South Africa's MultiChoice allowing it to be broadcast throughout Africa. Despite this, TV3 remains popular for its showing of Mexican telenovelas, Korean series and music and a variety of local and foreign movies.[4]
History
editThe channel was created in 1996 by TV3 Malaysia's overseas unit Amity Valley Sdn Bhd from the takeover of the Ghana Film Unit for the price of US$1.4 million over a period of fifteen years, divesting the unit from the government. The GFU had existed as far back as 1948.[2] Broadcasts started the following year.
By December 2001, TV3 Malaysia's Amity Valley was pressuring Eddie Addo to buy almost a third of the channel's shares.[5]
Programming
editCurrent
editNews
edit- New Day
- News Central
- Weekend Central
- News 360
- Ghana Tonight
- The Key Points
- Hot Issues
Children's
editFormer
editOverseas
editComedy
edit- Home Improvement
- Family Feud Africa (localised version, hosted by U.S. host Steve Harvey)
Children's
edit- Aladdin
- Barney & Friends
- Dennis the Menace
- Dennis and Gnasher
- Basket Fever
- Betty's Voyage
- Cedric the Crow
- Conan the Adventurer
- Dennis and Gnasher
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983 TV series)
- Legends of the Hidden Temple
- The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa
- Max Steel
- Ocean Girl
- Postman Pat
- Power Rangers
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- Return to Jupiter
- Talented Kids
- Teen Wolf
- Teletubbies
- Thunderstone
- Tweenies
- Tommy and Oscar
Drama
editReality
edit- Date Rush
- Ghana's most beautiful
Staff
editPresent
edit- Berla Mundi
- Giovani Caleb
- Noela Donkor
- Alfred Akrofi Ocansey[6]
- Komla Adom[6]
- Wendy Laryea[6]
- Josephine Antwi Adjei[6]
- Portia Gabor[7]
- Naa Ashorkor
- AJ Akuoko-Sarpong
Past
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "TV3 : Ghana Media Info". www.ghanamedia.info. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ a b Bloom, Peter J. (March 2021). "The Biopolitics of Media Currency: Transforming the Ghana Film Unit into TV3". African Studies Review. 64: 57–70. doi:10.1017/asr.2020.79. S2CID 233260548.
- ^ "Ghana profile - Media (TV3)". BBC. August 17, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ Ghana’s Most Watched TV Stations , NewsGhana.com.gh.
- ^ "TV Africa's demise ends free-to-air television in Africa?". GhanaWeb. 9 February 2002. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d Nartey, Laud (2020-10-25). "Seven TV3 staff pick awards at 25th GJA Awards". 3NEWS. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "Meet Portia Gabor, TV3's Kate Middleton". www.ghanaweb.com. 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- ^ "Own up and apologise - Bridget Otoo 'punches' TV3 over 2020 elections gaffe (WATCH)". Pulse Ghana. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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