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| Country | Romania |
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| Broadcast area | Romania Moldova |
| Headquarters | Bucharest, Romania |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Televiziunea Română |
| Sister channels | TVR 1 TVR 3 TVR Cultural TVR Folclor TVR Info TVRi TVR Moldova TVR Sport |
| History | |
| Launched | 2 May 1968; 57 years ago (1968-05-02)[1] |
| Former names | Programul 2 (until 1985) |
| Links | |
| Website | tvr2.tvr.ro |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 2 |
TVR 2 (Romanian pronunciation:[ˌtevereˈdoj], spelled out asTeleviziunea Română 2, "Romanian Television 2") is the second channel of the public broadcasterTVR.
The channel was launched on 2 May 1968, but it was suspended from 20 January 1985, until 19 February 1990. From 2003, it has been a market leader in Romania with television shows such asTonomatul DP2 and the British television seriesDoctor Who, but since 2015, it has been a general arts and culture channel. TVR 2 launched an HD simulcast on 3 November 2019, alongside the Romanian Television's flagship channel,TVR 1.
It started broadcasting on 2 May 1968 under the name Programul 2. Initially it broadcast once a week, every Thursday, but from June 16 the same year it started broadcasting on Sundays, and next month, from 20 July, on Saturdays. In 1972, the channel started broadcasting daily, being received by 15 to 20% of the population.[2]
In January 1985, TVR 2 was suspended, but following the fall of the dictatorship in December 1989, technicians from Studio 6 started to work on the relaunch of the channel, which was achieved in February 1990, broadcasting from 6pm to 11pm. Near the first democratic elections held in May, the channel was suspended for a few days in order to concentrate its efforts on the elections. TVR's mentality disrespected the channel and its subsequent treatment as a second-tier programming service.[2]
The channel's terrestrial coverage grew starting in 1992. In 2001 it started 24/7 broadcasts. In 2004, around the time of the rebrand, the terrestrial reach was of 90%. TheVHF transmitter in Bucharest (channel 2) that carried TVR 2 was shut down in 2005, moving to UHF channel 51. Until 2009, the channel aired regional programming. The launch ofTVR 3 led to the end of the timeshare arrangements.[2]
The mainnews television program of the channel isOra de știri ("News Hour"), which is aired daily at 6:00 pmUTC+02:00. Also, another news program broadcast on this channel,Telejurnal, is aired daily at 12:00 am on TVR 2, which used to be the main news program, until 3 October 2021.
The channel mainly airscultural content since the shut down ofTVR Cultural,movies,documentaries, and very rarelysport events. The most popular shows areCâștigă România [ro], which was moved toTVR 1 in 2022,Drag de România mea, a folk music show, hosted byPaul Ciprian Surugiu [de;he;ro],Pescar Hoinar, a show about two men fishing, andFerma, which discusses farm animals.
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