Launched 11 September 1961 | Owned by ORF | |
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV) Country Austria, Italy (South Tyrol) Formerly called Versuchsprogramm (1961-1967)
FS2 (1967-1992)
ORF 2 (1992-) Sister channel(s) ORF eins
ORF III
ORF Sport + | ||
ORF 2 is an Austrian television channel owned by ORF.
ORF 2 was launched on 11 September 1961 as a technical test programme. Since 1970, ORF 2 broadcasts on seven days a week. Today it is one of the four public TV channels in Austria.
Whereas ORF eins focuses on TV series and movies, ORF 2 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", a slot for regional news, at 7PM.
ORF 2 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), ORF eins and ORF 2 are encrypted over satellite.
References
ORF 2 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA