France 2

France 2 (French: [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.

France 2
Logo used since 2018
CountryFrance
Broadcast areaEurope, Middle East, Africa, Americas and Asia-Pacific
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerFrance Télévisions
Sister channelsFrance 3
France 4
France 5
France Info
History
Launched18 April 1964 (1964-04-18)
Former namesDeuxième chaîne de la RTF (1964)
Deuxième chaîne (couleur) de l'ORTF (1964–1975)
Antenne 2 (1975–1992)
Links
Websitewww.france.tv/france-2
Availability
Terrestrial
TNTChannel 2 (HD)
TNT in Overseas FranceChannel 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 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.

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