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	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; 64 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.

Since 3:20 CET on 7 April 2008, all France 2 programming has been broadcast in 16:9 widescreen format^[1] over the French analogue and digital terrestrial television. An HD simulcast feed of France 2 has been broadcasting on satellite provider CanalSat since 1 July 2008 and on digital terrestrial television since 30 October 2008.^[2]