France 2

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France 2

Logo used since 2018
Country	France
Broadcast area	Europe, Middle East, Africa, Americas and Asia-Pacific
Programming
Picture format	2160p UHDTV 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	10 September 1959; 65 years ago (1959-09-10)
Former names	Deuxième chaîne de la RTF (1959–1964) Deuxième chaîne (couleur) de l'ORTF (1964–1975) Antenne 2 (1975–1992)
Links
Website	www.france.tv/france-2
Availability
Terrestrial
TNT	Channel 2 (HD)
TNT in Overseas France	Channel 2 or 3 or 4
DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa)	Channel 728

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.

Historically, it was created under the name RTF Télévision 2 in 1959, then became the Second Channel of the ORTF in 1964. The national public second channel was renamed Antenne 2 in 1975 and kept this name until September 1992.

France 2 primarily broadcasts television dramas, films, sports events, game shows, talks shows and news programs, aiming to entertain, educate, and inform. It is available via DTT, satellite, cable, IPTV, and the Web. It is also accessible in some neighboring countries, and parts of its programming are rebroadcast by TV5 Monde. Its identification color within the public television group is red, which is reflected in all its on-air branding.

His headquarters, like the other generalist channels of the France Télévisions group, is located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, along the Seine.