Rai 2
| Rai 2 | |
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| Launched | 4 November 1961 |
| Owned by | Rai |
| Picture format |
576i (PAL) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share | 6.85% (May 2014, ) |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Formerly called | Secondo Programma (1961–1975) Rete 2 (1975–1982) Rai Due (1982–2010) |
| Website | www.raidue.rai.it |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Channel 2 (SD) Channel 502 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Digital | DVB-S (scrambled in Mediaguard during some events) on Hotbird, Astra and Atlantic Bird |
| Sky Italia | Channel 102 |
| NOVA Greece | Channel 855 |
| Cable | |
| MC Cable | Channel 202 |
| Com Hem | Channel 213 |
| Cablecom | Channel 094 Channel 203 (digital CH-D) |
| Numericable | Channel 77 |
| DNA Oy | Channel 376 |
| Ziggo | TV Italiana Ziggo App |
| Streaming media | |
| Rai.tv | Live Streaming |
Rai 2 is one of the three main television channels broadcast by Italian public television company RAI alongside Rai 1 and Rai 3. Rai 2 first started broadcasting on 4 November 1961. In the eighties it was known for its political affiliation to the Italian Socialist Party; in recent years it has shifted its focus toward talk shows, reality television and infotainment.
The channel is scheduled to start HDTV broadcasting by the end of September 2013. The HD Channel It has arrived by September 2016
A few programmes include:
Until 1975 regular broadcasting was monochrome, with very few exceptions. Since late 1975, then called Rete 2 began airing some new shows in colour, then beginning semi-regular colour broadcasting during the autumn season (a few hours a week). Rai 1 followed its "sister network" a few months later. Eventually, regular broadcasting in colour began on 1 February 1977.
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