BBC Three

Terrestrial television channel operated by the BBC until 2016
Organization television_station Q687427
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BBC Three is a British television channel operated by the BBC. It was founded on February 9, 2003. [1] The channel is headquartered in White City.

BBC Three

Summary

BBC Three is a television station[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (656 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC Three is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • BBC Three's instance of is recorded as television station[4].
  • BBC Three's instance of is recorded as television channel[5].
  • BBC Three's owned by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[6].
  • BBC Three's operator is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[7].
  • BBC Three's logo image is recorded as BBC Three (2008).svg[8].
  • BBC Three's headquarters location is recorded as White City[9].
  • BBC Three's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2020095637[10].
  • BBC Three's Commons category is recorded as BBC Three[11].
  • +2003-02-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC Three[12].
  • BBC Three's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022zq3[13].
  • BBC Three's significant event is recorded as high-definition television[14].
  • BBC Three's official website is recorded as http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/[15].
  • BBC Three's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BBC Three (2003 - 2016)[16].
  • BBC Three's replaces is recorded as BBC Choice[17].
  • BBC Three's replaced by is recorded as BBC Three[18].
  • BBC Three's BBC Things ID is recorded as 758ff6e1-003b-45fb-897c-de7eedd379d4[19].
  • BBC Three's different from is recorded as BBC Three[20].
  • BBC Three's Quora topic ID is recorded as BBC-Three[21].

Body

Founding

+2003-02-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC Three[12].

Operations

BBC Three's headquarters location is recorded as White City[9]. Its operator is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[7].

Ownership

BBC Three's owned by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[6].

Why It Matters

BBC Three ranks in the top 2% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (656 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . bbc.co.uk. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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