Esport3

Esport3 is a sports television channel operated within Televisió de Catalunya, the Catalan public broadcasting organization associated with Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. The channel is focused on sports programming in Catalan and serves as a dedicated outlet for live events, sports news, analysis, discussion and magazine formats. Its schedule combines coverage of established competitive sports with programming about active lifestyles and less mainstream disciplines. Sports transmissions and events receive particular prominence during weekday prime time and throughout weekends, when the channel functions as a specialist destination for live and recorded coverage. Alongside event broadcasting, Esport3 presents discussion programs, results-oriented sports news and features that explore adventure, outdoor activities, fitness, health and emerging sporting talent. The channel's programming identity has included shows such as Efectivament, a weekday evening sports talk program hosted by Lluís Canut; Tot l'esport, a broader sports information format; Temps d'aventura, focused on adventure and outdoor activity; NBA.cat, centered on basketball from the National Basketball Association; Futbol Cat, dedicated to Catalan football; and Gol a gol, a football review and analysis program. These programs illustrate Esport3's combination of live rights, studio discussion, magazine content and sport-specific coverage. Esport3 also contributes to the availability of sports content in Catalan. Its role is not limited to the most commercially prominent competitions: the channel has supported coverage of lifestyle sports, outdoor pursuits and emerging athletes, broadening the range of sports represented in Catalan-language public media. Since 2021, it has broadcast Barcelona Dragons games from the European League of Football in Catalan, adding American football to its portfolio of event coverage. The brand operates as a channel within the Televisió de Catalunya family rather than as an independently listed company. Public reference material identifies it primarily through its programming mission and relationship with Catalan public television; detailed corporate, financial and executive information is not established in the supplied sources.

Esport3 was established as a specialist sports television outlet within Televisió de Catalunya, the television arm of Catalonia's public media system. Its defining purpose is to provide sports programming in Catalan, combining live transmissions with information, analysis and magazine content. The supplied reference material does not state the channel's launch year, founding personnel or a detailed chronology of its early development. The channel's schedule has been structured around sports events and related programming. Live and recorded coverage is especially prominent during weekday prime-time periods and across weekends, allowing Esport3 to operate as a dedicated sports destination rather than merely a sports segment within a general-interest channel. Its output covers widely followed sports, including football and basketball, while also giving attention to adventure, outdoor and lifestyle activities. A significant part of Esport3's identity comes from studio and magazine formats. Efectivament, hosted by Lluís Canut, has served as a weekday sports talk show broadcast from Monday to Thursday evenings. Other named programs have included Tot l'esport, Temps d'aventura, NBA.cat, Futbol Cat and Gol a gol. Together, these formats cover general sports information, adventure and outdoor pursuits, basketball, Catalan football and football review or analysis. The channel's remit also includes the promotion of emerging talent and sports associated with fitness, health, adventure and outdoor participation. This gives Esport3 a broader editorial role than a channel focused only on major professional competitions. It presents sport both as televised competition and as a form of recreation, lifestyle and community activity. In 2021, Esport3 expanded its event portfolio by broadcasting Barcelona Dragons games in the European League of Football in Catalan. This move brought American football to the channel's regular sports offering and demonstrated its willingness to cover competitions outside the most established Catalan television sports categories. Esport3 remains a Televisió de Catalunya channel within the wider Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals structure. Available reference material describes its programming and institutional relationship but does not provide enough information to document ownership changes, financial performance, headquarters, senior management or additional dated milestones.

• 2021

  Barcelona Dragons coverage added

  [1]Esport3en.wikipedia.org

  Esport3 began broadcasting Barcelona Dragons games from the European League of Football in Catalan.

A Catalan-language public sports channel combining live event coverage, sports journalism, studio discussion and programming about active, outdoor and emerging sports.

• Sports talk show

  Efectivament

  A weekday evening sports discussion program hosted by Lluís Canut. The show is scheduled from Monday through Thursday and represents Esport3's studio-based approach to sports commentary and analysis.

• Sports news and magazine programming

  Tot l'esport

  A general sports program within Esport3's Catalan-language schedule. It contributes broad sports information and coverage alongside the channel's live transmissions and more specialized formats.

• Adventure and outdoor sports

  Temps d'aventura

  A program associated with adventure and outdoor activity. It reflects Esport3's commitment to lifestyle sports, active participation and coverage beyond conventional stadium-based competition.

• Basketball programming

  NBA.cat

  A basketball-focused program centered on the National Basketball Association. Its inclusion in the Esport3 lineup extends the channel's coverage to major international basketball.

• Football programming

  Futbol Cat

  A football program focused on Catalan football. It forms part of Esport3's football-oriented coverage and supports the channel's role in presenting sport from a Catalan perspective.

• Football review and analysis

  Gol a gol

  A football review and analysis format included among Esport3's named programs. The program complements match coverage with discussion and retrospective treatment of football events.

• Live American football broadcasts · 2021

  Barcelona Dragons European League of Football broadcasts

  Catalan-language broadcasts of Barcelona Dragons games in the European League of Football. The offering was added to Esport3's sports coverage from 2021 and broadened its range into American football.

• 2021

  Expansion into European League of Football coverageProduct launch

  Background

  Esport3's programming remit includes live sports and coverage of emerging or less traditional sports. Barcelona Dragons participation in the European League of Football created an opportunity to add American football to the Catalan-language schedule.

  Action taken

  The channel began broadcasting Barcelona Dragons games in the European League of Football in Catalan.

  Aftermath

  The move expanded Esport3's event portfolio beyond its established football, basketball, lifestyle and outdoor programming categories.

  Source

1. 1Esport3en.wikipedia.org
2. 2Esport3 official websiteccma.cat