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Sky Three
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| Sky Three | |
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| Launched | 31 October 2005 |
| Owned by | BSkyB |
| Audience share | 0.6% (February 2007, [1]) |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Sister channel(s) | Sky One, Sky Two, Sky Travel |
| Website | Sky Three |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 11 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 108 |
Sky Three is a television station from BSkyB broadcasting to the the UK, designed to accompany their existing Sky One and Sky Two subscription channels. It launched on 31 October 2005 at 5pm. It is available on Sky where it is Free to view (FTV) which requires a freesat from Sky card or active sky card to watch or Freeview where its is free to air, where it replaced Sky Travel (Sky Travel still broadcasts on Sky Digital however).
The layout of the schedule would be mostly travel and lifestyle content throughout the day with a prime time line-up relying heavily on BSkyB exclusive licensed content previously shown on Sky One, with delays of between 12 and 18 months. This makes Sky Three the showcase Channel for Sky's subscription services. It also features Sky Movies News as seen on Sky Movies as well as older movies (examples being Project: Alf and In the Line of Duty). Sky Sports content like Fifa Futbol Mundial and Soccer AM's All-Sports Show sometimes features. It also features many of the popular shows from Sky Travel including programmed that feature holidays for sale from Sky Travel Shop.
Because of the uproar over Sky One's recent acquisition of popular American TV show Lost from Channel 4 (and E4), Sky Three may show it free on a delay after it has aired on Sky One. Most believe, like other Sky One hits such as Battlestar Galactica and The 4400, Lost is expected to transfer to Sky Three on a delay after it has aired on Sky One and Sky Two.