TVP3 (formerly TVP Regionalna, known also as Regionalna Trójka or Program 3 Telewizji Polskiej) is a Polish TV channel, run by the

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, TVP and dedicated to the country's regions. It has regional branches in most of the major Polish cities and, similarly to the

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, for couple of hours every day it broadcasts regional programming, including local news and reports.

History

In the beginning, TVP Regionalna existed only as an umbrella brand for TVP regional affiliates. By the late 1990s, all TVP affiliates were connected together into a single national network, producing local news as well as some shows which were broadcast nationwide. In 2003–2007 from 7:30 to 22:30 it aired nationwide news bulletins every hour. It was also used as the Polish parliamentary channel, transmitting the

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meetings, parliamentary inquiry commission's proceedings and other major political events. In 2005, four new regional bureaus were created by splitting one bureau each from TVP Kraków,

TVP Katowice TVP3 Katowice a.k.a. TV Katowice also Television Katowice is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Silesian Voivodeship with particular dedication to the Upper Silesian Metropolis a ...

, TVP Gdańsk and TVP Poznań. This move increased the number of bureaus to 16, one for each Polish voivodeship. In 2007 TVP3 was replaced by

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. This channel has broadcast regional programming (from 17:00 to 20:00 and from 21:45 to 22:15 every day). On September 1, 2013 local programs were separated from TVP Info and moved to the reactivated TVP Regionalna (from January 2, 2016 under the name TVP3). In fact, TVP3 is not a single channel but sixteen regional channels with local programming (currently from 7:00 to 8:15 and from 17:30 to 22:15 every day). The rest of the schedule fills a common program with magazines, documentaries and current affairs programs. Its main offices are located at the TVP news compound in central

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. TVP3 can be watched via TV aerial or cable networks and via DVB-T. All TVP3 channels are not available on the satellite (except

TVP3 Warszawa TVP3 Warszawa (''TVP Warsaw'') is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Masovian Voivodeship with particular dedication to the Warsaw metropolitan area. From 1992 till 2003 it was b ...

) In 12.

TVP3 Wielkopolski TVP3 (formerly TVP Regionalna, known also as Regionalna Trójka or Program 3 Telewizji Polskiej) is a Polish TV channel, run by the public broadcaster, TVP and dedicated to the country's regions. It has regional branches in most of the major Poli ...

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Regional branches

TVP3 Białystok TVP3 Białystok is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship or Podlasie Province ( pl, Województwo podlaskie, ) is a voivodeship (provin ...

TVP3 Bydgoszcz TVP3 Bydgoszcz is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as Cuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship or simply Kuj ...

TVP3 Gdańsk TVP3 Gdańsk is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Pomeranian Voivodeship. There was (1990 - 2010) an informative television programme ''Rodnô Zemia'' in the Kashubian language ...

TVP3 Gorzów Wielkopolski TVP3 Gorzów Wielkopolski is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship (pr ...

TVP3 Katowice TVP3 Katowice a.k.a. TV Katowice also Television Katowice is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Silesian Voivodeship with particular dedication to the Upper Silesian Metropolis a ...

TVP3 Kielce TVP3 Kielce is a regional branch of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster, with the registered office located in Kielce. It serves Kielce and the entire Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, also known as ...

TVP3 Kraków TVP3 Kraków (''TVP Cracow'') is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Lesser Poland Voivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Lesser Poland Province (in pl, województwo małopo ...

TVP3 Lublin TVP3 Lublin is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province (Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voi ...

TVP3 Łódź TVP3 Łódź is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Łódź Voivodeship Łódź Voivodeship (also known as Lodz Province, or by its Polish name ''Województwo łódzkie'' ) is a ...

TVP3 Olsztyn TVP3 Olsztyn is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province (in pl, Wojew ...

TVP3 Opole TVP3 Opole is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Opole Voivodeship Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivod ...

* TVP3 Poznań * TVP3 Rzeszów * TVP3 Szczecin *

* TVP3 Wrocław *

Logos and identities

TVP3 Regionalna 2000.png, TVP3 Regionalna logo (2000–2001) TVP3 - Logo z lat 2002-2003.png, TVP3 Regionalna logo (2001–2003) TVP3 logo.svg, Logo of TVP3 (2003–2007) TVP307.png, Logo of TVP3 (2007) TVP Regionalna logo.png, TVP Regionalna logo (2013–2016) TVPRegionalnaLogo.jpg, TVP Regionalna alternative logo

References

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