TV2 (Hungarian TV channel)
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TV2 (TV Kettő) is a Hungarian free-to-air television channel operating since 4 October 1997, providing a large variety of programming. It is a competitor with RTL for the first place in Hungarian television ratings. Among its most popular self-produced shows were Megasztár ("Mega Star", an adaptation of Pop Idol), and the daily prime time soap Jóban Rosszban, and US shows like Desperate Housewives, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Numb3rs, Heroes, Smallville, House M.D., Ghost Whisperer and Lipstick Jungle. TV2 is aired throughout Hungary. TV2 is also aired in Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine and Austria.
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Country | Hungary |
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Broadcast area | Hungary |
Headquarters | Budapest, Hungary |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Hungarian |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | TV2 Group (József Vida) |
Key people | Pavel Stanchev, CEO Miklós Vaszily, President Gábor Fischer, Programming Director |
Sister channels | TV2 Klub Mozi+ Super TV2 Spíler 1 TV Spíler 2 TV Izaura TV Zenebutik PRIME TV2 Séf TV2 Kids TV2 Comedy Jocky TV Moziverzum |
History | |
Launched | 4 October 1997 |
Links | |
Website | tv2play |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 11 |
TV2 was one of the channels that was carried on the national analogue terrestrial service, along with M1, RTL Klub and the local channels, but those transmitters were shut down on 2 zones, on 31 July and 31 October 2013 respectively.
The current CEO is the French-Bulgarian media professional Pavel Stanchev.[1]