TVR 2 explained

TVR 2
Launch Date:[1]
Picture Format:1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Owner:Televiziunea Română
Country:Romania
Area:Romania
Moldova
Headquarters:Bucharest, Romania
Former Names:Programul 2 (until 1985)
Sister Channels:TVR 1
TVR 3
TVR Cultural
TVR Folclor
TVR Info
TVRi

Website:tvr2.tvr.ro
Terr Serv 1:Digital terrestrial television
Terr Chan 1:Channel 2

TVR 2 (pronounced as /ro/, 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 , which was moved to TVR 1 in 2022, Drag de România mea, a folk music show, hosted by, Pescar Hoinar, a show about 2 guys fishing, and Ferma, where it shows everything about farm animals.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.tvr.ro/articol_organizatie.php?id=13&c=192 Short history of the Romanian Television