IRIB TV3

IRIB TV3, also known as Channel Three or Shabakeh-ye Seh, is one of the national television channels operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). It began broadcasting on 4 December 1993 as the third television channel created by IRIB. The channel serves audiences across Iran and occupies a distinctive place within the country’s public broadcasting system through a schedule combining sports, entertainment, drama, films, political coverage, scientific programming, and social and economic content. The channel is frequently described as IRIB’s youth-oriented outlet. That characterization is associated particularly with its substantial sports coverage and its use of popular entertainment formats. IRIB TV3 has carried major Iranian sporting events and has developed a strong association with football programming. Long-running shows such as Football-e Bartar and Gozareshe Varzeshi have helped make sport a central part of the channel’s identity. Its schedule has also included Iranian serials, imported television series, comedy programs, cinema-related content, and seasonal programming. IRIB TV3’s programming history includes both continuing and completed series and studio shows. Football-e Bartar began in 2001, while Gozareshe Varzeshi began in 2002. Samte Khoda, which began on the channel in 2009, is another continuing program listed in reference material. Earlier programs associated with the channel include Navad, a prominent football program that ran from 1999 to 2019, Mardan-e Ahanin, Mah-e Asal, Three Stars, and a range of Iranian comedy and drama series. The channel has also broadcast foreign productions, including series connected with the Sherlock, Jumong, Dong Yi, and The Kingdom of the Winds titles. On 7 August 2016, IRIB TV3 began a trial high-definition broadcast in Tehran and the provincial capitals. The move marked a technical development in the channel’s distribution and picture quality, although the available reference material does not specify the later nationwide rollout timetable or the technical standards used. As an IRIB service, the channel operates within Iran’s state broadcasting structure rather than as a separately listed commercial company. Its programming, distribution, and editorial framework are therefore connected to the wider national broadcasting system. IRIB TV3 remains an active Iranian television brand with a broad general-interest remit. Its strongest public identity is built around sports and popular programming, but its output extends across entertainment, fiction, films, political material, science, and social and economic subjects. The official website provides a digital presence for the channel, while television broadcasting remains its defining service.

IRIB TV3 was established as the third television channel created by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting and began broadcasting on 4 December 1993. Its creation expanded Iran’s national television offering and gave IRIB another general-interest channel through which to distribute domestic productions, acquired programs, films, news-related material and specialized programming. Over time, IRIB TV3 developed a reputation as a youth-oriented channel. This description reflects the prominence of sports and popular entertainment in its schedule rather than a restriction to a narrowly defined age group. Football became particularly important to the channel’s identity. The station broadcast major Iranian sporting events and created recurring programs devoted to football reporting, analysis and competition coverage. Football-e Bartar, launched in 2001, and Gozareshe Varzeshi, launched in 2002, became durable parts of this sports-centered profile. Navad, which ran from 1999 to 2019, was another notable football program associated with the channel. The channel’s output has not been limited to sport. Its programming categories have included entertainment; movies and series; political content; scientific content; social and economic subjects; sport; and cinema. IRIB TV3 has carried Iranian drama and comedy series as well as foreign productions. Reference material lists programs and series including Mardan-e Ahanin, Mah-e Asal, Three Stars, Shabhaye Barareh, Marde Hezar Chehreh, Marde Do Hezar Chehreh, Nargess, Zire Zamin, and Hala Khorshid. It has also shown imported series associated with titles such as Inspector Rex, Sherlock, Jumong, Dong Yi, and The Kingdom of the Winds. These programs illustrate the channel’s combination of domestic popular culture, serial fiction, acquired entertainment and studio-based formats. Several long-running programs have continued to shape the channel’s schedule. Football-e Bartar and Gozareshe Varzeshi are listed as continuing programs in the reference material, while Samte Khoda is listed as airing from 2009 onward. Other programs have ended after defined runs, including Navad in 2019 and a number of serials and seasonal entertainment productions. The available material does not provide a complete account of commissioning decisions, presenters, production companies or audience figures, so the channel’s programming history is best understood through its documented broadcast titles and broad genre structure. A significant technical milestone occurred on 7 August 2016, when IRIB TV3 began an HD broadcast trial in Tehran and the capitals of Iran’s provinces. This marked an effort to modernize the channel’s television presentation and distribution. The cited information does not establish the precise scope of subsequent HD availability, the transmission infrastructure, or whether the trial immediately became a permanent nationwide service. IRIB TV3 operates as part of IRIB rather than as an independently listed broadcaster. Consequently, its corporate ownership, national distribution role and institutional context are tied to Iran’s public broadcasting system. The channel’s official website provides an online point of access, but the available reference material does not identify a separate corporate headquarters, standalone executive team, financial statements or public listing for IRIB TV3. Its continuing identity is that of an active national television service combining sport-led popularity with a broad schedule of entertainment, fiction, films and general programming.

• 2019

  Navad ends

  [1]IRIB TV3en.wikipedia.org

  The listed broadcast run of Navad ended after two decades on the channel.

• 2016

  HD broadcast trial starts

  [1]IRIB TV3en.wikipedia.org

  IRIB TV3 started an HD broadcast trial in Tehran and the provincial capitals on 7 August 2016.

• 2009

  Samte Khoda begins

  [1]IRIB TV3en.wikipedia.org

  Samte Khoda began broadcasting on the channel and is listed among its continuing programs.

• 2002

  Gozareshe Varzeshi begins

  [1]IRIB TV3en.wikipedia.org

  Gozareshe Varzeshi began broadcasting as part of IRIB TV3’s sports-oriented schedule.

• 2001

  Football-e Bartar begins

  [1]IRIB TV3en.wikipedia.org

  Football-e Bartar was introduced as a continuing sports program on the channel.

• 1999

  Navad begins

  [1]IRIB TV3en.wikipedia.org

  The football program Navad began its run on IRIB TV3 and remained associated with the channel until 2019.

• 1993

  Channel begins broadcasting

  [1]IRIB TV3en.wikipedia.org

  IRIB TV3 began broadcasting on 4 December 1993 as the third television channel created by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.

A national public television channel with a youth-oriented profile and a strong emphasis on sports, football, entertainment and popular serials.

• Broadcast television · 1993

  Television channel service

  IRIB TV3’s core offering is a national television service distributed within Iran through the IRIB broadcasting system. Its schedule spans sports, entertainment, films, serial drama, political material, science, and social and economic programming.

• Sports broadcasting · 1993

  Sports programming

  Sports, especially football, are central to the channel’s public identity. IRIB TV3 broadcasts major Iranian sporting events and has carried recurring football programs such as Football-e Bartar and Gozareshe Varzeshi, alongside sports news and analysis.

• Sports program · 2001

  Football-e Bartar

  Football-e Bartar is a football-focused program associated with IRIB TV3. It is listed as beginning in 2001 and continuing in the supplied reference material, contributing to the channel’s reputation as a major sports outlet.

• Sports program · 2002

  Gozareshe Varzeshi

  Gozareshe Varzeshi is a sports reporting program listed as broadcasting on IRIB TV3 from 2002 onward. It forms part of the channel’s regular sports and event-coverage offering.

• General-interest program · 2009

  Samte Khoda

  Samte Khoda is a program listed among IRIB TV3’s continuing broadcasts from 2009. Its inclusion demonstrates that the channel’s schedule extends beyond sport and entertainment into broader general-interest programming.

• Football program · 1999

  Navad

  Navad was a long-running football program associated with IRIB TV3. The supplied reference material dates its run from 1999 to 2019, making it one of the channel’s notable historical sports offerings.

• Television series

  Iranian drama and comedy series

  IRIB TV3 has broadcast Iranian drama and comedy series, including titles such as Shabhaye Barareh, Marde Hezar Chehreh, Marde Do Hezar Chehreh, Nargess, Zire Zamin and Hala Khorshid. These productions complement its sports and studio programming.

• Television series

  Acquired international series

  The channel has also shown foreign television productions, with the supplied listings including Inspector Rex, Sherlock, Jumong, Dong Yi and The Kingdom of the Winds. The available material does not specify acquisition arrangements or territory rights.

• 2016

  Launch of HD broadcast trialOther

  Background

  IRIB TV3 sought to improve its technical television service and began an HD transmission trial in Tehran and the capitals of Iran’s provinces.

  Action taken

  The channel commenced trial HD broadcasting on 7 August 2016.

  Aftermath

  The available reference does not document the subsequent nationwide rollout, audience response or final technical status of the HD service.

  Source

1. 1IRIB TV3en.wikipedia.org
2. 2IRIB TV3 official websitetv3.ir