TV2 (New Zealand)
| TVNZ 2 | |
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Current logo
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| Launched | 30 June 1975 |
| Owned by | TVNZ |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Formerly called |
South Pacific Television Channel 2 Network 2 TV2 |
| Sister channel(s) |
TVNZ 1 TVNZ Duke |
| Timeshift service | TVNZ 2 +1 |
| Website | tvnz.co.nz/tv2 |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| DVB 64-QAM on band IV | |
| Satellite | |
| DVB QPSK 576i on 12671/12483 MHz | |
| DVB 8PSK (encrypted) on 12358 MHz | |
| Cable | |
| DVB 64-QAM | |
| TVNZ 2 +1 | |
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| Launched | 1 September 2013 |
| Broadcast area | National |
| Formerly called | TV2+1 (1975–2016) |
TVNZ 2 is the second New Zealand television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It targets a younger audience than its sister network, TVNZ 1. TVNZ 2's line up consists of dramas, comedies, and reality TV shows. A small number are produced in New Zealand which are either of a comedic, soap opera or reality nature, with rest of the line-up imported from mostly a Warner Bros. or Disney catalogue or a FremantleMedia or Endemol soap opera/reality TV catalogue.
TVNZ 2 is New Zealand's second-oldest television channel, formed in 1975 following the break-up of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation into Radio New Zealand, Television One and Television Two. It began broadcasting on 30 June 1975, and for most of the 1970s was known as South Pacific Television. In 1980, it became a part of TVNZ when South Pacific Television and Television One merged, and reverted to the name TV2. The channel was renamed TVNZ 2 in October 2016.
The channel is broadcast on the government owned Kordia terrestrial network as well as on one of the two Kordia satellite transponders, which is included in channel packages on the Freeview, Igloo, and Sky platforms. Sky also make the channel available on one of their own satellite transponders.
TV2 was formed following the dissolution of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation on 1 April 1975, with the corporation splitting into Radio New Zealand and two television channels: Television One and Television Two. Whereas TV One took over WNTV1 in Wellington and DNTV2 in Dunedin as well as the existing channel frequencies, TV2 took over AKTV2 in Auckland and CHTV3 in Christchurch and was given new channel frequencies on ITU band III – channel 4 in Auckland and channel 8 in Christchurch. TV2 began broadcasting in Auckland and Christchurch on 30 June 1975, but did not begin broadcasting in Wellington (on channel 5) until November and in Dunedin (on channel 4) until well into 1976.
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