France 2
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| Launched | December 21, 1963 |
| Owned by | France Télévisions |
| Audience share | 2005: 19,8% 2006:19,2% (-0,6% beetween 2005 and 2006) [1] (2005-2006, ) |
| Country |  France |
| Formerly called | RTF Télévision 2 (1963-1964) La Deuxième Chaîne de la ORTF(1964-1975) Antenne 2 (1975-1992) |
| Sister channel(s) | France 3 France 4 France 5 France Ô France 24 |
| Website | www.france2.fr |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| SECAM | Channel 2 |
| TNT | Channel 2 |
| Satellite | |
| CanalSat | Channel 2 |
| TPS | Channel 2 |
| TV Vlaanderen | Channel 78 |
| Cable | |
| Noos | Channel 2 |
| Numéricable | Channel 2 |
| Others | (See article) |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| Freebox TV | Channel 2 |
| Orange TV | Channel 2 |
| Neuf TV | Channel 2 |
| Alice | Channel 2 |
| DartyBox | Channel 2 |
| Belgacom TV | Channel 9 (Walloon Region and Brussels), Channel 56 (Flanders) |
| Telenet TV | Channel 36 |
France 2 is the largest French public TV network. It is part of the France Télévisions group, which also comprises France 3, France 5, Réseau France Outre-mer, and the new digital-only France 4 (plus participation in ARTE, EuroNews, and several cable/satellite thematic channels, and Mediamétrie).
France 2 used to be called Antenne 2 until September 7, 1992. Earlier, in the 1970s and as part of ORTF, it was simply called la deuxième chaîne (the second channel).
Broadcasting began in 1962 using the 625-lines standard (but not yet in color) hence preparing the extinction of the older (black-and-white only) 819-line TV standard.
On October 1, 1967 at 2:15pm CET, the network switched broadcast from black and white to color using SÉCAM. Antenne 2 was the first color channel in France, several years before the first network was colorized and muted to the 625-line TV standard at the same time and named TF1 (which was a channel in the same public group, before TF1 it was privatized).
In March 1986 an Antenne 2 news team was kidnapped in Beirut while reporting on the Lebanese Civil War. Philippe Rochot, Georges Hansen, Aurel Cornéa and Jean-Louis Normandin were four of many Western hostages held by terrorists during the conflict. During Antenne 2 news bulletins the headlines would be followed by a grim reminder of the French hostages held in Lebanon with names, photos and the length of their captivity. Within a year, most of the news team had been released and returned to France, but the reminders continued until all the French hostages had been freed.
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- ^ Source: Médiamétrie
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French television stations
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Terrestrial analogue: TF1 • France 2 • France 3 • Canal+ • France 5 • M6 • Arte Media holding companies: France Télévisions • TF1 Group • Métropole Télévision |
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