TVR 2

TVR 2
CountryRomania
Broadcast areaRomania
Moldova
HeadquartersBucharest, Romania
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerTeleviziunea Română
Sister channelsTVR 1
TVR 3
TVR Cultural
TVR Folclor
TVR Info
TVRi
TVR Moldova [ro]
TVR Sport [ro]
History
Launched2 May 1968; 56 years ago (1968-05-02)[1]
Former namesProgramul 2 (until 1985)
Links
Websitetvr2.tvr.ro
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 2

TVR 2 (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtevere ˈdoj], spelled out as Televiziunea Română 2, "Romanian Television 2") is the second channel of the public broadcaster TVR.

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 some very well thought television shows, such as Tonomatul DP2 and the British television series Doctor 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.

Programming

The main news television program of the channel is Ora de ştiri ("News Hour"), which is aired daily at 6:00 pm Romanian time. Also, another news program broadcast on this channel, Telejurnal, is aired daily at 12:00 am Romanian time on TVR 2, which used to be the main news program, until 3 October 2021.

The channel mainly airs cultural content since the shut down of TVR Cultural, movies, documentaries, and very rarely sport events. The most popular shows are Câștigă România [ro], which was moved to TVR 1 in 2022, Drag de România mea, a folk music show, hosted by Paul Ciprian Surugiu [de; he; ro], Pescar Hoinar, a show about 2 guys fishing, and Ferma, where it shows everything about farm animals.

See also

References

  1. ^ Short history of the Romanian Television. Retrieved 6 March 2012
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