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| Country | Belgium |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | DPG Media |
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| History | |
| Launched | 25 August 2000 |
| Former names | Vitaya (2000–2020) |
| Links | |
| Website | vtm |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| VTM Go | Watch live (Belgium only) |
VTM 3 is a Flemish television station. The station got its license for 9 years in 1999 and it started to broadcast on 25 August 2000. VTM3 can be seen on Flemish cable and satellite services. The station is part of DPG Media (formerly Medialaan, VMMa, and VTM).
History
VTM 3 was launched as Vitaya and began as a niche station with seven blocks of programming:
- Eet-Wijzer
- Gemengde Gevoelens
- Spiegelbeeld
- Vrije Tijd
- Wonen
- Kinderen
- Vitali-Tijd
In 2003, the station expanded the broadcast time in favor of more local productions, daily newscasts, a cooking show, and a fitness show.
Vitaya profiled itself as a lifestyle station and is oriented at the following subjects: happiness, health, good food, the family, gardening and interior design, fashion, leisure and travel, lifestyle, and human interest.
Because of the launch of the SBS station Vijf with a similar profile, Vitaya received some competition. Vitaya started to show more foreign productions and produced more own programs and thereby drastically expanded the broadcasting time. In that way, the station was able to keep on growing and end 2005 in the green.
On 31 August 2020, Vitaya rebranded as VTM 3, as part of a rebranding of the 4 main DPG channels. VTM 3's main point was the broadcast of at least one feature film every day. The emphasis on films and TV series deviated from the initial female format of the channel.
Programming
Currently aired Imported productions
- Anger Management
- Better Things
- Chicago Med
- Containment
- How I Met Your Mother
- Mayans M.C.
- Modern Family
- Orange Is the New Black
- Perfect Harmony
- Queen of the South
- Sturm der Liebe
- S.W.A.T.
- The Simpsons
- This Is Us
- Timeless
- Vikings
- Will & Grace
Formerly aired Imported productions
- 999: What's Your Emergency?
- All Saints
- Ambulance
- Australian Princess
- Choccywoccydoodah
- Coronation Street
- Dawson's Creek
- Dinner Date
- Don't Tell the Bride
- Embarrassing Bodies
- From the Ground Up with Debbie Travis
- Gold Coast Medical
- Harry's Practice
- Home and Away
- House Rules
- How to Look Good Naked
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians
- Kitchen Nightmares
- Ladette to Lady
- Love It or List It
- Love It or List It Australia
- Love Your Garden
- MasterChef Australia
- Million Dollar Matchmaker
- Offspring
- One Born Every Minute
- A Place in the Sun
- Project Runway
- Rosemary & Thyme
- Sangre de mi tierra
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl
- The Dr. Oz Show
- The Hotel Inspector
- The Real Housewives
- The Real Housewives of New York City
- The Martha Stewart Show
- The Resident
- Trinny & Susannah Undress...
- WAGS
- William and Mary
- You Rang, M'Lord?
References
- Vitaya's analysis after one month Vijftv - Het Nieuwsblad, retrieved February 17, 2010 (in Dutch)
- "VTM2, VTM3 en VTM4 vervangen Q2, Vitaya en CAZ". De Tijd (in Dutch). 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
- "Quatre chaînes porteront désormais le nom VTM". 7sur7.be. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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