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Country | Germany |
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Broadcast area | Europe |
Affiliates | RTL II You |
Headquarters | Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany |
Programming | |
Language(s) | German |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
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Parent | RTL Deutschland |
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History | |
Launched | 6 March 1993 |
Former names | RTL 2 (1993–1999) RTL II (1999–2019) |
Links | |
Website | rtl2 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel numbers vary in each region |
RTL Zwei (stylised as RTLZWEI), formerly spelled RTL 2 and RTL II, is a German-language television channel that is operated by RTL2 Television GmbH & Co. KG. RTL2 is a private television broadcaster with a full program (Vollprogramm) according to the Interstate Broadcasting Agreement (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag). For Austria and Switzerland, variants of the main programme are produced with nationally inserted advertising islands; these variants can be received via the cable networks in these two countries as well as via digital satellite. RTL Zwei is the second subsidiary of RTL Group in Germany.