France 2
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France 2 (pronounced [fʁɑ̃s dø]) is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Info. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews.
French public television channel
Television channel
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| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Europe, Middle East, Africa, Americas and Australia |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | France Télévisions |
| Sister channels | France 3 France 4 France 5 France Info |
| History | |
| Launched | 18 April 1964; 59 years ago (1964-04-18) |
| Former names | Deuxième chaîne de la RTF (1964) Deuxième chaîne (couleur) de l'ORTF (1964–1975) Antenne 2 (1975–1992) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| TNT | Channel 2 (HD) |
| TNT in Overseas France | Channel 2 or 3 or 4 |
| DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 728 |
Since 3:20 CET on 7 April 2008, all France 2 programming has been broadcast in 16:9 widescreen format[1] over the French analogue and digital terrestrial television. An HD simulcast feed of France 2 has been broadcasting on satellite provider CanalSat since 1 July 2008 and on digital terrestrial television since 30 October 2008.[2]