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Country | United Kingdom Isle of Man Channel Islands |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Timeshift service | ITV2 +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | ITV plc |
Parent | ITV Digital Channels |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 7 December 1998 |
Replaced | UTV2 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 6 (SD) Channel 29 (+1) |
Streaming media | |
ITVX | Watch live (UK only) |
TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK only) |
Virgin TV Go | Watch live (UK only) Watch live (+1) (UK only) |
ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc.[1] It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a claim now held by its sister service ITV3[2] both of which are freely available to a majority of households.
The channel is primarily aimed at the 15/18–34 age group, just like BBC Three, E4 and Sky Max and is known for American programming such as adult animations Family Guy, American Dad! and Bob's Burgers; repeats of recently aired episodes of soap operas and other entertainment programming from ITV such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Family Fortunes and Catchphrase; 60-second entertainment news bulletin FYI Daily, which airs in-between films; original comedy such as Celebrity Juice and Plebs, and reality formats such as Big Brother and Love Island.