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| Country | Austria, Italy (South Tyrol) |
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| Headquarters | Vienna |
| Programming | |
| Language | German |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ORF |
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| History | |
| Launched | 11 September 1961; 64 years ago (1961-09-11) |
| Former names | Versuchsprogramm (1961–1967) FS 2 (1967–1992) |
| Links | |
| Website | tv.orf.at/program/orf2 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DVB-T (Austria) | Channel 2 (DVB-T MUX A, free-to-air) |
| DVB-T (South Tyrol, Italy) | LCN 89 (Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol MUX UHF 21, free-to-air) |
| DVB-T2 (Austria) | Channel 2 (DVB-T2 MUX D, simpliTV) |
| Streaming media | |
| ORF On | Watch live (Limited programming outside Austria) |
ORF 2 (ORF zwei,Österreichischer Rundfunk 2) is an Austrianpublic television channel owned byORF. It was launched on 11 September 1961 as a technical test programme. Today it is one of the four public TV channels in Austria.
ORF 2 is available viaDVB-T in Germany near the Austrian border and in parts ofMunich. It is funded by a mixture of advertising breaks and atelevision licence fee; as such, unlike its German equivalents (which are generally availablefree-to-air), ORF 2 and its sister stations are encrypted over satellite.
ORF 2 began broadcasting three days a week as a "Technical Test Program" (Technisches Versuchsprogramm) onUHF frequencies on 11 September 1961. In 1967, theVersuchsprogramm was renamed as FS 2 (Fernsehprogramm 2; 'Television programme 2'), and its broadcasting days were increased to five days a week, which remained the case until 1 September 1970 when it began broadcasting daily. On 2 May 1988, regional news programmes known asBundesland heute (The States Today) were introduced for each Austrian state. On 26 October 1992, FS 2 was renamed as ORF 2.
On 9 January 2012, a complete design change took place, similar to that of ORF eins a year prior. In line with the clear design of ORF eins, a vertical navigation bar was introduced as a central on-air element to join programme credits, idents, promotions and commercial breaks. The red and white design is designed to underline the strong Austrian identity of the station.[1]
In contrast toORF 1, which focuses on TV series, movies and sports, ORF 2 broadcasts more Austrian-oriented and cultural programs. The most important news broadcastZeit im Bild is broadcast several times a day, with the flagship bulletin being broadcast at 7:30pm each night.Bundesland heute (news for the federal states) is broadcast directly before this at 7:00pm; nine regional window programs are broadcast – one for each state. In the broadcasting area of Tyrol and in South Tyrol, which is part of Italy,Südtirol heute is broadcast from Monday to Friday at 6:30 pm, which is produced by the ORF studio inBolzano[2] (until March, 2021 by theORF Landesstudio Tirol inInnsbruck).
All nine regional feeds of ORF 2 can be received via satellite: these are all encrypted and can only be watched by viewers who have an ORF viewing card, which is available to anyone who pays the ORF licence fee. An international version of ORF 2, known asORF 2 Europe, has been broadcast unencrypted over satellite in Europe since July 2004; certain programmes for which ORF does not have the rights to broadcast outside Austria are replaced with a video feed of ORF 2's teletext service, accompanied by the audio ofÖ1. Many of ORF 2's programmes, such as some Zeit im Bild bulletins, are also broadcast or repeated on3sat.
Since October 2006, ORF 2 has been broadcast terrestrially viaDVB-T in Austria. Via multiplex A, the regional feed of the viewer's own state can be received, as well as that of a neighboring federal state.
From 1968 until 1992, ORF 2 prominently featured the red "ORF eye" logo in its television idents alongside several stylised number "2" logos. In 1992, the first version of the "yellow cube" ORF 2 logo was introduced, designed byNeville Brody. In 2000, ORF 2's logo was updated into a moving, cube with the number 2 inside. This particular logo has been nicknamed "Jelli." In 2005, there was another update to ORF's on-screen design: to avoid thelogo being burnt in to plasma screens, it was changed from red-yellow to grey all-over.
In 2010, it was announced that ORF 2 would be rebranded as "ORF zwei" in 2011, but it's unused.
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