Rai Due
| Rai 2 | |
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| Launched | 4 November 1961 |
| Owned by | Rai |
| Picture format |
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV, selected events) |
| Audience share | 6.85% (May 2014, ) |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Formerly called | Secondo Programma (1961–1975) Rete 2 (1976–1983) 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 | Channels 102 and 5002 |
| 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 |
| Yalp.alice.it | 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.
A few programmes include:
Until the 1975–1976 season regular broadcasting was monochrome, with very few exceptions. Since the 1976 summer season, 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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