DR2

DR2
Launched	30 August 1996
Network	DR
Audience share	4.1% (2008, )
Headquarters	DR Byen Copenhagen, Denmark
Sister channel(s)	DR1 DR3 DR K DR Ramasjang DR Ultra
Website	DR2
Availability
Terrestrial
DTT	Channel 3
Satellite
Canal Digital	Channel 2
Viasat	Channel 14
Cable
YouSee	Channel 2
Waoo	Channel 6
IPTV
TDC TV	Channel 2
Streaming media
DR TV	dr.dk/tv/live/dr2

DR2 (DR To) is a Danish television station. It is part of DR, Denmark's public service broadcasting company.

It was launched in 1996 as a satellite-/cable-only channel. This was highly controversial at the time, as it was considered close to a breach of public service principles that the new station did not reach all viewers. Adding to the critics' cause was the fact that DR did in fact have broadband spectrum available for terrestrial broadcasts. However, this was being reserved for digital broadcasting tests. The less-than-100%-coverage coupled with a "highbrow" reputation resulted in low ratings which in turn earned it the nickname "the secret channel" to the regret of the director general who had been pushing the line "my channel" (in the sense of programmes appealing to individuals, not the whole family as DR1 supposedly). This was finally remedied on 31 March 2006, when terrestrial digital broadcasts started.

It most resembles the British BBC Four in that its main output is experimental comedy, documentaries and in-depth news programmes. It has earned much praise for high quality shows, especially in the first category, with series like Casper & Mandrilaftalen and Drengene fra Angora. Den 11. time was a talk show on the channel. It also broadcasts many British productions, e.g. crime dramas such as Prime Suspect.

Other programmes broadcast from the channel are The Power of Nightmares (as Frygtens politik) and The Great Global Warming Swindle (as Den store løgn om global opvarmning, 12 July 2007).

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