BBC Two | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Broadcast area | Nationwide. Also widely available in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands and United States. |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC |
Sister channels | BBC One BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies |
History | |
Launched | 21 April 1964 |
Former names | BBC2 (21 April 1964 – 4 October 1997) |
Links | |
Website | BBC Two |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview |
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Digitenne (Netherlands) | Channel 20 (HD) |
Cable | |
Virgin Media (UK and Ireland) |
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Ziggo (Netherlands) |
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Satellite | |
Freesat |
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Sky |
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Astra 2E (28.2°E) |
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BFBS |
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Streaming media | |
BBC iPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
BBC Two is a television channel in the United Kingdom. It began broadcasting on 20 April 1964, and was the third television channel in the United Kingdom. BBC Two was also the first channel in the whole of Europe to change to colour in 1967.