MBC 3 (Mauritius)

MBC 3
Owned by	Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3), 1080i (HDTV)
Slogan	La chaine de la decouverte
Country	Mauritius
Headquarters	Mauritius, Moka
Sister channel(s)	MBC1 MBC2 MBC Digital 4 Ciné 12
Website	http://www.mbcradio.tv/mbc/mbc3
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog [1]	VHF/UHF band (Analog signals terminated on 17 June 2015)
MCML	1

MBC 3 is a TV channel in Mauritius owned by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation. It broadcasts international, cooking, news, lifestyle shows. Sports events, such as horse racing and football matches, are also telecast live on MBC 3.

History

This Channel was broadcasting live BBC News Channel and Knowledge based programs by the Open University of Mauritius ( formerly the Mauritius College of the Air) before. After the introduction of the News Channel on its sister channel MBC 1, All knowledge based shows shift to the Knowledge channel whilst the MBC 1 programation partly shift to MBC 3. But the channel still broadcast live Football Matches along with its sister channel Sports 11.

During the turf season, horse race are broadcast live and commented on the channel. ( see Champs De Mars Racecourse). It also broadcast live events organised by the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation and other non-profit organisations.Recently it started broadcasting documentaries

As at 15 September, MBC stop broadcast of the Knowledge channel and MBC 3 was converted to Local and documentary channel.^[2]

References

1. Television Reception Guide
2. "La MBC propose une nouvelle programmation sur ses chaines a partir du 15 Septembre.". MBC News Department. Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.