TV3 Samoa is a Samoan television station founded in 2006. The station is owned by the Apia Broadcasting Corporation. The channel is available online and on subscription television in Samoa and is also in the Cook Islands via Vodafone Cook Islands' MoanaTV platform.Moana TV, Vodafone Cook Islands, retrieved 2 October 2026
History The channel started broadcasting in May 2006 covering 60% of Samoa, but planned to increase the reach to 95% and a second channel relaying the Mormon channel BYUtv.Samoa gets another free to air TV channel
Hans Joachim Keil, who underwent surgery overseas since August 2017, sold Apia Broadcasting to Maposua Corey Keil and Nicholas Caffarelli on April 6, 2018. The move made TV3 a sister station to Maposua's existing Radio Polynesia.New Owners for TV3
In 2023, the channel received funding from Pasifika TV's Pasifika On Air for two series, the two-part Pese Samoa half-hour documentaries on Samoan music and Project Climate on the effects of climate change on Samoa. These two aired on Pasifika's member channels on July 20.Pasifika On Air: Pese Samoa Its facilities were partly destroyed on September 13, 2023, owing to a lit end of cigarette butt. As consequence, the channel moved to back-up offices in Vaitele.Cigarette end suspected to have sparked large fire in Apia
In May 2024, RNZ reported that TV3 had moved its station completely online since it was unable to afford to broadcast traditionally, coupled by the high number of channels in such a small market like Samoa. In the next month, however, it had reverted its decision and resumed terrestrial broadcasts. At the time, it had a staff of 18. As of midnight on 15 January 2026, per a post on TV3's Facebook account, it announced that it would shut down its terrestrial signal again, being limited to its Twitch stream, as well as on pay television operators Moana TV (Vodafone Samoa) and DTV (Digicel).TV3 Samoa Facebook post, 14 January 2026, retrieved 2 October 2026 References
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