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 RTP3 facts

• The channel is available on basic cable and satellite
• The channel was launched in 2001 as NTV, a cable news channel headquartered in Porto
• It was originally a joint-venture between PT Multimédia, Lusomundo and the television broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (the old RTP)
• In 2003 it was completely acquired by the old RTP, and with the merger between the old RTP and radio broadcaster Radiodifusão Portuguesa (RDP), forming the new RTP, it became RTPN in 2004
• RTPN debuted a 24-hour schedule on 29 September 2008
• Up till then, RTPN had simulcasted with Euronews during the early morning
• Since mid-2009, RTPN has been available outside Portugal, through cable TV providers in Angola and Mozambique
• On 19 September 2011, RTPN was renamed RTP Informação, beginning with a simulcast of Bom Dia Portugal which refreshed its graphics
• On 22 July 2015 it was announced that RTP Informação would rebrand once again
• On 15 September 2015, the date of rebrand was confirmed to be 5 October, RTP's director of programmes Daniel Deusdado told the media