Sky Three
Launched	31 October 2005
Owned by	BSkyB
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3)
Audience share	0.8% (July 2007, [1])
Country	United Kingdom
Sister channel(s)	Sky One, Sky Two
Website	sky.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 11
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 108

Sky Three is a television station from BSkyB broadcasting to the the UK, designed to accompany their existing Sky One and Sky Two subscription channels. It launched on 31 October 2005 at 5pm.^[1] It is available on Sky where it is Free-to-view (FTV) which requires a freesat from Sky card or active sky card to watch or Freeview where its is free to air, where it replaced Sky Travel (Sky Travel still broadcasts on Sky Digital however). Image File history File links SkyThree. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... 576i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... ... The 16:9 aspect ratio (also known as widescreen) is an aspect ratio that is 16/9 or 1. ... 4:3 is a ratio. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Sky Two (launched and branded as Sky One Mix until September 21, 2004, and subsequently known as Sky Mix until October 31, 2005) is a United Kingdom satellite television channel run by British Sky Broadcasting. ... Freeview is the operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Sky Two (launched and branded as Sky One Mix until September 21, 2004, and subsequently known as Sky Mix until October 31, 2005) is a United Kingdom satellite television channel run by British Sky Broadcasting. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Free-to-view (FTV) is a term used in the United Kingdom for certain television channels on the Sky Digital satellite platform which require a working VideoGuard receiver and viewing card to decrypt the signals, but do not require any form of continual subscription. ... BSkyB Logo Freesat from Sky is a British non subscription based satellite service from BSkyB which gives viewers access to 150 channels. ... Freeview is the operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard. ... Sky Travel is a channel from BSkyB that shows extensive programmes about travel, adverts for travel agencies, and documentries. ...

Sky Three share of viewing 2005-2007 BARB figures

The channel's schedule is mostly travel and lifestyle content throughout the day with a prime time line-up relying heavily on BSkyB exclusive licensed content previously shown on Sky One, with delays of between 12 and 18 months. This effectively makes Sky Three the showcase Channel for Sky's subscription services. It also features Sky Movies News as seen on Sky Movies as well as older movies (examples being Project: Alf and In the Line of Duty). Sky Sports content such as Fifa Futbol Mundial and Soccer AM's All-Sports Show sometimes also feature. It also features many of the popular shows from Sky Travel including programmes that feature holidays for sale from Sky Travel Shop. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) Sky Three share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 800 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) Sky Three share of viewing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Sky Movies is the collective name for the British premium subscription television movie channels operated by Sky Television, later British Sky Broadcasting. ... Soccer AMs All Sports Show is a television programme that is a spin-off of Sky Sports popular Saturday-morning show Soccer AM, launched in 2002. ... Sky Travel is a channel from BSkyB that shows extensive programmes about travel, adverts for travel agencies, and documentries. ... Sky Travel is a channel from BSkyB that shows extensive programmes about travel, adverts for travel agencies, and documentries. ...

Because of the uproar over Sky One's recent acquisition of popular American TV show Lost from Channel 4 (and E4), Sky Three may show it free on a delay after it has aired on Sky One, like has already occurred with other Sky One hits such as Battlestar Galactica and The 4400. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Lost is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American serial drama television series that follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a passenger jet flying between Australia and the United States crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. ... Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ... E4 share of viewing BARB figures E4 is a British digital television channel launched as a pay-tv companion to Channel 4 on 18 January 2001. ... Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction television program created by Ronald D. Moore that first aired on October 18, 2004 in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky One, and January 14, 2005 in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel. ... The 4400 is a science fiction television program produced by the USA Network and Sky One. ...

Current Programming

• Animal Airport
• Bombs, Brits and Cheerleaders
• Bones
• Brainiac: Science Abuse
• Brainiac's Test Tube Baby
• Building the Biggest
• Circus
• Cold Case
• Disappearing London
• Football Years
• Futurama
• Greatest Dishes In The World
• Guilty!
• Lion Man
• Little Monsters
• Luton Airport
• Masterminds
• Mile High
• Nip/Tuck
• Over There
• Park Life
• Phobia
• Pop Years
• Pirate Master
• Project Runway
• Relic Hunter
• Road Raja
• Road Wars
• Secret Life Of Suburbia
• Street Wars
• Taste
• The Dog Whisperer
• The Filth Files
• The Liners
• The Tube
• The Villa
• Vets In Hong Kong
• Vroom Vroom
• X-Weighted
• Zoo Story
• Zoo Vet at Large

Animal Airport is a British reality television series following the staff at the animal reception centre based at London Heathrow Airport. ... Bombs, Brits and Cheerleaders is a fly on the wall documentary that looks at the arrival of an American family in a UK RAF airbase. ... Bones is an American drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. ... Brainiac: Science Abuse is a television programme showing in the UK on Sky One (and repeated on Sky Mix). ... Brainiacs Test Tube Baby is a live British scientific entertainment TV show hosted by Dominic Wood. ... For the A&E TV show, see Cold Case Files. ... // Disappearing London is an award-winning British documentary television series broadcast on ITV London. ... Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, also the creator of The Simpsons, and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. ... Greatest Dishes In The World is a five part cooking based programme presented by Naomi Cleaver. ... Luton Airport is a British reality TV series which follows staff at London Luton Airport, the fourth airport of the London area and a hub for many low-cost carriers such as Easyjet and Ryanair. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nip/Tuck is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. ... Over There was an action / drama / war television series that aired on the FX network. ... Pirate Master was a CBS reality television show created by Mark Burnett following 16 modern-day pirates on their quest for gold, which will total US$1,000,000. ... Project Runway is an American reality television series on the Bravo network that focuses on fashion design. ... Relic Hunter is an American/Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. ... Road Raja was a comedy-based relaity TV series broadcast on Sky One in 2004. ... Road Wars is a reality television programme produced by Raw Cut TV for British Sky Broadcasting and broadcast on Sky One, Sky Two and Sky Three as well as being distributed worldwide. ... Dog Whisperer is a National Geographic Channel series that premiered in 2004. ... The Filth Files is a New Zealand based documentary series that follows the work of a team of Public Health Officers. ... The Tube is a television programme shown on ITV1 and certain BSkyB television channels including Sky Travel and Sky Three. ... The Villa was a reality TV show, originally produced by Talent TV from 1999, and aired on Sky One for four series until 2003 Executive Produced for Sky by Jamie Robert, the Villa took four men and four women, computer-matched for compatibility, and flew them from the UK and... See also VROOOM VROOOM, a live album by King Crimson Vroom Vroom is a British entertainment TV show. ... Matt Brash Star of Zoo Vet at Large Zoo Vet at Large is a television series following the work of zoo vet Matt Brash at Flamingo Land in North Yorkshire. ...

Past Shows

• 24
• Airline
• Badger or Bust
• Battlestar Galactica
• Call Me A Cabbie
• Crash Files
• Crash Test Dummies
• Crime Scene
• Deadwood
• Dream Team
• Emergency Firefighters
• Eye of the Storm
• Father of the Pride
• Fifa Futbol Mundial
• Floyd Around the Med
• Project Catwalk
• Oliver Beene
• Redcoats
• Rescue Me
• Ross Kemp on Gangs
• Soccer AM's All-Sports Show
• The 4400
• The Dresden Files
• Undercover Customs
• Zoo Babies

24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ... Airline is a British and later, American television reality show that showcases the daily happenings of passengers, ground workers and on-board staff members of Britannia and later easyJet. ... Badger or Bust is a British factual entertainment series in which Ruth Badger helps to turn failing businesses into a successful companies. ... Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction television program created by Ronald D. Moore that first aired on October 18, 2004 in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky One, and January 14, 2005 in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel. ... Call Me a Cabbie is a reality show where three celebrities have to learn all the skills needed to be a black cab driver in two months. ... Deadwood is an American television drama series that premiered in March 2004 on HBO. The series is a Western set in the 1870s in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. ... Dream Team was a British television series produced by Hewland International and aired on Sky One and Sky Three, that chronicles the on-field and off-field affairs of the fictional Harchester United F.C.. A significant part of the action, including game play, is shot at The New Den... Father of the Pride was an NBC animated series that began broadcasting on August 31, 2004 and was only the second CGI series in prime-time network TV (after UPNs Game Over). ... Project Catwalk is a competitive reality television series focusing on fashion design, on Sky One. ... Oliver Beene is the central character in the short-lived sitcom of the same name. ... Rescue Me is a critically-praised American television drama that premiered on the FX Network in 2004. ... Ross Kemp on Gangs is an award-winning documentary series shown on Sky One. ... Soccer AMs All Sports Show is a television programme that is a spin-off of Sky Sports popular Saturday-morning show Soccer AM, launched in 2002. ... The 4400 is a science fiction television program produced by the USA Network and Sky One. ... The Dresden Files is an American television series based on the books by Jim Butcher. ... Undercover Customs was a television series produced by ITV which consisted of dramatic reconstructions of some of the largest real-life smuggling incidents based on the official records of HM Customs and Excise in the UK. The series was presented by Trevor McDonald and was supplemented by genuine surveillance footage...

References

BBC News is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporations news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Sky Three at sky.com (official website)
• What's on Sky Three
• Ofcom licence grant
• Digital Spy: story on the launch
• BSkyB's press office
• dtg article