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RTP2 is the second television channel of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcasting corporation. Commonly referred as the "Second Channel", or simply ''"Dois"'' (Portuguese for ''two''), this historically state-run television channel started its regular broadcasting on December 25, 1968. Nowadays, RTP2 is a public service, advertising-free channel that serves as an alternative to the mainstream channel of RTP, RTP1. Similar to BBC Two, RTP2 aims at less mainstream and more intellectual content. RTP2 is the only of several Portuguese and European national/international channels that has a strict cultural and educational programming (comparable to Arte). RTP2 is the only broadcaster from Portugal that broadcasts programming without interruptions, ad breaks or in line messaging. Together with sister channel RTP1, it became a 24-hour service in 2002. RTP2's line-up is devoted to worldwide recognized quality television content, institutional EU/national programming or advertising, television series, cinematography, documentary films, theatre and classical music. This channel gathers 5%-7% share of the national audience (2007). ==History== RTP2 (going under the unofficial name of II Programa) began broadcasting on December 25, 1968 on the UHF band, broadcasting to large urban centres, relaying selected RTP 1 shows over the course of two hours every night. Regular broadcasts started on November 21, 1970. As the 1970s progressed, the channel slowly started to add (predominantly European) shows on the schedule that RTP 1 did not air. In October 1978, RTP decided to separate RTP 1 and RTP 2, giving each channel their own teams and news operations. Fernando Lopes became the controller of the newly-separate channel, being nicknamed as "Canal Lopes" (the Lopes channel). Said change occurred on the 16th of that month. Towards the start of the 80s, owing to cost-cutting measures, RTP 2 was now under RTP 1's control again. In 1986, the channel was part of the Europa TV experiment, airing the channel's programming between 16:30 and 20:00. As soon as Europa TV closed, some Music Box shows were relayed on the channel. Agora Escolha premiered in the same year, a phone-in show which allowed the viewer to choose from two different TV shows. It got cancelled in the mid-90s, apart from a brief (and web-centric) revival in 2011 on RTP Memória. In 1990, RTP 2 was renamed Canal 2, then to TV2 in 1992. As TV2, the channel's slogan was A Outra TV. In 1994, TV2 was forced to focus entirely on minorities, causing major changes to the channel's schedule. Football and telenovelas were banned from TV2 and the channel's ratings started to vertiginously decrease. On April 27, 1996, the channel's name reverted to RTP 2, carrying the same scheduling format as TV2. The channel started to relay Euronews in Portuguese at certain times. Commercial advertising was banned towards the new millennium. On January 5, 2004, the channel renamed once again, becoming 2:, pronounced a dois (the two). As a result, the channel was now forced to focus on cultural interests and the civil society. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RTP2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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