Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland |
Network | BBC Two |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English (Ulster English) Irish Ulster Scots |
Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC Northern Ireland |
Sister channels | BBC One Northern Ireland |
History | |
Launched | 11 June 1966 30 March 2001 (digital version) |
Replaced | BBC Choice Northern Ireland (digital version) |
Closed | 28 October 2006 | (digital version)
BBC Two Northern Ireland is a Northern Irish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland as a variation of the BBC Two network. It is broadcast via digital terrestrial transmitters and from the SES Astra 2E satellite (transponder 48) at the 28.2° East orbital position.