TVP3 (known also as Regionalna Trójka or Program 3 Telewizji Polskiej) is a Polish TV channel, run by the public broadcaster , TVP and dedicated to the country's regions. It has regional branches in most of the major Polish cities and, similarly to the FrenchFrance 3 or ItalianRai Tre, for couple of hours every day it broadcasts regional programming, including local news and reports. From 7:30 to 22:30 it airs nationwide news bulletins every hour. It is also used as the Polish parliamentary channel, transmitting the Sejm meetings, parliamentary inquiry commission's proceedings and other major political events. Recently it added a lot of sport to its schedule - this is where you can see matches from Era Basket Liga (Polish basketball first league) and from the football Druga Liga (Division 2).
Its main offices are located at the TVP news compound in central Warsaw. It can be watched via TV aerial or cable networks. Its Warsaw version is available also on digital platforms. TVP2, which has wider range, transmits its programme for 30 minutes every evening.
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