ORF2

ORF2
"FS2" redirects here. For the space simulation game, see FreeSpace 2.
ORF2
ORF2 logo.png
Launched 11 September 1961
Owned by ORF
Picture format 576i (SDTV) or 720p (HDTV)
Country  Austria
Formerly called Versuchsprogramm (1961-1967)
2. Programm (1967-1980)
FS2 (1980-1992)
ORF2 (1992-2011)
Sister channel(s) ORF1
Website tv.orf.at/program/orf2
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital PAL, Normally tuned to 2 in Austria
Satellite
Digital via Astra
Cable
Cablecom Channel 008 (digital CH-D)
Naxoo Channel 161

ORF2 (Formally FS2 until 1992) is an Austrian television channel owned by ORF.

ORF2 was launched on 11 September 1961 as a technical test programme. Since 1970, ORF2 broadcasts on seven days a week. Today it is one of the three public TV channels in Austria.

Where as ORF1 focuses on tv series and movies, ORF2 broadcasts cultural programming and regional information. There are regional broadcasts for each county in Austria but mostly only a half hour when ORF broadcasts "Bundesland Heute", regional news, at 7PM.

ORF2 is available via DVB-T in Germany near the Austrian border and in parts of Munich. Unlike the German TV stations (which are generally available free-to-air), ORF1 and ORF2 are encrypted over satellite.

ORF2 would be rebranded to ORF zwei from March 22,2011

ORF2 On-Screen-Design 2008


External links

v · d · eÖsterreichischer Rundfunk
Television
National Radio
Regional Radio
Radio Burgenland · Radio Kärnten · Radio Niederösterreich · Radio Oberösterreich · Radio Salzburg · Radio Steiermark · Radio Tirol · Radio Vorarlberg · Radio Wien
Co-operations
Discontinued
Österreich 2 · Radio Österreich International · Blue Danube Radio · Radio 1476 · TW1


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